17 Aug 2010
by Caseyin Husband's Choice, Sketchbook
Although, I am feeling my sketch more:
I need to go back to the drawing board. My sketch composition is working better. In part because the cat is looking to the left and there is the danger, helping the eye to rotate around the page. In the full color piece, you are left hanging and your eyes are fighting between the cougar and the kayak. The sketch’s monotone palette allows the eye to better take in the action. Also there is more character in the animals in the sketch. Finally the pencils work better on the crappy paper I am trying to draw on. Lesson, free blank paged books are not always the right material for drawing in.
I will redo this one, when time allows. The idea is adorable thanks Evan! Perfect week to chime in, Matt never gave me a theme this week.
10 Aug 2010
by Caseyin Sketchbook, Wednesday Animal
who doesn’t love a snail?
Vampires are out people, the new hit. . . Zombie Unicorns.
10 Aug 2010
by Caseyin Miscellaneous
This past weekend we went down to NJ. I don’t like excuses but, the trip up rooted my routine and I haven’t finished my husband’s choice for today.
The theme will be a repeat conjured by a talk my husband and I had during the car ride home. We discussed the recent posts and I was able to ask Matt which he felt we successful and unsuccessful. He wasn’t willing to be very thorough; he did say I was often too literal causing disappointment. I agree. My mind is literal, so much that I often do not understand when someone is being sarcastic with me. Although, I in turn have very dry sarcastic humor.
Anyway, the specific image is the Microscopic Zoo. It’s not done yet, I am doing a series of sketches to make it more complex. Matt would not tell me what he had pictured, saying that defeated the purpose. This is a very delightful exercise, similar to the process of illustrating someone else’s book.
I would love to hear your thoughts: Where is the line? For other illustrators how have you dealt with a client that has such a specific image in mind they aren’t accepting what you are drawing but, aren’t able to verbalize what they want drawn?
I find this occurrence happens with design too. It is easier with repeat clients, you know they like and what they mean with the non descriptor words or subjective adjectives. I ask questions that get something I can interpret from my client and continue to push the design. Recreating it, even from scratch, until it is right. That is my job. I feel I am usually successful at it.
Not to send you away without a piece of art, here is my Colonel Windpipe contribution:
Thurston Trotter
04 Aug 2010
by Caseyin Miscellaneous, Wednesday Animal
I recently pulled out my childhood sketchbooks. It is really funny to look through at what I was drawing then and where I was trying to go. So I thought I would share a couple of pages.
This is the first page in my first sketchbook. I still remember where I was when I made these drawings. In my brother’s day care loft waiting for my mom to finish up a board meeting. One of the dogs was a stuffed animal that was keeping me company. He looked really scared.
(age drawn 9)
Then this is Slick. I remember coming up with her, trying out lots of characters to make a team. Her eyes where part of my style at the time. I figured all of my characters would have eyes shaped like hers.
(age drawn 14)
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