Finch, those are amazing! What fantastic characters, I love the owls especially, and the long eyelashes/whiskers. They kind of remind me of something you'd find in Final Fantasy (which is a compliment, I promise, I love those games)

I actually designed something I like for the first time in a while (though the brief for this was 'ornate and lovely'... not quite sure I got that yet ), but as a result I'm being more fussy about it. Guys, thoughts plz:

Light?



Dark?



Or darker?

oh that's great! hmm...my immediate favorite is the lightest but maybe the middle would be more visible.  the first aesthetically and the middle for functionality?



FINCH I LOVE YOU. i call dibs on an owl.

Yeah, the first is how it's drawn in Illustrator and then I ran Auto Contrast on it and realised how pale it was You're probably right that it's easier to read the middle.

Maybe I'll add some leaves or background trees to make it more lovely, too. I dunno. Or put some bark marks on the trees, though that might mess with the string.

you could do tree bark or some tree texture in a shade lighter than the tree itself then the string would still pop. i LOVE string in general. 

I like the first one, but I think the middle one might be better as it would be more legible if one was seeing the poster from a distance.  Very nice design, form and function both!

I must be alone in that I like the last one! 

freak!

I went for medium contrast, and added some barkness and background. I was going to add leaves too but it was looking a bit too much like my one with the animals in suits.

Nope,  like it best too!

Finch, awesome drawings!

Just wanted to say the middle version was the best, but then I saw this. Lovely!

 I agree, actually. I like contrast in a poster. More legible.

eta. ooh, and now I'm seeing your final solution and it is lovely. I like the dimension added. Beautiful design, Laura.

To connote the start of a 'learn to draw the octopus' exercise:

  brilliant!

Love it!

ZOMG

I've just sent off my ideas to DiS for the Broken Social Scene gig, to be forwarded to their agent:







I hope they like one of them.

I like them all, but especially the middle one.  BSS Engloutie. 

I took that one a bit literally: "yep, that social scene's definitely fucked"

If BSS are anything like I imagine BSS to be in my head, they are going to love them.

I like them all too, but I really like the last one.  It really jumped out at me.  I just have to tell you I love your work, it's so graphic, I like the clean lines, and I really like the colors choices you make.  They're really visually pleasing.

Thank you! I'm glad you think so, because I get really fussy about colour.

I LOOOOOOOOVE the middle one.  Love it.

They went for the kites one! Kind of surprised since that's my least favourite, but at least they liked it.

I might have to do something else with that middle one. Make it an Etsy print or something.

They went for the kite one?  That's cool.  I liked that one the most, I'm not sure why, but it just jumped out at me more than the others.

I loved the boats one and thought they'd go rainbows. Nicely done, Laura!

the kite one was my fave, so I approve!

They made a good choice! Then again, they couldn't go wrong because all posters are great.

I really loved the kites as well.  Congrats again!   

Messed with it all weekend, screw it, now I'm done.   

Poser? Is it a scene from something?

The two figures were made for Poser, but were imported into 3D Studio Max using Reiss BodyStudio    (and boy, do I have beef with Reiss, but that's a whole other story.)   And no, not for anything specifically, I was trying for something with an Avatar-ish feel for a themed contest, but I can't get it to look the way I want so the hell with it.   Some of the meshes are mine and a couple are from a cg artist's share site.  Flag, grass, background, and some elements of hair and clothes I painted in Painter IX, and the whole image was postworked in Painter.

Man, that image compression Tinypic uses didn't do it any favors, either.  

I like it. It's atmospheric and detailed and looks like it belongs in a video game or movie.

I thought it looked kinda Avatarish, so you got that across quite well!




PS.....my new birthday-present scanner is down the street at the UPS store ready to be picked up! 

Aww, thank you!   



And danke to you too.   


Scan more of your drawings and post them!     (I am still holding out for a limited, signed and numbered "Owl With Socks."   Take that, Charles Saatchi!)

Rainbows! 
I love this one, amazing! 

Work-in-progress of a sickeningly sweet snail girl. Ignore the terrible, terrible photography and the skewed angle.

The coloring so far is amazing!    And I love your linework.

Ooooooooooooh. I am still in awe of 3D work and this looks lovely! It looks all atmospheric and like Something Is Going To Happen. I like the standing girl especially, too.

Oh, she is adorable! I love her hair, and the flowers in the background. And yay scanner!

I have a swanky graphics tablet that I shamefully don't use. So I have decided to start using it again.



Drawing yourself at 15 is a good way to remember that things could be a lot worse.