I completed this illustration in November 2006 using primarily Pencil & Photoshop. You can still see some of the Pencil.
This was a rewarding piece for me as it marked a leap forward for myself at the time pushing me away from pursuing Animation and concentrating instead on a career in Illustration.
From the start I wanted to create a single piece that would be a benchmark in quality to work from. The next step would have been to create an Illustrated children's book at a comparable quality however I never quite developed the right idea for the two characters. Rudy a rather Large Ant-eater and a character I simply referred to as "The Catcher" primarily a character who was trying to build a zoo of animals within the forest.
4 comments:
Nice picture. Reminds me of Burma 1987.
One thing thats always bugged me about this image though, is that the sentance beneath is grammatically a bit wobbly. May pay to refine it before it becomes too nostalgic to alter.
I like it, it's lovely.. but what is the thing that is causing them to be in awe? You didn't really give it a shaddow so it could be false like a ghost, or someone or something with a light? Maybe it's really far away.. but the direction of the catchers eyes doesn't really make it seem too far, it just makes it seem big. If it were a direct light it would hurt their eyes and probably cause them to squint. Is it, maybe, a large, well lit, building? or a city? a casino? Are they peeping through someone's window? Is it inanimate? I really want to know!
And your trees are great!
It is in fact a city well guessed. Very astute.
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