Once upon a time, I wrote down a children's story for J.
Once upon a time, I told him I would have that story illustrated by the end of 2012 (after promising spring of 2012 :-< ).
Time and again, I have failed to keep my promises because I have never hit upon an illustrative style that pleases me for the narrative. This is due to the fact that I have so far only done random little sketches.
Obviously it isn't by doing halfhearted once-in-a-while sketches that I am going to find a style that suits. Enter: 30 Days of Donkeys. One of the first "images" that occurred to me in relation to this story was a donkey wearing mittens on its ears, so I am going to use Donkey as my muse. For the next 30 days, I will be doing one (or more if I have an idea that fires me up) donkey illustration per day in hopes that I shall, at last, home in on the type of art I want to do.
"Donkey Colt," acrylic paint and ink
Once upon a time, I told him I would have that story illustrated by the end of 2012 (after promising spring of 2012 :-< ).
Time and again, I have failed to keep my promises because I have never hit upon an illustrative style that pleases me for the narrative. This is due to the fact that I have so far only done random little sketches.
Obviously it isn't by doing halfhearted once-in-a-while sketches that I am going to find a style that suits. Enter: 30 Days of Donkeys. One of the first "images" that occurred to me in relation to this story was a donkey wearing mittens on its ears, so I am going to use Donkey as my muse. For the next 30 days, I will be doing one (or more if I have an idea that fires me up) donkey illustration per day in hopes that I shall, at last, home in on the type of art I want to do.
"Donkey Colt," acrylic paint and ink
Comments
You are overbrimming with creativity. It's such a joy to see!
(Okay to Tumblr it?)
It's such a joy to see!
It's a joyful feeling, too. :D
And yes, I'm honored when you want to Tumblr my stuff, so go ahead. *hugs*
http://m-stiefvater.livejournal.com/246155.html?thread=11504011#t11504011
It seems the request was rerouted to you. ;)
And I'm glad to have been on the receiving end of those cacti vibes. :P
http://www.flickr.com/photos/desert-sparrow/5934325103/lightbox/
That's sweet. :D
I actually planned to put random patterns in each of the color layers using white acrylic ink, but then I had the idea to do the donkey challenge and changed headings a bit. I started from the top, which is why there are flowers in my "sky." I like the whimsical turn it took, though. :D
Oh! And the background was actually a silly thing I did because I had too much paint left over from another project. I hate to waste, so I used my finger to transfer the leftovers from my palette to a piece of watercolor paper in hopes of doing some random nice pattern like I mentioned above. :P
Edited at 2013-03-11 09:08 am (UTC)