Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Milly Goes to the Pet Shop


I decided to play with the watercolour & graphite illustration technique a little more, as I felt it had possibilities, but last time it ended up more cartoon than 'picture book'. I created this little character, who I think I'll call Milly. She is taking her new friend home from the pet shop:


I much prefer this to the hierarchy illustration. The paint work is more understated and delicate, and I am already rather fond of little Milly.

7 comments:

  1. Alicia Padrón5 May 2009 at 16:44

    Ohhh yes Lynne, I love this! I agree is delicate, gentle and feesl very spontaneous and fresh.

    Little Milly is adorable :o)

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  2. Buskitten5 May 2009 at 16:51

    Yeah Lynne - she's adorable! Perfect for a 'Milly' series!

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  3. Loni Edwards5 May 2009 at 19:45

    How sweet! Yes, I too like the organic feel of the watercolor in this one. Very nice!

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  4. Tomás Serrano6 May 2009 at 18:31

    I like both illustrations so much.

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  5. Damian Harvey7 May 2009 at 10:00

    This is great Lynne - it's really interesting seeing these diferent styles your trying.

    As a writer I love seeing characters like this - there's nothing like it for generating story ideas.

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  6. Lynne the Pencil7 May 2009 at 10:16

    Thank you everyone!

    Damian - if you were to write about Milly, you could attach the character sketch to the MS... you never know...

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  7. Angelico7 May 2009 at 21:37

    I like this. :)

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