Sunday, November 30, 2008

IF - balloon


"Papa's stomach ballooned so much during Thanksgiving dinner that the button on his vest popped off! He hadn't even gotten to the pumpkin pie yet!"

My 1st real 'scene' illo done in Illustrator...so much fun! I'm learning what works for me and what doesn't and it's getting easier. I still may go back in Photoshop and add some texture and shading, but then it won't be a vector piece anymore...hmmmm, I do love the clean lines of vector art.

We spent Thanksgiving at my sister-in-law's beautiful new home in Olympia. Her kitchen island, granite top, of course, was actually bigger than our bathroom! This thing was huge! The 2-story house also had an elevator and a covered deck with a gas fireplace!

17 comments:

jana said...

i love this look! you do really beautiful work!

Dawn said...

How did you know what I looked like after my Thanksgiving dinner? hee hee.

Unknown said...

I love it! Exactly how I felt after my Thanksgiving meal.

Ria said...

Happy Thanksgiving to Papa Bear! Great Illo!

Edrian said...

lol! very cute!

Bella Sinclair said...

HA! What a great take on the word! It ain't a good Thanksgiving until someone loses an eye (from a popped button, of course). Excellent!

Anonymous said...

He he he... that's pretty cute! :)

Art Germinate said...

Oops! Poor dad teddy. Yes, vector illustrations can be so aesthetically simple on the eye.

Eric Barclay said...

Really cute!

Alicia PadrĂ³n said...

hee..hee this is great!!!! Beautiful, cute and funny, love it! :o)

Anonymous said...

Heeeee! So cute. I can relate too! Great job with Illustrator... so full of vector goodness!

froggie is... said...

EXCELLENT! i see a woman who now needs to do some animal antics! this so seriously rocks and is really unique! :)))

thanks so much for the visits, nina! always so nice to see you there! :))

Anonymous said...

There's always room for pumpkin pie! Hehe..

Nice vector work! I feel the same way. I really like the cleanness of vector illustration, but adding textures in Photoshop can be wonderful too.

Anonymous said...

Very nice Illustrator work!

Natura said...

He, he, lovely idea.

Amy C said...

this is so fun and cute

Jannie aka Chickengirl said...

totally adorable....you know I heart this!!!