Ok, honestly, this was the week I was most looking forward to in Lilla's course and the dream area I would most love to eventually become part of and one of the main reasons why I signed up for the course. At the beginning of the week, we were asked to draw snails, snails and more snails. It was an interesting subject and I could see why she chose it in that you don't have to deal with hands or arms or legs... a real bonus. This made it easier in a short time frame, to concentrate on developing a character. We were then asked to develop some hand lettering with the title, "The Snail and the Rose Tree." Turns out, this is actually a lesser known Hans Christian Andersen tale and like many fairy tales, is actually quite dark. Naturally, I had been working on cheery little snails that somehow now seemed kinda inappropriate.
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| meet Leroy!! I still would like to do a story about him someday ;) |
I must say, the work coming out of this class is absolutely amazing and humbling. If you have a moment check out the flickr group and be prepared to be wowed by the submissions! Take a look at my flickr favorites... it's worth a peek to see the incredible variety of wonderful work! http://www.flickr.com/photos/71597294@N00/favorites/
First of all, your work is lovely. Your lettering divine! I hope you will offer something like this cover for sale. Maybe Etsy? I could stare at it for hours.
ReplyDeleteSecond, after discovering this post, I went back to read your archives. I see you are channeling Mary Blair, but in your own unique way. No wonder I was drawn to your artwork!
Lastly, I think the snail is a big improvement. He has more depth now. I can see this character growing with your story (and his moustache IS cute :))
Gosh Joanne, that is just the nicest compliment I have ever received!! Thank you so much!! I don't have an Etsy shop, but I do have some things on Society 6 that I will blog/share about at some point. Thanks for popping by!!
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