Illustration Friday - Carry

Its been awhile since I've done Illustration Friday. Every Friday a topic is posted and anyone can illustrate the theme in whatever way they choose. Once you've posted it to your blog, you can provide a link on their website to what you've created. I had a number of ideas but chose this one, in the form of a mock page in a story of a polar bear named Peter. 

Illustration Friday - Heights

As you can see, this week's Illustration Friday theme is "heights". My participation is sporadic so I wanted to come up with something just to keep in the game. I had the aim to do a more abstract birds eye view kind of thing or have a more dramatic perspective drawing. That would require me to actually learn how to tackle perspective better. But, not a bad effort. 

Illustration Friday - Return

This week's Illustration Friday challenge is "return".  I've been doing a lot of reading on the Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast blog, which was recommended to me by an illustrator I had an email exchange with recently. It mainly features commentary and interviews with authors/illustrators about children's books. I like looking at the different styles and hearing a bit about their techniques. One of these days I'll be a little more equipped to coloring things digitally but for the moment I'm continuing to do as I've always done!

Illustration Friday - Yield

Illustration Friday - Suspense

This week's Illustration Friday theme is suspense. It immediately made me think of crime dramas and film noir so I decided to experiment a little more with ink. 

IF - Forward

This week's Illustration Friday theme is 'forward'. I kind of liked the light effect on the photo, suppose it makes it look like this penguin is enjoying a bit of the outside :) I took a quick look at the IF blog and discovered the They Draw & Travel website, where artists make illustrated maps of places they've been to. I like looking at different types of maps but I'm a bit hopeless when I'm actually using them, a little different from my husband who loves pulling them out and using them while travelling (don't even try to talk to me about north and south!) Either way, they're hosting a contest. The top nine entries win prizes. The deadline is a week from tomorrow so I don't think I'd be able to pull something off by then but it would be a nice project to try out.

Illustration Friday -- Twirl

Illustration Friday is a little site where every Friday a theme is posted, and those who want to participate create an illustration in whatever medium, posting a link back to their site before a new theme is announed the following Friday. This week's theme is twirl. I thought of a lot of things but then settled on a dragon of sorts, as I thought of the coming Chinese New Year. I hope to give illustration Friday a shot each week.