HIde

Hide is the theme this week over at Illustration Friday. I went with the classic hiding under the bed. As kids we all did this sometimes for fun and games and maybe other times for reasons that were more serious. I did this weeks submission using the old stipple method that many of us may remember from art school. It was fun to do but a bit time consuming even for this rather simple piece. I think it came out alright but then again I have not stippled something in many years. Hope you like and as always please feel free to post your comments.
Thanks.

Communication

So this weeks Illustration Friday is Communication. I am a bit late in submitting but that is fine. So I went with the eyes since the are the window to your soul and people always say I can tell by your eyes. Our eyes communicate a lot without us having to say a word. How many times have you looked into somebody's eyes and could tell what was wrong or what they were thinking. This illustration was made with pen and ink and black pastel stick. Then I scanned the sketch into photoshop and color was added to my scribbled text and to the background. I hope you like it and please feel free to post any comments.

Red

So I have not participated in an Illustration Friday in a while but I had some time this week and decided it was time. Red is this weeks theme and for whatever reason this image is what came into my mind. It is a bit darker in content then my previous posts. The image was made with an ink pen and pastel touches then scanned into photoshop, colored and a background added. Please feel free to post any comments.

Thanksgiving

This weeks theme over at Illustration Friday is Thanksgiving, so here is my interpretation. It is based on that stereotypical uncle that you may have that eats to much and then undoes his top button and falls asleep on the couch while watching football. This was made with ink, and a wallpaper pattern I found and then put together in photoshop. I hope you enjoy and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

"Clear" head and mind.

Here is the an illustration I made for my first blog post, it is titled "clear". The illustration is for a weekly creative excersize called Illustration Friday it is a weekly creative outlet/participatory art exhibit for illustrators of all skill levels. The idea came after seeing that Ellen DeGeneres commercial where she is meditating and trying to clear her mind. I painted the the background using some water color and then scanned the painting in and found a photo of a women meditating and reduced the photo to just the white parts I wanted and placed that over the painted background. I then added some type and scanned in a bubble I drew and added some type to finish it all off.