Just a fun (quick) illustration I did with the theme of the Collage Obsession Challenge of the week being Sepia + pastel color wheel. Also I added a card texture to the back as if it was a birthday card (would’nt that be cool as a real one? I think so too). And when it got finished I just had that “Show your true colors” pop into my mind, so I wrote it. I also got inspired by the (great) blog of Itkupilli, specially when I saw that she posted some of the pics she used to do her collage-art… what a cool idea!!
So the challenge was to use the pastel palette provided … and (as I understood it anyway hehe) the sepia tones. I decided to use the palette in the umbrella. I am posting (almost) all of the pictures I used. The main photo (girl with the umbrella) is from The Commons (Flickr)… all of them are public domain pics from my “old pics vault”. The skeleton bird is also public domain, and was found on Wiki.
Maybe it’s the fact that she is wearing a mask, or that she is actually aware that she is “different”, and loving it? Who knows… One thing is for sure, it was fun to collage this.
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Une illustration fait rapidement pour le site Collage Obsession Challenge. J’ai aussi posté quelques unes des photos utilisées pour mon collage… inspiré par le blog de Itkupilli et je trouvais l’idée génial. La photo de base (la femme au parapluie) a été prise sur Flickr, dans la section “The Commons”, donc libre de droits. Toutes les autres sont de vieilles photos dans le domaine publique. Le squelette du petit oiseau arrive de Wiki… lui aussi est du domaine publique même si il a été re-travaillé et qu’il a maintenant une tête (!). Je trouve important de m’assurer de tout ca avant de faire mes collages digitales.
La phrase “Show your true colors” m’a semblé judicieuse pour cette image… je ne sais pas si c’est à cause du masque (style femme-chat) ou si c’est simplement que la fille semble tout à fait en paix avec ce qui l’entoure… mais bref, j’ai aimé faire ce collage digital.
I will go visit your website now!! I miss checking other websites of illustrators, too!! hehe
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Parisols, masks, a bug and a dead bird?
A woman after my own heart.
This reminds me of the line “She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she’s walking on a wire in the circus.”
From “Round Here” by the Counting Crows.
I love the illo!
Yeah Rubin, I have a strange side, too…
wow you are right, this line describe it perfectly… strange!! (but since I use to listen to Counting Crows over and over in the past, maybe it it’s printed somewhere in the back of my mind…who knows) Thanks for the nice words!
Very clever and well-executed. I like the diagonal you have created with the insect, parasol, and skeletal bird; it makes a very nice composition.
Oh, this is so so great, I love it! And the umbrella, what a brilliant use for the color wheel. Absolutely fantastic.
Thank you for participating.
Thank you Kirsi!! Always a pleasure doing this challenge (when I have time) hehehe… so many great subjects to explore, so little time!!! I missed both other subjects I really really would have loved to do…. 13 and Peace… but then again, I may have to either duplicate myself or just stop being so fussy over my illustrations… hehehe
love that skeleton bird! And the composition is very elegant – great example on how to lead the eye around the work but to stop it straying – a very subtle arrangment of objects and pointy things keeps the eye moving into the centre and then around the page again