Cocoon
Just as I anticipated … lot’s of editorial jobs coming in this week. So not much time to make an original illo for Illustration Friday (do you hear the little guilt voice?) I decided to participate anyway… so this one was done a couple of years ago and I feel it fits the subject so well: cocoon. This illustration was done for my own pleasure, as a personal project. I wanted to illustrate someone really timid, in it’s shell. The good thing about being in a shell is that at one point the shell becomes too small and you have to just let go… so I guess it is also about growing up, knowing who you are and trusting your instinct.
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Juste comme je l’anticipais… beaucoup de boulot pour la prochaine semaine au niveau des illustrations éditoriales. Alors pas beaucoup de temps pour illustrer le thème de cette semaine pour Illustration Friday (je me sent légèrement coupable mais ca va passer). Le sujet de cette semaine: Cocoon. J’ai donc décidé de participer malgré tout et j’ai trouvé cette illustration datant de quelques années. Je trouve qu’elle fonctionne parfaitement avec l’idée du “cocon”. Je voulais représenter quelqu’un de très timide, prise dans sa coquille. Ce qui est bien d’une telle coquille c’est qu’à un certain moment on ne peut plus y rester, on grandit, et après un certain temps on doit en sortir… se faire confiance et s’épanouir.
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I love it
I love the glow that eminates from this. Lovely work.
truly beautiful! I love it!
Perfect.
Very neat!!! Love it!
Thank you for all the comments. I so appreciate these. As someone else once wrote: what’s a blog without comments? Yep, these are precious. So Thanks, again.
this is really beautiful, love the luminescent quality
Very beautiful! You inspire, thanks!!
Hi Isabelle! really great atmospheric piece, a bit spooky too but love it:)
I really like your use of color. It gives it a lot of atmosphere! Great illustration!
aww, I love this. the color just pops. your work is so original.
Oh wow, this is beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!