Phoebe was
swamped by doubt, in fact, her mind felt exactly like a dark, murky swamp. She was bogged - overwhelmed by an entangled soup of swampy green envy and bubbling self doubt. Lets face it, she was a bit over-dramatic sometimes... nothing a good cup of tea couldn't fix though?! Tea fixes everything...
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| Swamp - had so much fun with this one! Background was created by dropping and splattering a mix of yellow and blue watercolour on wet paper. Phoebe illo was drawn using 2B pencil then scanned onto the Mac and colourised in Photoshop. I wanted to keep the sketchy pencil lines for this one instead of going with the usual black felt tip pen look. |
Warning: sitting in a hot cup of tea not recommended for the faint-hearted (let it cool first...).
Haha, I love the back of the hand on the forehead. Terrific watercolor-y background and fancy purple cup!
ReplyDeleteFancy purple cups maketh the tea! As for the hand on the forehead - overly dramatic gesture - usually just before she faints - lucky she was sitting in a tea cup I guess...
DeleteThis is excellent...thanks for telling us about your technique, too.
ReplyDeleteI love reading about how artworks are created - share the creative process I say....
DeleteNice idea :)
ReplyDeleteSuper duper illustration love the background. Hum cup of tea think I'm going to go get one :)
ReplyDeleteThe background is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteReally sweet, fancy cup.
Phoebe does look like she's swamped with self-doubt.
Thanks everyone for your comments - really really appreciate them x
DeleteI'm really loving Phoebe & her melodrama! Your narrative is fabulous! And I really love how you applied the color! Have to say, this is one of my favorites this week!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! We can all be a little melodramatic sometimes... :)
DeleteI love it! Very clever take on the topic. I'm about to soak up my cuppa now ;)
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