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.

8 comments:

  1. Awesome illo! You did a great job making those desserts look super yummy!

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  2. I love your description of the progression of events that led to the final illustration!

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  3. Yes, I would say those desserts look drool-worthy. I like the perspective. I think I'll go bake a cake now.

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  4. What fun this is, to see a little face peering in at the sweet treats! Nice retro feel! :o)

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  5. looks great, thanks for showing your process - interesting to hear how you work.

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  6. Oh boy do I know that feeling of the drawing not matching the mental image!
    I really like what you came up with... often those are the happiest variations.

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  7. thanks for your comment!
    it 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

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