Okay so this is weeks behind and still a sketch but I'm addicted to Penelope Dullaghan's Illustration Friday topics! I really like these kids and animals and want to challenge myself by using these characters for every topic as a good children's book illustrator exercise. To make these kids and animals look like themselves in different situations has to be helpful, right?

To jump further on the Penelope bandwagon: I'm trying to do my color comps in photoshop. The whole series I want to try doing in a limited watercolor palette. I thought I'd done a 'limited' palette for the Spring topic but according to my watercolor teacher I missed the boat. A limited palette is only two or three colors of paint that you mix to high heaven. For the spring one when I redo it he recommended the classic Italian Renaissance palette of Pthalo Green, Rose and Quinacridone Gold--great spring colors.

This is the first color comp I did for Robots in photoshop--I have no idea what those colors will be in my watercolor world but I'm trying very hard to familiarize myself with my palette. So much fun and such a brain drain. I'm terrible at photoshop and not sure if this is going to be beneficial for a while but I'll keep trying. I also like flat colors...

I'll try not to beat this sketch into the ground. But Bebop does look very much like himself. That pudgy little stinker. And Logan looks appropriately seal like. My sweet puppy dumpling.

Jaime

PS I just went to the newly redesigned Illustration Friday and um...there IS no robot topic? So Bebop must have whispered it to me in my sleep. I will try to do 'Angels and Devils' next since that is the current topic and sneak in 'Under the Sea' and 'Fat' as soon as possible.