I joined this challenge to brush up on my gouache skills. Not that I really need it but when I play with a material for a while, creative things happen. I use two different types of gouache and this one is chalky and you can reactivate it. It handles differently so I like to tryContinue reading “Friendly Faces Challenge”
Tag Archives: children’s illustration
Friendly Face Day 15
35 days to go! Today’s prompt is “excited.”
Friendly Face Day 14
Prompt #14 – Fade. I had to get a little creative with this one. I thought of an old polaroid photo and this is what I came up with…
Friendly Face Day 13
Today’s prompt is “young.”
Friendly Faces Day 5
As predicted I am already winging it. I used a reference photo from Sktchy but since the Prompt for today is “round,” I made the girl’s head round instead of oval.
Firefly Two Page Spread
Here is a two page spread from the Firefly story by Zoë Tucker. I started to do the whole spread in color but I really liked the black and white sketch that I did, especially after I blew it up to actual book size. I tweaked the sketch to a final drawing and added theContinue reading “Firefly Two Page Spread”
Happy Mother’s Day
I wish all the Mom’s out there a healthy and Happy Mother’s Day.
Firefly Sketch
Aka lightning bug…..Here’s a happy camper….
Firefly Again
This past week was Poses week. I revamped my character again. I actually like trying different things to see what works. Different approaches, different color palettes. Shake things up a bit. This course is for portfolio building so why not push things harder to see where I can go with it? The color palette forContinue reading “Firefly Again”
Firefly – Expressions
Here is my firefly, Lampy. I was going to put more faces but I like the simplicity of just the 5. From these I can do a range of in between expressions. This is a mixture of traditional and digital work. Enjoy!
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 