Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Acrobat for Illustration Friday
When I tried to think of something for this week's Illustration Friday topic this quickly sprang to mind.
I know I've pluralised the topic to "Acrobats", but maybe if you just focus on the top guy :). This is the flying fox equivalent of a human pyramid.
My intention was to render fur on the original sketch to make a complete black and white picture, but I scanned it in and added these colours instead. Maybe I will still finish the sketch in black and white as well, I dunno.
Labels: Australian wildlife, Illustration Friday, Sketchbook
Comments:
Thanks, all!
Amy, it hadn't occurred to me they might look bearded - they're Grey-headed flying foxes, a familiar, if endangered, local species with an orange neck ruff - but it kind of fits :).
I had noticed they appeared to be smiling (those lines were intended to define their muzzles, but also look okay as cartoon smiles) - it probably would all make more sense in fully rendered black and white...
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Amy, it hadn't occurred to me they might look bearded - they're Grey-headed flying foxes, a familiar, if endangered, local species with an orange neck ruff - but it kind of fits :).
I had noticed they appeared to be smiling (those lines were intended to define their muzzles, but also look okay as cartoon smiles) - it probably would all make more sense in fully rendered black and white...
