Tag: illustration
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Kindness is…
Understanding. Empathy. Compassion. Generosity. Selflessness. Consideration. Helpfulness. Unconditional. First of all, Corita Kent (AKA Sister Mary Corita) was my inspiration for today’s word and image. My design is a little more childlike than her work, but the lettering and colors are slightly similar to her iconic pop art style. I’d like to return to humor…
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Juxtaposition
I was mistaken when I said that the letter J would be purely (or mostly) visual. After exploring the word juxtaposition, which I’ve heard many times before in reference to art or photography, the primary meaning I found was “the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.” My image seems…
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Hypnotic
I’m killing two birds with one stone tonight. For the letter H, I wanted to use the word hypnotic. It’s such a cool sounding word. I’ve always thought of hypnotic as meaning something that puts a person into a trance, like a hypnotist, OR – when referring to people – a person that is mesmerizing…
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Feeling Groovy
I haven’t been in the mood for writing much, but I’ve had all kinds of story ideas. Weird. Anyway, we’re on the letter G, and the word I was attracted to for this letter was Groovy. If I were to write a story based on this word (and letter), I’d call it “Grace and the…
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The Fish, The Feline…
and the Juggling Fool. -Multiple Choice Day- I’ve been too indecisive lately, so I decided to leave the choices up to the reader. Below is the unedited version, straight out of my Illustrator program. The featured image is the same, but with blur and paint effects added. For a person that enjoys Illustrator, you’d think…
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An Elf’s Story
“What are you doing?” Willow’s mother asked. “You’re supposed to be helping the mortals!” Willow sighed. “Why do the dark elves get to have all the fun?!” She cried. “All I do is work, work, work, and the mortals are never satisfied. I’ll never be good enough.” Aurora worried about her daughter, but she remembered…