Flea

[Lobo]

Flea sorta Bug. A part of a series of colored sketches.

Well I am working on the visual development of story book for kids. The book is written by a friend. At some point we hope to put the book project online together with the artwork :) Right now, these are studies or random shots at ideas with regard to the visual style for the book.




http://www.killeroctopus.com/images/character/galleryimages/flea.jpg

[sparth]

are you sure you aren't going to scare the hell out of these poor kids with this artwork? pretty gory to me, but it's nice anyway. :>
you should probably post more, or explain the context in which this creature is going to appear.

[I.was.ink]

I agree with sparth, I mean it is a nice looking flea, but little kids aren't going to want to see it. Its to scary for little kids!

[tyboogie]

Lobo--your drawing style reminds me of Iain Mcaig--has he been an influence?--ty

[Lobo]

Sparth,

iwasink,

Thanks for the comments

I agree with the both of you that a bug of that sort is sure to scare kids silly. Well, firstly I didnt mention the age group. Its 12 and upward. The way i sometimes tackle an idea is to not put too many restrictions for myself in the begining. I will do several attempts for each character, and its only later that I being shortlisting what would be good and what can be omitted. That way, it is easier and better for spontaniety to show through in a design. That is only my way of working. It may be not be the best.

Thank you for bringing it up.

tyboogie- I very much admire Ian Mcaig's style. I got to see his work only last year. But I would also say that he bears an influence. Though it may not show through in most of my recent works, I have been influenced a lot by the earlier artists of Mad magazine, Sam Viviano, Mort Drucker and many more.

[Fozzybar]

Looks good! Maybe some colorful blots in the back would make it more kiddy-style and fun to look at...

[funK]

wonderful, keep listening to your minds eye,

over,

[Lobo]

Fozzybear,
Funk,

Thank you so much kind sirs ;) I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. I'm at an experimental stage in doing the artwork on the book. I've been given free reign to explore my ideas, so I will post them up.

[Fozzybar]

No prob!

I would reply to any of your posts, since you made my battlegirl :love:

...slowly i am getting on your nerves here...:rolleyes:

[empty]

ummmmmmmmm......

i like your flea, but it doesn't look like one of the red hot chill peppers.