It's taken me practically forever to finally get around and find the time to actually work on a piece for Illustration Friday, and of course it's a heavy one. The theme is "sorrow," and although I probably have not gone through the exact same situation as the subject in my piece is going through, I've experienced grief and sorrow to some extent. Haven't we all? Quite a universal theme for our times, I would have to say.
Well done.
ReplyDeleteNice & heavy atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I really like the colors you've used.
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a perceptible take on the theme. I like it!
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck Ward?! You post an illustration the week I don't. It's bad enough that this is a damn fine illustration. Love the choice of colors and the textures... but still, take it easy on me man; You're making me look bad. ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff as always. You really don't post your work as often as you should.
Jeeez, Ward; don't ever volunteer for a night shift on the suicide prevention hotline or nothin'...Very nice, by the way. Maybe you should shoot for a new "Illustration Monday" for the darker stuff!
ReplyDeleteI love your style. Expressive yet robust.
ReplyDeletevery heavy!!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I didn't think about that. It is quite a jump from complete joy in Ava's drawing to utter dispair in my illustration. I'll do my best to keep that from happening in the near future, I swear!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the nice compliments. Today's been a downer day because of Ava having to go to the doctor for a nasty ear infection. That and my sinus infection has started up again. Sheesh. So, uh, yeah...thanks.
Such emotion! I love it--although, I think SUCKING DESPAIR is probably a better title but that's nit-picking. The colors are also pretty fitting. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI did this in Photoshop with some tweaking of the brushes available. There's a brush that acts as a chalk pastel and I do a little noodling with that.
ReplyDeleteI love art blogs of all sorts. You get exposure that otherwise would have your work on the fridge. Keep blogging!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture, it really captures the atmosphere. For some reason it reminds me of my student days... Probably due to the fact that I'd normally wake up feeling sorry for myself from a heavy nights drinking and have a picture of me doing something bizarre.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Ward! How do you draw them in Photoshop, do you scan them in and redraw them or do you use a digital sketch pad thing?
I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteWard, you totally nailed this. Kudos, man.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the compliments. To Stu Jones: for this image I actually drew it in the computer with a Wacom tablet and stylus. Just started sketching, seeing where it would take me. I then "painted" it with a couple of Photoshop brushes that resembled pastel chalk, like I mentioned earlier.
ReplyDeleteI don't normally work this way. Sometimes I'll draw with pencil or pen on paper and scan the image in, delete the white areas surrounding the pencil marks, and then color in Photoshop on another layer. You can see one of these images in an earlier post HERE. You can't recreate that sketchy, rough pencil look in the computer. I like that look better sometimes.
Again, thank you all for your nice words. And thanks for visiting.
This has great feeling. Very nice!
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