Monday, December 11, 2006

Anatomy of a Christmas Card... light on the anatomy.



So, I finally finished this year's Christmas Card. I had a pretty clear idea in my head what I wanted to do this year so, it didn't take me very many thumbnails to get what I wanted.



I just did pencils this year. Not sure why. Wish I made the drawing a little looser, feels kinda tight. I wish I could do looser drawings, nail what I'm going after quickly.



And, the final image. I originally went for more traditional colours on the girl, my idea being that this was kind of a RED RIDING HOOD situation (at least, that's what inspired the card.) Red Jacket and flesh colour ended up being pretty boring, so I went with a greyed down purple, suddenly I was happier.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE OUT IN THE BLOG WORLD!!!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love seeing your process.

Fantastic Card!

Anonymous said...

Hahaha! This is great. I love the card.

Joe Foo said...

Very cool! I'm digging it!

craig said...

whose the King of Christmas art? Uh huh...John's the King. VERY col image bro-ham

Chris Houghton said...

Great stuff! Really enjoy your blog

Unknown said...

very cute and yet it communicates so much, inspiring

Macus Romero said...

Merry Xmas to you too!!
I LOVE the card!! love her expression and the colours :)

monkeyfeather said...

Thanks Scott and Mr. Scribbles!

Thanks Joe Foo. I like your avatar.

You're the king Craig! You did it buddy!

Thank you Chris, daniel and macus.

Anonymous said...

these are great, awesome to see your working in procress too!!

IamOSI said...

Sweet! Diggin the creepy Santa. Happy holidays!