As a personal challenge over 2010 I am endeavoring to do a year of Illustration Friday images. I’m hoping to do some great exploration and help keep myself fresh by doing these little sketches. On most of these I’m forcing myself to work very quickly and focus more on style and technique than conceptual elements. Keep coming back every week for new pieces!
Week 31: Double
Week 30: Breakfast
Week 29: Diary
Week 28: Giant
Weak, but I like the idea of insinuating ‘giant’ by showing the 5 magic beans…maybe I’ll come back to this one.
Week 27: Satellite
Week 26:Paisley
HALF WAY!!
Week 25:Ripple
This one is a reference to the current BP oil problem. Everyone participating in IF did an illustration on the same theme. It’s really too bad about the oil, everyone makes mistakes…I just hope they fix it and clean it up soon.
Week 24: Trail
I was thinking about Hansel and Gretel when I did this…running way low on time this week, lots of other ‘real’ illustrations are coming due!
Week 23: Slither
Week 22: Equipment
Week 21: Equipment
Week 20: Fearless
Week 19: Cocoon
Week 18: Ahead
Experimenting with minimalisim/abstraction and a much lighter color palette.
Week 17: Detective
Growing up I spent more than enough hours with my nose in those boyhood detective books. Among my favorite was Tom Swift and the Alfred Hitchcock series…I dabbled in Hardy Boys a bit but they didn’t grab me as much.
Week 16: Linked
Week 15: Dip
Got to experiment with some new line qualities around the hands and fondue pot. I also never get to do photo-collage…so slipped that into the table!
Week 14: Rescue
Week 13: Expired
Week 12: Subterranean
Week 11: Brave
Too many deadlines this week, had to do a quick character study…so not as experimental. Still I like their relationship in the image.
Week 10: Perspective
This one was a lot of fun. I’m especially excited about the environment. Tried using very thing outlines this time. Outlines are nice to boost value contrast and pop the characters but in some ways it almost polishes the characters too much. I’ll keep hashing this out :).Yay for ten weeks in a row!! 42 to go!
Week 9: Propagate
Color experimentation…somewhat successful but the character is weak. I really like the faux diagram. This one is dedicated to my dad - the Biology teacher!
Week 8: Adrift
Not as high of contrast as my usual work. I experimented with making each major form a unique color and rendering it in a monochromatic palette…taking color inspiration from ‘Slipping Beauty’, a Fractured Fairy-Tale from season 2 of Rocky & Bullwinkle.
Week 7: Muddy
Another experiment with outlines. I also tried integrating some 3D wheels I made in Illustrator to see if they would mesh with my style or be too distracting. I think they were relatively successful.
Week 6: Focused
Another experiement with outlines and I found a way to make the scatter brush a little more dimensional, which I think is really exciting! And no, I don’t belive that monkeys can obtain nirvana or good credit ratings.
Week 5: Clumsy
Playing around with strong outlines. I’ve seen it used by many illustrators before…overall I’m not a fan except on the knight’s gloves and helmet. I think it adds to the shiny feeling of the objects.
Week 4: Wilderness
I really enjoyed risking with this piece. New shapes, much more abstract, and different colors than I usually use
Week 3: Confined
Week 2: Renew
I based the style of this piece off my Digital Books piece, which just was accepted into SI-LA 48!
Week 1: Pioneer
I’m happy with this sketch, a great way to start the year!
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