Continuous Lines

This series of illustrations was done for a tutorial book on brainstorming. After different sketches and...brainstorming sessions the client and I decided to go with a continuous line technique, showing a clear start and end point, illustrating the process one goes through from creation of an idea to implementation or finalization.

Continuous line drawings are done without lifting your pen or pencil off the paper.

I was familiar with this style but never actually tried it out. I honestly really enjoyed it and it is something I want to experiment with more. The challenge lies in your decision of what to show and what not to show, you are forced to think about what details to keep and which ones to omit. You also have to plan your route out before starting in order to avoid the : "I drew the mouth but how to i get up to the ear?" moments.

The book was written in the form of a quest/journey and the illustrations serve as decisions or options the reader has to make.

Inception

Ideation, the creation of ideas.

Preliminary sketch for a book illustration. Although we went in a different direction I was pleased with the way this came out.

Her Birthday

I didn't really know where this was going when i started, but as the sketch progressed i started getting a better idea of what I wanted. Unlike many watercolors that i do i wanted to keep the pencil lines and shades in order to give the painting a little more depth once I applied the paint.

And most importantly she really liked it.

Goat Head

This is a drawing I neglected for a few weeks due to more important projects...or so I tell myself. The truth is that I did not know how to continue once i had finished the inking stage. I eventually started to add color with watercolors, my preferred medium, and just kind of improvised as i went along. No real concept here, this started off a sketch out of boredom.

Just Being A Panda

Hmm...

Yup just being a panda.
A personal illustration for a close someone. Penciled then Watercolored

Phoenix

This was originally drawn as an idea for a tattoo. Original sketch was penciled then inked using rotring isograph pens and cleaned up on photoshop. It stayed uncolored for some time until I was bored one day and decided to  practice some watercolor painting.

Don't Climb Trees Because You Could Fall Out

For this I had to illustrated part of a children's story. I choose a part of the story that involved a tree of course (I like trees). Straight forward illustration depicting what is going on in the scene basically.
Pencilled, inked and watercolored.

  

Seasons

I based the illustrations for this was a seasonal calendar on the pagan wheel of the year. The 12 months were divided into 4 seasons and each season was done using a different illustration technique : Fall - watercolor, Winter - stenciling, Spring - collograph printing and Summer - acrylic cell block painting

This Bird's Nest

This is a logo for an online alternative accessory shop. After inking the original pencil sketch, color was applied with watercolors. Typography and additional elements were later added in photoshop.