Wednesday, October 21, 2009

IF - frozen


I'm finally getting my If entry posted for this week. I started this on Saturday, but only had a bit of time each day to work on it, so it seemed like forever before I finished it! I'm really proud of myself for doing the entire piece in Illustrator, even the shading! I think I'm finally getting a handle on the brushes in IA. I even tried a bit of gradient shading on the penguins, which I think works pretty well.

I might work on this a bit more and send it out as a holiday promo card. It's not quite the right size for a card, so I'll have to do a bit of reworking. I should have thought of a card size when I started this!

15 comments:

shawn said...

This is so cute and I love all the detail!!!

Alicia PadrĂ³n said...

I love it Nina!!!!!!!!

josh pincus is crying said...

very "cool" characters!

Ann Marie DiVecchia said...

This is so sweet! I love that little orange bird in the snow and the blue one on the roof. All in Illustrator?! Wow!

michael robertson said...

very cute!

justdoodleit said...
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justdoodleit said...

Cute! Very different from my penguins though :)

Pencil Pocket said...

Nice work Nina!! The shading looks great. Think I'm going to use mine as a holiday card too! Great minds think alike :)

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

he he he he! Oh but you made me giggle out loud with this cute illustration. What characters these guys are??? I love the colors and the scene over all is just fabulous. Thanks ever so much for your very kind and encouraging message left on my blog. I really appreciate your very healing words. They added such comfort to me. thanks so much from the bottom of my heart.

Valerie Lorimer said...

Very cute illo!

Nessa Dee said...

Such a sweet little scene! I want to jump right in and join them!

Anonymous said...

I love your soft color palette and whimsical penguins.

Eric Barclay said...

Wonderful characters and colors!

Julissa Mora said...

so so cute!

Amy C said...

wheeeooo the shading looks fantablious
congrats