Alex T. Smith: November 2010

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

... and she carried her home...

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I don't know where the line '... and she carried her home...' came from. I doodled the lady with the cat and the line of text floated into my head.

Above is the final illustration, taken from my original sketchbook page.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Getting ready for Christmas... pt.1

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Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Inspirational...

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Another little experiment in using my original sketches and turning that into a final piece. In this instant I doodled the little girl whilst waiting for a file to save in Photoshop. I drew her quickly and with biro which is something I very rarely use.

I then scanned her in and coloured her digitally in Photoshop. I'm actually quite pleased with the result as it still has the energy of the original sketch which can so often be lost when creating final, 'tidy' pieces.

What inspired me to create this picture is this piece of music from the film The Chorus. I'm quite often inspired by music. I can remember going to see a classical music concert when I was little. I didn't really want to go, but when I was there I just sat listening and enjoying the stories and images the music created in my head. They are often random little pictures, with bits I don't quite understand - why is the little girl above carrying a steaming teapot in her basket for example? But that's the fun of it - getting the drawing down and wondering about the story later!

I do love a good mystery!