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Illustration Friday: Twirl

Twirl - hair twirler extraordinaire! I was wondering where my paintbrush had got to...
Doodled by hand using a black felt tip pen, then scanned onto Mac and coloured in Photoshop. The infinity swirl background was created in Illustrator, imported into Photoshop and then a motion blur applied.

I'm a severe hair twirler. After a lot of hair twirling, staring into space (humming 'You Spin Me Round' by some 80's band... forgotten their name?) and procrastinating, I realised that being a self confessed hair twirler, there was nothing else to draw but me twirling my hair! So I started doodling (I'm not a doodler) while thinking about hair twirling and this twirly haired doodle emerged! I think I like doodling... also swirls... and orange and green.

Thanks again Illustration Friday for pulling me out of another rut (although I did get a lot of hair twirling done!)  :)
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  1. Baino24 January 2012 at 01:39

    Wish my curls/twirls were so 'ruly'

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    1. Unknown24 January 2012 at 01:48

      Ha! You just need to add a few twirl tamers (pen, pencil, paintbrush, etc)

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  2. Ritu Varghese24 January 2012 at 01:57

    a very dynamic illo! nice to learn about your process of illustrating and twirling too :o)

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  3. Cindy D.24 January 2012 at 05:10

    Ah, I do the same. Fortunately not as bad as I used to (sometimes causing knots, eeek). I can't say I ever lost my pencil in there, but I don't think it would be too great a stretch.

    Such a cute illustration - love the colors, and always happy to see a kindred spirit in the swirl community. (Also, and I don't know how embarrassed I should be to admit I know this without using Google - but the band is/was Dead or Alive "You spin me right round, baby, right round like a record...") *cough*

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  4. Unknown24 January 2012 at 12:39

    AH HA! That's it (Dead or Alive)... thanks Cindy. Good to know I can count on you for future 80's band referencing. Thanks for your comment too and keep on twirling...

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  5. Unknown24 January 2012 at 12:56

    I do the same hair twirling!! And loved Dead or Alive in the '80s!!! :))

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  6. Unknown24 January 2012 at 13:13

    Yep, they must have been twirlers too... thanks for your comment!

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  7. Anne Manda25 January 2012 at 02:47

    Lively and fun!

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  8. Nessa Dee25 January 2012 at 10:48

    Great take on the subject!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  9. Angel26 January 2012 at 12:33

    Haha! You doodle well and should continue! You can never go wrong with orange and green. Great illustration!

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  10. Brooke S. Rochon26 January 2012 at 16:45

    Such a creative representation. Love the hair!

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