Friday, May 27, 2016

Book Illustrations: Part 1

I've finished sketching and I've started coloring in the book illustrations. This is very exciting!

Monday, May 23, 2016

Book Sketches: Part 2


More sketches for the picture book, each illustrating another quality of Bob's llama. His taste, strength, loyalty etc. This first one is most definitely inspired by the fantastic Herbert Paus.  

For these two, I revamped old ideas to fit the new dimension I'm working with.

 Bob's plaid trench from the shopping picture is back!










Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Book Sketches: Part 1

    The sketches for the picture book project are off and running again! In order to keep things a little more organized, I have decided to sketch out all the illustrations first before I begin painting.


    I whittled down the picture book from an unwieldy epic to a much more manageable introduction to Bob and his Llama. Each picture will illustrate one of the llama's skills or qualities, and Bob will describe it in first person text. It is very simple, but it means that the subject matter can be as diverse and fun as I like. In this illustration, the llama has picked a winner!