art of the masses: inked then digitally rendered

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journey

A bunch of months ago I was visiting Tammie’s blog and one of her delightful photos immediately caught my attention. I commented that I could see Zoe and Dante having an adventure in her landscape.

To my delight I got an email shortly after with the photo in question attached, giving me permission to borrow from it! I was flattered and thrilled! I started the image right away... but it just wasn’t working out and in the end I put it aside.

Then as it so happens, this week’s IF theme is journey, and I thought of that failed image. It was perfect. If only I could get it to work... I guess time gave me the distance to see it with fresh eyes, because now, after some tweaking (ok a lot of tweaking) I think I found my way.

sipping an old fashioned

Dante has been watching mad men again

ripples in dark water

The image is hand drawn in pen and ink using a 2 point perspective then digitally rendered.

linked by a string of lights

Dust-bunny nests in the wild are often connected, seeing as they are quite social creatures but easily scattered by the wind. This colony of nests for example, is linked by a string of lights. (because I’m sure you were wondering ;)

getting muddy

There are two kinds of people in the world - those who love getting muddy and those who love getting others muddy

Confined to the library

(in the good way)

Zoe and Dante spend the nights confined to the library, nestled in among rough tweed pillows and dusty books. The city, now voiceless, has been muted by a thick blanket of snow - but Dante doesn’t trust this quiet truce. He knows the urban grit, with all its mysteries and necrotic personalities, is still there under the cold pale guise - just waiting, patiently, for the thaw.

my sketchy flying fish chart

four germs and one bunny

like many things in nature some germs are cuter up close - but I think this bunny should be more vigilant if he doesn’t want to get caught by a cold.

an ever so shaky venture

Dante questioned if mini busses really were fit for flying - the whole venture seemed rather shaky. It’s been a while since I digitally rendered an image. After a habit of filling an image with line work and details it was a bit of a challenge to rein myself in and keep it simple - Enjoy!