Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Flightless Bird (Illustration Friday, Week 1, Skinny!)




So, what started out as an assignment that I wasn't wholly excited about, turned into something really personal, and sweet. My initial thoughts: 'What's skinny? ... My legs are skinny. Oh, you know what's skinnier than that? Bird legs.' And so we got a skinny boy/girl, in a skinny forest, with skinny-legged birds.

I can relate to the person, I'm not sure if it's a boy or a girl, in my opinion they look like they're just watching, and waiting, seeing what the tall ones will say, in response to their question...

Enjoy?

(It cuts the picture off a bit, click for full image. : ) )

13 comments:

  1. I love your illo and the beautiful colors and the skinny turquoise birds!

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  2. Excellent work- really like your technique and color choices.

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  3. Nice job Jake! I like the colors you chose, and I like your style!

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  4. this is so beautiful!! i'm in love!!

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  5. The word "skinny" evokes for me an unfortunate rhyme I learned when I was wee about "fat" and "skinny" having a "race up and down the pillowcase." Maybe now I can have a new association with that word. :-)

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  6. I just love this picture. It's so endearing. All I want to do is click something and look at more. And more. And more. Like a story, but not that is has to be a story. I LOVE THIS!!

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  7. This is such a sweet picture! Thanks for sharing. :-)

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  8. This is super-cool Jake- what a talent. I'm blown away! :0)

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  9. I also agree with the rest here, so convicing and what a handsome guy!

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  10. Thanks so much everyone, appreciate all of the appreciation. ; D

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  11. Your Aunt Jenn is so proud of you. I love this picture best. xoxo

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