fully booked

this is roughly what my mom's new book is going to look like. i'm not sure about some points; whether i should remove the square that overlaps the title or whether the illustration looks really shitty. i'm not sure about the colors, either. the text on the back cover is the same one from the last book. that is going to change when the new text arrives. you see, i am in such a determined state:)

edit: i think this one is more like it. let's see what mom thinks...

lightweight

this is the top secret illustration from before. it hung for a long time on the school wall. now it proudly hangs at home. it wasn't actually top secret, i just didn't want to show it until it was finished. one of my friends says she wants to be the pink sheep, because that one looks the happiest.

digital painting is great, but i still love good old manual painting. brushes, acrylics and all.

this is more like it

i think i like this presentation better. this is my first day of working like an illustration, so there will be some refinements. sometimes simplifying things seems better. what do you think? i'm not sure about many things-the fonts, the name, the background color, even the effect behind the main figures. i might use a non-3d approach here. at least it is more fun in this project!

my attempt to watermark my images is still a work in progress. this time i'm trying this overlay effect. i think something like a logo might be neater. and that means more work for me. naah, maybe just a better typeface will do. let's see about that.

give the lady some credit

i made this illustration for the inside of a storybook. it was going to be black and white (high cost matters). which meant less work for me:) i am a big fan of color, color and everything color; but working in b/w has its really nice sides, too (apart from being less labor-intensive;). it helps you keep things quite simple and your image is less 'cluttered', therefore it is easier to draw attention to your subject. well, at least that is my take on the matter. maybe there is a much more obvious advantage of working in b/w, which i should have mentioned, like 'oooh but that's not the main point of working in b/w, it is this:...' well, i don't care. i like working in b/w because of these particular reasons and none other. hmf!

this lady is the sleeping beauty's beautiful yet vain stepmother. as we all know, she kind of spends her whole time checking in the mirror if she is still the hottest chick around. well lady, if you are so confident of yourself, why do you need to ask a stupid mirror in the first place? anyway, i think this gal is by far the most interesting character in the story with her insecure sneaky personality. at least she has some motive to do something! sleeping beauty, on the other hand, just kind of... waits?

*oops! i totally mixed up stories! i jumbled sleeping beauty with snow white, ending up in a hybrid story. hehe:) well, i can say the exact same things for the equally boring snow white, too:D