Thursday, June 14, 2012

Illustration Friday - Shiny



This week's Illustration Friday topic is "shiny." I thought of shiny hair and blowing bubbles so I decided to incorporate both ideas. 


This was my first time really attempting to do hair since I've gotten better at painting. It wasn't as hard as I built it up in my mind.  


On the other hand, the bubbles were a lot harder to capture than I thought they would be. I did many practice ones before doing them for real and they still don't quite have that shiny feeling I wanted. I think it might be something that is easier to capture in another medium, like digital. 


At the end of the day, I'm pretty darn happy with this one. I hope you like it too! 

7 comments:

  1. Good one! What pretty hair- and with those bubbles, maybe it was just shampooed? ;o)

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    1. Thanks! Hehe maybe it was just shampooed.

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  2. Like it! You've caught the iridescence and 'blobbiness' of those bubbles really well - tho I find putting in a wash of sky around small things is a real challenge with watercolours.

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    1. Thanks. Yeah I lost the crispness of the bubbles when I did the wash around them. Now I know :0)

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  3. Lots of detail in the hair ... great job!

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  4. This is gorgeous! The hair looks great, but my eye was really drawn to those awesome bubbles.

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