The word for this week's Illustration Friday was "Dip." Several ideas came to mind for this week's word: strawberries dipped in chocolate, dancers dipping their partner, dipping a doughnut in coffee...but, maybe because we've been having some unseasonably warm weather this week, my first thought for the word was of someone taking a dip in a pond or lake. I then decided I would illustrate the word as a follow-up to last week's illustration. The word last week was "rescue" and in my illustration for that word I showed some dalmatian firedogs rescuing a screaming female elephant from a burning building. So this week I decided I would show what happens after the rescue - everyone goes for a dip of course. I'm including my original digital pencil sketch so that you can see the evolution of the piece. The final art was created in Painter 11 using the gouache brushes and various chalks and digital watercolor brushes.
The word for this week's Illustration Friday was "Dip." Several ideas came to mind for this week's word: strawberries dipped in chocolate, dancers dipping their partner, dipping a doughnut in coffee...but, maybe because we've been having some unseasonably warm weather this week, my first thought for the word was of someone taking a dip in a pond or lake. I then decided I would illustrate the word as a follow-up to last week's illustration. The word last week was "rescue" and in my illustration for that word I showed some dalmatian firedogs rescuing a screaming female elephant from a burning building. So this week I decided I would show what happens after the rescue - everyone goes for a dip of course. I'm including my original digital pencil sketch so that you can see the evolution of the piece. The final art was created in Painter 11 using the gouache brushes and various chalks and digital watercolor brushes.
This is fun. I like how you have the sketch and then the finished art. Great idea.
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ReplyDeleteI like the way you show your pencil sketch here, sometimes it's nice to see the process involved (and I really like your sketch). I like the background to the story and fact that the warm weather inspired you! A bit of humour/light-heartedness is always welcome.
very cute
ReplyDeleteVery nice color pallet! It works really well with your scene! I also think the umbrella is a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful work :)
ReplyDeletecute a lot of great characters there, nice composition, colours and technique.
ReplyDeletethis is so utterly sweet and adorable I love seeing the pencil sketch too.
ReplyDeleteLove the retro aspects.
ReplyDeletewow!...really nice. I love the little golden book feel!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is absolutely beautiful! Love how you included the sketch...it's always interesting and helpful to see the process :) Wonderful piece!
ReplyDeleteHi Vincent! This is beautiful! So many details and characters to look at! Love that you went from sketchy to detailed!
ReplyDeletegreat stuff! i agree with michael it has a great golden book feel!
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