28 May 2013

Tension


The tension may not be apparent just looking at this drawing.  However, if you watch this little clip of fish hatching from eggs, these little guys just SPRING out of their embryonic homes.  The composition was originally intended for an earlier Illustration Friday topic, "Future."  Missed that deadline.  So, by changing the crystal ball to a fish egg the drawing works for this week's topic, "Tension."  Come to think of it, the fish egg would have been a much better solution for future than a crystal ball.  Pen, ink, and watercolour.

WiP - photo collage and first wash of ink

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8 comments:

  1. Cindy D.28 May 2013 at 16:02

    Wow, so cool! Beautiful use of color. Wonderful job capturing that strange object! Also, nice job making the switch to the new topic!

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  2. Janice Lucier28 May 2013 at 16:21

    Very beautiful expression.

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  3. nancy vo28 May 2013 at 21:41

    Thanks, Cindy and Janice.

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  4. Coreopsis29 May 2013 at 05:22

    This is really really beautiful. It's on odd thing, but the child is so calmly observant. Lovely!

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  5. Abby29 May 2013 at 09:16

    Very thought provoking concept - which can be tense! Keeping the child in greyscale really brings focus to the colorful egg.

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    1. nancy vo30 May 2013 at 10:56

      Coreopsis and Abby, thank you. The things my kids have to do so that I get a model for drawing...

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  6. Anonymous19 June 2013 at 20:04

    This is great! Love the connection to the video!

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