Now that the kids are back to school I’ve had some time to get back to some drawing. Still working on some branding. I finally have a plan for the next mailing so those should be going out within the next month. Things seem to be settling down and getting back to normal. I hope this will last for at least a little while but I already noticed party plans penciled in on the calendar.
So this is an idea that has been kicking around in my head for a little while. I know that it is influenced by Jim Phillips but I couldn’t find a picture of the ad I was thinking of. I always liked his use of woodgrain in his illustrations. I thought it was an old cellblock ad but maybe not…
I’m pretty sure the add was for those little sticky pads that Santa Cruz made for about a minute. Maybe if I could think of what that stuff was called I could find the ad. Isn’t the internet amazing? Anyway, here is the final…
Used some colored pencils for the colors. I used all organic(?) parts but I put it all together using Photoshop. I had an idea for how I wanted it to look but I wasn’t 100% sure I could pull it off so I did some color tests that I then pulled into the final drawing.
Having time to myself, listening to music and drawing is really nice. I struggled for a while trying to get into the habit of drawing regularly and after a few years of working it has finally stuck. Not every drawing is the greatest but I have been progressing and there is something satisfying about that.