Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Week 46 - Endangered*
Two images
What is missing from our world? Manners and respect, in a nutshell!
Handwritten and then tweaked in photoshop
And then the obvious threat to the natural world cannot be ignored.
Paper cutting and collage
*this was selected for the picks :)
What is missing from our world? Manners and respect, in a nutshell!
Handwritten and then tweaked in photoshop
And then the obvious threat to the natural world cannot be ignored.
Paper cutting and collage
*this was selected for the picks :)
Monday, 16 November 2015
Week 45 Peace
Everyone found this week hard. There are so many parts of the world where there is no peace. This prompt was timed to coincide with Remembrance Day and WW1, which was known as the war to end all wars.
My first illustration depicts Egyptian Christians protecting Muslims as they prayed.
Half way through the week, there was a terrorist attack on Paris. All the world's media was focused on Paris and other parts of the world faded away. My second illustration was deliberately not just about Paris, the story of it is with the picture.
Both drawn on a wacom tablet in photoshop
"This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth."
Japanese tradition says that if you make 1000 paper cranes you can make a wish.
This is an illustration of a statue of girl called Sadako.
She was two when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as a result she developed leukemia. Before she died she decided to make 1000 paper cranes: her wish was to live.
A book written about her says she made 644, her family say she made more. Either way she has become a symbol for children who died as a result of the bomb, and for world peace.
My first illustration depicts Egyptian Christians protecting Muslims as they prayed.
Half way through the week, there was a terrorist attack on Paris. All the world's media was focused on Paris and other parts of the world faded away. My second illustration was deliberately not just about Paris, the story of it is with the picture.
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"This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth."
Japanese tradition says that if you make 1000 paper cranes you can make a wish.
This is an illustration of a statue of girl called Sadako.
She was two when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as a result she developed leukemia. Before she died she decided to make 1000 paper cranes: her wish was to live.
A book written about her says she made 644, her family say she made more. Either way she has become a symbol for children who died as a result of the bomb, and for world peace.
Saturday, 7 November 2015
Week 44 Scandinavian
Three images
So many ideas! But in order to avoid the obvious, I asked a couple of friends for advice. One is Scandinavian, living in England. The other is English, living in Scandinavia.
I researched lots of their ideas and in the process, learned quite a bit about Sami culture.
I didn't end up drawing any people or reindeers and not a hint of snow!
Here are two of their suggestions.
(*Update: I caved, keep scrolling, there is another illo!)
So many ideas! But in order to avoid the obvious, I asked a couple of friends for advice. One is Scandinavian, living in England. The other is English, living in Scandinavia.
I researched lots of their ideas and in the process, learned quite a bit about Sami culture.
I didn't end up drawing any people or reindeers and not a hint of snow!
Here are two of their suggestions.
(*Update: I caved, keep scrolling, there is another illo!)
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| Land of the midnight sun Oil pastels, about A5 size on pastel paper. |
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| Draugen Oil Platform Fineliner on A4 copy paper 
So, I caved towards the end of the week and drew Sami people after all.
Fine liner, A4 copy paper
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