Thursday, December 9, 2010

Roosts

Illustrator, I am sick to death of you!

I have been sitting in front of a computer since 1:30pm. I busted my ass at work, and then I ate a burger, and then I busted my ass on this. Movies watched today: Julie & Julia, About a Boy, Space Cowboys, and G-Force. And I really mean it-after sitting for this long, my ass literally feels busted.

Birds are really boring. Who knew? But they're full of shapes and little graphic splotches, so that was kind of nice.

Here is the story I got the idea for this illustration from. My mom shared it with me over break.
I left 4 birds out because of time. And because I was darn sick of 'em. There shold have been 2 more mockingbirds (very far left bird, second branch) a blue jay, and a wood thrush. Oh well, sorry Zach Brockhouse.

They definitely work better as a set. Ghost birds don't look very finished. Don't you think?

I'm going to lay off the paper texture for a while. Yeah.

5 comments:

  1. Hey there,

    My wife's Google alerts shot this out. These are terrific. Thanks.

    Zach

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  2. Wow. They're really really beautiful. I like the shadows. I might ask you to show me your illustrator tricks at some point. Also, I wish the ghost birds were ever so slightly different in what they're doing. Like, wearing monocles or something.

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  3. I really like the ghost birds. It's very dream-like and the second illustration is amazing!

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  4. I wish the ghost birds were ever so slightly different in what they're doing. Like, being hipsters or something.





    I'm a big fat jerk.

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  5. Can I steal the ghost birds as a background?

    I like the ghost birds.

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