Illustration Friday - Feet (round two)

I bought a set of watercolors the other day and decided to have a go at them. This is my first watercolor in forever and I wasn't even that great when I did work with them in college. Now is when I completely regret having blown off my watercolor class. Back then I was so worried about my design projects that I let the class slide with work that wasn't even my half-best effort. To admit that...ugh!

So anyway here's my attempt at fixing some things that I didn't like about my previous "Feet" illustration. I like some things from that illustration better than this one. I prefer these trees but I like the angles of shades and line drawing of the figure of my first illustration. At least it was worth a try.

Like I have nothing else to do

I'm tired of staring at the same header for what seems like forever now. I'll be posting some small previews of work in progress or completed work there. This first one is still in development and is completely a 'for fun' project. I'll explain more about it when I finish it.

Illustration Friday - Feet

When I saw the theme for this week's IF the first thought through my mind was that I didn't want draw feet but I had no idea what I was going to do instead. We were walking through a park this weekend when I finally got the idea for my illustration. I pointed the camera straight up to take a shot of the canopy of trees overhead. Then, for whatever reason, I looked down at my feet and that's when I thought: "what's the view like from my feet?" (actually from my left foot in this case). This is a scan of a pencil sketch with color added digitally. More refinement would definitely be in order but this is all I have time for. It's going to be a busy week!

NO to spec work!

Hear! Hear! A site that finally puts a voice to why spec work shouldn't exist. It says everything that I probably couldn't adequately put into words myself. You should really check it out.

From the site:
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It also serves as a vehicle to unite designers who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does a disservice to the client."

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