(Previously seen cropped in my Mother’s Day card)
Showing posts with label mom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mom. Show all posts
Monday, May 21, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Mother’s Day
Tell Mom how much you love her on Mother’s Day!
Would you like to give one of these snuggly polar bear designs to the Mom in your life? I’ve put together a printable e-card version in PDF format. Click to download your favorite design below, then simply print and fold.
Message: Thank you for giving me a life full of happiness and warmth. Happy Mother's Day.
Message: Thank you for a life full of happiness and warmth. Happy Mother's Day.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Can't Wait to Grow Up!
For the Illustration Friday prompt "impatience". This girl wants to hurry up and grow into an adult so that she can be just like her mother.
A number of ideas came to mind for illustrating the word "impatience": a boy cutting in the lunch line, a group of kids being served cupcakes, while one of the kids complains about the wait, or a kid yelling at another one to let him have his turn on a ride... but then this final idea popped into my head, I liked it because it presented a different take on the word with a positive spin.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Boy and His Gator 2 - Complete
Whoops! Mom found out about boy's secret alligator friend.
This is the second illustration in the three-part series, "Boy and His Gator". The first piece can be viewed here: [link]
Pencil lines + coloring in Photoshop CS3.
In contrast to the first image, where I used cool shadows to give the scene an ambient, calm feeling of two friends sharing a private moment, for this second piece, I used warmer shadow tones. I felt that the red tones helped heighten the intensity and harshness of the scene. I imagine mom storming into the room and turning on the light.
Quick tutorial regarding the denim texture:
The denim texture comes from [link] (Thanks Messa for posting such a useful pack of textures!) After I finished painting the shadows and highlights on the jeans, I made a new layer, shrunk down one of the textures and stitched it together over the length of the jeans. Then I set the layer to soft light and 50% opacity. Finally, I used the dodge tool over the highlighted areas of the jeans to soften the intensity of the texture.
This is the second illustration in the three-part series, "Boy and His Gator". The first piece can be viewed here: [link]
Pencil lines + coloring in Photoshop CS3.
In contrast to the first image, where I used cool shadows to give the scene an ambient, calm feeling of two friends sharing a private moment, for this second piece, I used warmer shadow tones. I felt that the red tones helped heighten the intensity and harshness of the scene. I imagine mom storming into the room and turning on the light.
Quick tutorial regarding the denim texture:
The denim texture comes from [link] (Thanks Messa for posting such a useful pack of textures!) After I finished painting the shadows and highlights on the jeans, I made a new layer, shrunk down one of the textures and stitched it together over the length of the jeans. Then I set the layer to soft light and 50% opacity. Finally, I used the dodge tool over the highlighted areas of the jeans to soften the intensity of the texture.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Boy and His Gator WIP 3
Final picture in the series!
Tearfully, the boy returns the baby gator where he found it. Wild things belong in the wild. Aww.
The background lineart is rough because I intend to express the background details during the coloring phase. It's been my experience that lines tend to get in the way when it comes to organic scenery.
The Florida Everglades will be my point of reference for this background. As unlikable as this place can be in the summer (soooo hot outside right now), I'm excited for an opportunity to feature my home state in an illustration. :)
Tearfully, the boy returns the baby gator where he found it. Wild things belong in the wild. Aww.
The background lineart is rough because I intend to express the background details during the coloring phase. It's been my experience that lines tend to get in the way when it comes to organic scenery.
The Florida Everglades will be my point of reference for this background. As unlikable as this place can be in the summer (soooo hot outside right now), I'm excited for an opportunity to feature my home state in an illustration. :)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Boy and His Gator WIP 2
"Not in MY house, young man!"
Picture #2 for Boy and His Gator. Out of necessity to get Mom properly placed in the picture, and still show her displeased hand-on-hip body language, I changed the orientation. I had originally planned to make all the pictures in the series the same size, but a taller format just works better in this case.
Just one more to go and then I move on to coloring.
Picture #2 for Boy and His Gator. Out of necessity to get Mom properly placed in the picture, and still show her displeased hand-on-hip body language, I changed the orientation. I had originally planned to make all the pictures in the series the same size, but a taller format just works better in this case.
Just one more to go and then I move on to coloring.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Baking Cookies With Mom WIP 3
Ok, whew! The comic assignments are done, so I'm back to work on the portfolio. Picking up where I left off, here's the completed line art for "Baking Cookies With Mom" (Previously titled "Mother's Day"). Lots of general tweaks. Cleaned up line work, finished character art, made some corrections to Mom's anatomy, gave her a wardrobe change and turned the nondescript puppy into a pug (I love pugs; they're so adorable and...pugly!).
Next up, colors! Once this piece is done, the next thing I'm going to tackle is my interpretation of a classic fairy tale in a mock book cover format. Should be fun. :)
Next up, colors! Once this piece is done, the next thing I'm going to tackle is my interpretation of a classic fairy tale in a mock book cover format. Should be fun. :)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Mother's Day WIP 2
Here's the rough draft for the Mother's Day piece:
Mmm, cookies!
There's still a lot to do. Need to put some more stuff in the corner of the countertop--maybe a mixer or some other appliance. I also need to add the tile floor, and of course sharpen and refine the lines on the characters. I'm currently working at 8.5x11, but I'll probably do a final pencil pass at a larger size.
For now though, it's back to work on the comic assignment. I spent today getting all the thumbnails together and fixed up. Tomorrow, I start penciling the first page of the new chapter.
Mmm, cookies!
There's still a lot to do. Need to put some more stuff in the corner of the countertop--maybe a mixer or some other appliance. I also need to add the tile floor, and of course sharpen and refine the lines on the characters. I'm currently working at 8.5x11, but I'll probably do a final pencil pass at a larger size.
For now though, it's back to work on the comic assignment. I spent today getting all the thumbnails together and fixed up. Tomorrow, I start penciling the first page of the new chapter.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Mother's Day WIP 1
With Mother's Day right around the corner, for my next portfolio piece, I decided to center my idea around "spending time with Mom". I have fond memories of my mom teaching me how to make lemon meringue pies and chocolate chip cookies; working together to make something delicious.
I had a couple different ideas for how to approach the concept:
In the first two, the kids are baking cookies (and making a giant mother's day card in #2) to surprise Mom. I think these are fun ideas, but then I remembered that part of the purpose of this piece was to demonstrate my ability to draw an adult figure in addition to the kids.
In #3, the little girl is breaking an egg into the bowl while the younger brother "supervises", and mom offers guidance (and the puppy waits for treats).
Finally, in #4, mom assists the girl in putting the cookies in the oven while younger brother eats/drips cookie dough in the background.
I've decided to go with 4 since it has a lot of fun elements to it.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll be able to find the time to finish it before Mother's Day. But we shall see! After all, I didn't expect to finish Polar Pal today. It all depends on my comic schedule. Stay tuned for more progress.
I had a couple different ideas for how to approach the concept:
In the first two, the kids are baking cookies (and making a giant mother's day card in #2) to surprise Mom. I think these are fun ideas, but then I remembered that part of the purpose of this piece was to demonstrate my ability to draw an adult figure in addition to the kids.In #3, the little girl is breaking an egg into the bowl while the younger brother "supervises", and mom offers guidance (and the puppy waits for treats).
Finally, in #4, mom assists the girl in putting the cookies in the oven while younger brother eats/drips cookie dough in the background.
I've decided to go with 4 since it has a lot of fun elements to it.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll be able to find the time to finish it before Mother's Day. But we shall see! After all, I didn't expect to finish Polar Pal today. It all depends on my comic schedule. Stay tuned for more progress.
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