Illustration Friday: Sour
Friday, July 4, 2008
This week's theme is "sour" (click on image for larger view), and I referenced "The Fox and the Grapes," one of Æsop's fables, because I didn't want to be too literal and just draw lemons or a sour-looking face. I originally wanted to do something either with umeboshi or Renée Zellweger, but neither ended up the way I wanted.
Like with everything else lately, I used ballpoint pen and added colour in Photoshop.
Labels: art, illustration friday, sketchbook, sour
posted by GMH @ 15:55,
13 Comments:
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At July 04, 2008 4:58 PM,
studio lolo said...
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I love the simplicity of this! And the Renee Zelweger comment made me giggle :)
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At July 04, 2008 8:10 PM,
ratsliveon said...
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This is beautiful! And not a lemon in sight XD
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At July 04, 2008 8:58 PM,
Tracy said...
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Great idea! I didn't even think of that fable for this. (Renee Z. does have SUCH a sour puss face!) Love this illo.
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At July 05, 2008 6:45 AM,
Elizabeth Whelan said...
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Excellent way of working the border. Very nice layout!
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At July 06, 2008 1:19 AM,
INDIGENE said...
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Very nice layout and it would make a wonderful poster, card, etc.!
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At July 06, 2008 12:39 PM,
Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...
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Great work! I love the interplay with the border, it adds a great level of interest.
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At July 06, 2008 7:09 PM,
-J.Meyer said...
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Nice! I like this take on the Fable!
Your fox looks great, I love the feel of the piece.
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At July 08, 2008 8:33 AM,
Siukwan said...
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This story I've heard about, it's a good illo for story book!
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At July 08, 2008 9:06 AM,
jene said...
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Great resolution for “sour”, very original
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At July 08, 2008 1:07 PM,
GMH said...
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Thank you, everyone!
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At July 10, 2008 7:05 PM,
babe_no27 said...
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How do you color in Photoshop? Do you have to use the paint bucket and then fill in the blank parts around the black lines?i
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At July 10, 2008 8:01 PM,
GMH said...
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babe_no27:
Open up the document in Photoshop, then copy the layer containing the lineart. (It's best if it's scanned, but I don't have a scanner so I have to photograph it.)
Hide the bottom lineart layer (the original), and set the top lineart to "Multiply."
When you add colour, you'll want to create a blank layer below the lineart layer on "Multiply." I create a new layer for each colour.
To make it easier to shade on specific colours, you can also create a clipping mask for each colour. Say you want to shade only on green; create a new blank layer above the main green colour layer, then hit "ctrl+g" (on a Mac; for a PC just look for the shortcut in the Photoshop dropdown menu) so that anything you paint in that layer will only apply to the areas coloured in green. -
At July 11, 2008 4:08 AM,
babe_no27 said...
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Wow, thanks so much. I have to try all this on my next masterpiece. Mine were coming out like this http://geocities.com/softcorejukeboxx/slinksterp3.jpg HORRIBLE.
