Illustration Friday: Grounded
"grounded – unable to fly because of weather conditions." (English Dictionary)
Have to say that this week's topic was an absolute torturous struggle for me. Felt like I was grounded from coming up with an idea! Actually had to consult my faithful old high school dictionary (obviously desperate) and it quoted the following: grounded – unable to fly because of weather conditions. This meaning then circled my brain in a continuous chant for what seemed liked days (OK maybe a few minutes) until finally something came to mind... a boy, standing with his finger in the air testing for a breeze, desperately wanting to fly his kite, only to find that there is no wind, not a single wisp, thus rendering his kite unable to fly because of weather conditions. Yep, sounds really lame when you put it into words. Anyway, thought I'd take advantage of the boy and his kite idea and try a retro ish Aussie summer ish style this week – something for the boys rather than the usual girlie illo!
PS. the hardest part was coming up with a boy style kite! I must have drew at least half a dozen (batty dragonee, octopusish...) before the sad eyed monster appeared. Hope its boy approved?!
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| Grounded – hand sketched using 5B pencil, scanned onto Mac and then colour and texture were added using Photoshop. I'm loving Photoshop lately (we have a love hate relationship). |
Have to say that this week's topic was an absolute torturous struggle for me. Felt like I was grounded from coming up with an idea! Actually had to consult my faithful old high school dictionary (obviously desperate) and it quoted the following: grounded – unable to fly because of weather conditions. This meaning then circled my brain in a continuous chant for what seemed liked days (OK maybe a few minutes) until finally something came to mind... a boy, standing with his finger in the air testing for a breeze, desperately wanting to fly his kite, only to find that there is no wind, not a single wisp, thus rendering his kite unable to fly because of weather conditions. Yep, sounds really lame when you put it into words. Anyway, thought I'd take advantage of the boy and his kite idea and try a retro ish Aussie summer ish style this week – something for the boys rather than the usual girlie illo!
PS. the hardest part was coming up with a boy style kite! I must have drew at least half a dozen (batty dragonee, octopusish...) before the sad eyed monster appeared. Hope its boy approved?!
I really love the kite's expression. What a great illustration. It doesn't look like it was difficult to do!
ReplyDeleteFunny how the things that appear simple are always the difficult bits?!
DeleteGreat concept, it's good to see that you delved beneath the surface of this weeks challenge, all that research paid off! ^_^
ReplyDeleteThanks! That little dictionary covered in cool(?) stickers saved the day...
DeleteThis is fantastic. Great illustration. The kite makes me smile, I can see my son flying it proudly.
ReplyDeleteI have a love/hate with Illustrator going on right now.
I am sorry to hear about your tortuous struggle but the result is great! The poor guy and the kite both seem bummed there is no proper wind for kite-flying. I'm certain the kite would be boy-approved (but it's also really cute). People should probably get off their computers and fly kites more.
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