Unreal illustration: a man looking out of the window…or not?

Playing around with versatile color pencils I came out with this illustration of a fat guy looking out of the window to a serene day. Since it seemed too obvious, I added a string. So…what about thinking out of the box now?

Color illustration of three mariners wasting time at the bar

As I did in two previous illustrations, here I drew by hand, scanned, vectorialized and then colored in Adobe Illustrator. The result is quite sloppy, especially compared to some extra clean digital illustrations, but I don’t really mind.

Illustration recap: a different way to tell Red Ridinghood fairy tale

Poor wolf. Why always the bad guy? What about the hunter, he’s pretty bad as well, huh? Well, this illustration belongs to our politically correct times: no need to warn our kids about wolves in the woods.

Illustration recap: more previous work. Wrestlers just hate white collars!

So, here it is: another previously drawn illustration rejected by the client (the same one as the previous color illustration i posted on this blog). Again, the technique here is hand drawing, 0.5 line inking, vector making and Adobe Illustrator coloring. Even though I’m favoring Photoshop colored illustrations lately, this process still makes nice and completely risazable illustrations, good for any format. Plus: I like the face of the white collar!

Illustration recap: some of my previous personal work. Let’s have a rap-a-licious start.

I did this illustration as a proposal for a client: it didn’t make it, but I like it. The main outlines are hand-drawn and inked with a 0.5 line pen. The color has completely been added in Illustrator, after converting the drawing to vector. Sure Illustrator color is not as smooth as done in Photoshop, but it’s really versatile.

To see the difference in usage, view an illustration of mine colored with Photoshop.

Color illustration of Adam and Eve: in the iPhone 3G launch day, that’s a bitter apple

I enjoy depicting God in the funkiest way, say like a 60s producer or something. This color illustration – hey a color illustration on this blog is some kind of event! – is an attempt at giving a vivid coloring with Photoshop. Well, I’m pretty new at that, as I prefer line drawing and black and white, but still I like the result.

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PS (i might be tweaking the color balance on this illustration soon)