25 April 2011

IF: a squirrel who cannot reach the pedals, won't get very far.


He's just enjoying being high up on his shiny new Penny Farthing. 

I originally drew this with colored pencils, scanned it, and made a background in illustrator. Then, I added some touches in photoshop. But when I saw the final product, I noticed that everything was so rendered and neat, and the main character was lacking.... So i re-did the entire thing in Adobe Illustrator, and I'm much happier now.  :) 

Here is my colored pencil original anyways...

I like that its a bit wonky, but the whole thing needs to be wonky for it to look good in my opinion. :)

13 comments:

  1. This is so cute! (and I'm a fan of the wonky version)

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  2. lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. oh this is cute :) I like the hat being blowed off by the wind :)

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  4. Everything about this is adorable! A top hat-wearing squirrel nonetheless!

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  5. Very cute image! Btw,hanks for your kind comment on my IF Bicycle post...glad you like it.

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  6. cuteeee. Love this, thanks for showing your working too. This helps us all get better through sharing :)

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  7. I really like both but when I saw the wonky one i realised i do prefer it too. Hope he enjoys the view from up there, he has a lovely new bike :-)

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  8. Very cute and sweet! I much prefer the original version in coloured pencils, wonkiness and all. Thanks also for visiting my illustration friday work! angiesartstudio.com

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  9. Ohmygosh this is TOO adorable! I'm really loving your cutesy style!

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  10. The finished piece is just gorgeous and so cute. It is really nice to see the progression from your sketchbook to the polished version. I love this.

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