Now that I've completed some painting in our new home I am coming back to my illustration work with a fresh perspective. I've got the itch to continue the hands-on feel of painting and maybe do a bit of collage. So the other day I picked up a gouache set and started playing on some Bristol paper. (Yes, I know this isn't the best surface to paint on, but I couldn't find the box with all my artist papers in it. Later, my husband discovered the box was the foot rest under his desk). After the gouache dried a played a bit with some colored pencil and then ball point pen. Now this work is by
no means a piece of art, just a subject to play with. He's actually loosely based off a Bigfoot I created for a friend's birthday card last year.
I can't wait to play more with the medium and start to throw some collage in there. I still love Photoshop to death so I think I'll be doing parts of my pieces traditionally and then working them more in Photoshop.
Inspirations for this new direction in paint and/or collage:
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Clare Fennell
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Holli Conger
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Jenn Ski
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AnnaLaura Catone
I am also trying to work on my hand when creating my characters. In the past I have found that I get caught up in the details of a person or animal and they lose the movement and excitement I had initially intended. Another of my goals in addressing my style is to simplify and strengthen the lines of my characters. Lets see how it goes!
