Sunday, July 15, 2007

Personal Fave

I recently illustrated a book cover called Playing It Their Way. I was very happy with the outcome of the illustration for its simplicity. It's a book about how to teach piano to children with special needs. Other books that appear on the shelf in this genre are rather boring — just type mostly — so to bring this book to life in an illustrative way meant a lot to me. It's digital/mixed media: this is my secondary style that seems to create a lot of interest with art directors and editors when I have critiques, so I thought I should continue to try and develop it.

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3 Comments:

potatomamma said...

hey leezy it's lovely!
would you mind sharing your technique? sketch in pencil, paint acrylics on wood, rough, then add lines in photoshop? curious =)

astrid

July 16, 2007 6:19 PM  
johanna said...

What a great idea! I really like this illustration, how the orange seems to blend onto the piano keys. Very unique.

July 17, 2007 12:48 AM  
Leezy said...

Hi there,
Astrid, I create my pencil work on paper and scan it in. I paint textues on to wood, paper, or whatever I can find and scan in, then play around with it all as layers digitally before compressing to one final image. It's a fun process and I am enjoying it more and more. The textural qualities of this style are my favorite.

Thanks, too, Johanna!

July 19, 2007 3:34 PM  

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