Sunday, April 11, 2010

Illustration Friday: Linked



His boredom was linked to the old adage:
The leaf is always TASTIER on the other side.

Since I haven't really posted an illustration friday in a while, I guess it was time to come back with a bang. I've been taking composition classes this semester and while perspective is freaking me out, I understand it just fine...when it is organic. This week's drawing assignment is to draw bugs! Woohoo! Unlike some of the other girls in class, I was excited about this because as long as I'm drawing bugs and they're not crawling anywhere near me, I think they are very cool.

I also found (warning: LARGE picture of eerie bug) this amazing photo of an aphid online that was taken by Bob O'Neill that, while a little on the creepy side, is a fantastic shot. I did a drawing study based on that photo yesterday, but I didn't quite capture the correct proportions of the head to the bulbous body. That being said, I also wanted to draw fun bugs in addition to practicing my perspective and drawing in the round. Thus, I created this little guy who is not very enamored with his meal.

I filled up a page in my sketchbook with the drawing and some other misses, then I cleaned it up in photoshop and tweaked the elements of the composition until I am happier with them. I want to do a final piece of this, but I want to tweak the head to get more dimension, expression, and fix the positioning of the antennae. I also need to counterbalance the left side of the composition with something on the right, but I'm not sure what yet. I think I'm going to ask my teacher in class this week.

3 comments:

k.h.whitaker said...

awesome, I love it

Diana Levin said...

Hahaha....yeah perspective freaks me out too...lol! Awesome bug. Bugs are definitely fun to draw, not to have crawling around in your room.

dolls like us said...

I hate these ugly bugs but you did a good job.