Sunday, September 05, 2010
Illustration Friday - Dessert
I had a hard time deciding what to do for this week's 'Illustration Friday' word which is "Dessert." At the time I received the email containing this week's word, I was thinking about doing some drawings of funny monsters, so at first I thought I would do a monster having dessert, but I just couldn't picture in my mind how it would look. Then I began to think about doing something different - I began to think about a little boy sitting at a large table, peaking over the edge of the table, mesmerized by a large cake. As I began to draw this idea, I started getting frustrated when I couldn't get my drawing to match the picture I imagined in my head. But as I was drawing, I came up with another idea. I began to think about the times when I was a kid (and even still as an adult) when my favorite part of going out to eat was checking out all of the desserts in the display cases. I decided to keep the little boy, but this time I would have him staring at a whole bunch of desserts in a restaurant or bakery display case. This would give me the chance to draw lots of yummy desserts, which I felt would make for a more interesting and colorful image.
Above is my first sketch of the little boy at the table and to the right is the second sketch I came up with, which is what I based the finished piece on.
I created this image entirely in Corel Painter 11. I used a light beige colored canvas to give the image a sort of warm, vintage feel. I painted the image using Painter's watercolor brushes, and added some texture and detail using the gouache, chalk and leaky pen brushes.
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Vincent Desjardins
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apple pie,
bakery,
brownies,
cake,
children,
children's book art,
dessert,
digital,
digital art,
digital watercolor,
Illustration Friday,
pineapple upside down cake,
retro,
Vintage,
watercolors
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Awesome illo! You did a great job making those desserts look super yummy!
ReplyDeleteI love your description of the progression of events that led to the final illustration!
ReplyDeleteYes, I would say those desserts look drool-worthy. I like the perspective. I think I'll go bake a cake now.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun this is, to see a little face peering in at the sweet treats! Nice retro feel! :o)
ReplyDeletevery nice, this turned out great
ReplyDeletelooks great, thanks for showing your process - interesting to hear how you work.
ReplyDeleteOh boy do I know that feeling of the drawing not matching the mental image!
ReplyDeleteI really like what you came up with... often those are the happiest variations.
thanks for your comment!
ReplyDeleteit was a great moment when we are children into a bakery... and a little trauma when we came out with only a loaf of bread! XD