One aspect of life constantly changing is fashion. Not just because of its root word, I guess a whole lot of you would agree that fashion would best represent this week’s Illustration Friday theme “Old-fashioned”.
I accidentally messed up the ink here. I always tend to forget to keep avoiding the wet ink. Here it is anyway.
“Old-fashioned” ink and watercolor on watercolor paper
It really pays to keep a sketchbook and fill it up with ideas as often as you could. Just recently, I wanted to make a vector illustration and had no idea what to illustrate. So here comes my sketchbook to the rescue.
Most of the time, I prefer to sketch my ideas first before doing the vector works in Illustrator. Nothing beats pencil(or any sketching medium you prefer) and paper in fully and freely rendering your ideas. Here’s a peek at my work process. I would love to show you my detailed illustration process in a future post.
Original Pencil Sketch
Tracing the Shapes In Flat Colors
Adding the Details - “Play Time” Final Vector Illustration
Illustration Closeup
Acrobat is this week’s Illustration Friday theme. Here’s an acrobat act known as Aerial Silk/s. Artists perform Aerial Silk/s stunts using a hanging fabric.
Illustration Friday #4 “Acrobat”ink and watercolor on watercolor paper
Since faces look strange upside down, I'm including an inverted version
Here are several videos of Aerial Silks acts.
For art and toy collectors, you’ll surely enjoy these awesome art toys from Kidrobot. Their art toys ranges from designer toys and mini figures to plush toys. They also have do-it-yourself toys, custom toys, zipper pulls, and keychains. Fresh, fun, and new character designs make these items worthy to acquire some space from your home, studio, or office. Famous characters from The Simpsons, Futurama, and Tokidoki are also available.
Auto + USBoombox 5-Inch US Edition
Kid Onion 5-Inch US Edition
Giant Skuttle 16-Inch
Yummy Pancake Plush 12-inch
Yummy Pizza Plush 24-inch
Yummy Donut Plush 24-Inch Brown Edition
Yummy Donut Plush 24-Inch Pink Edition
Vasily the Grumpiest Walrus Plush 16-Inch
Futurama Mini Figures 3-Inch
The Simpsons Mini Figures 3-Inch
Heroes & Heartbreakers Mini Figures 3-Inch
Mongers Filter Kings Mini Series 2-Inch
Smorkin' Mongers Menthols Series 2-Inch
Design Interior Chairs Vol. 5 4-Inch
The Illustration Friday topic for the week is “Proverb”. Here’s the proverb I chose to illustrate: “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“Proverb” ink and watercolor on watercolor paper
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