The theme is "crowded" for this week's Illustration Friday. This was probably the quickest I've ever done one. I had this idea of heads all squished together, did a quick search through other IF entries (I have this thing where if I find out if someone else did a similar concept or idea, I'll scrap it immediately and try to come up with something else), sketched it quickly on a piece of paper, scanned it, and painted it in Photoshop -- all within about 30 to 40 minutes. I'm having fun with this pastel brush they've got in Photoshop. I usually tweak some of the qualities to the brush, but I think it does a pretty good job getting that pastel look -- complete without all the chalk getting all over your hands and clothes. Can't beat that.
I like it! The colours almost glow through the pastel texture. Now I want a pastel brush... time to upgrade from 5.5 apparently. ;o)
ReplyDeleteTee-rific! Great stuff. Love your choice of colors. The strained expressions are a nice touch. Too cool!
ReplyDeleteCool! I feel claustrophobic just looking at it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent expressions. Great sense of movement. And, thanks for the tip about the pastel brush.
ReplyDeleteFirst I thought it was a joke. This page loaded in Safari with a big white box, and then the detailed description made it even funnier.
ReplyDeleteThen I switched to Firefox and saw the coolitude in all its glory. Sweet.
hey! you have a beautifull place here. your work is great. sorry but my english is limitated... ja.
ReplyDeletecongratulations!
I have the exact same "thing" about I-Fri. entries. I scrapped two ideas before I finally settled on the one I currently have posted. I love how your colors bleed into the different faces, as well as the expressions. :)
ReplyDeleteit's fantastic. it reminds me of stained glass. in fact that would be awesome stained glass. you hit the nail on the head!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments. I really appreciate them. drybrush, that's true, it does sorta look like stained glass, doesn't it? In fact, I was a big fan of that look back in college, and loved Henri Rouault's work, which resembled stained glass at times. Thank you all for visiting!
ReplyDeleteI love the oil pastel look to the piece! Now I have to look for the pastel brush on Photoshop CS.
ReplyDeleteWard! I love your stuff. You'v got a real flare for choosing the right colors.
ReplyDeleteThat looks great, Ward! I understand what you're saying about making sure that what you come up with for IF is original. Me, I like to come up with my own take, and then see what everyone else came up with. If there's something similar, I chalk it up to great minds thinking alike.
ReplyDeleteI have completely felt like this before :) You really captured it.
ReplyDeleteI was writing a post on the theme 'crowded' triggered by Weekend Wordsmith and did an image search for crowded in google and your picture came up on the first results page. I liked it so much that I had to use it for my post. Hope you don't mind. People thought I had painted it and I had to rectify their assumptions. Hope you get some traffic through my post to make up for that.
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