Was on msn with an old friend, Sai, who lives in Australia and she's feeling pissed (angry-as-hell mode, not the drunk-like-sh*t mode) lately with good reasons. So to put a smile on her face told her to have a look at the work in progress of 'Fat Fairy'. There's a theme running here whenever I start to illustrate funny things...
fat cats, fat pigs, purple flying elephant who's also fat...Here are the first two initial ideas that I have... notice the teeny tiny butterfly wings on the one on the right? Cute!
Here are the other two preliminary ideas that I had, I wanted FF to be a happy joyful soul...
And this is just me wondering what colours to use... I like how her torso is all boobs and skirt. But no wings, darn it.
So FF is still a work in progress, more sketches until I get a composition that I like. And when I start painting, I'd have to be listening to stand up comedies to infuse happiness into it. It's more fun to paint that way.
Heeee :D cute!!! :D
ReplyDeleteI love it!! And don't forget fat hippos :P
ReplyDeleteThought I'd do a hippo in a tutu, then I realised I saw that in a disney movie, the magician's apprentice, I think... or was it that other one... heh...
ReplyDeleteka.. u use colour pencils to colour it ka? or oil pastels? im trying to figure out which type would give a smooth colouring.. any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteI used pencils for this one, just a rough shading. If you're going to use pastels it need to be on a much larger scale so the detailing won't get lost.. But then again, I have used it on a small scale and worked into it to get the details. The main idea is in the end Nina is to experiment. You won't know until you try.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there is such thing as oil pastel pencils... would love to see that. Oil pastels give such vivid colours, Love using them, and they last such a long time too! What do you normally use Nina?