Art and Design

I really love all things creative and although I really don't have much of a clue what I'm doing, I enjoy playing around on Corel and attempting to design things... Here are a few favorite pieces i created over the last year...

(From Top to Bottom - A Music Poster for a local band, a Bar Sign for a friend, a Logo for a local handyman business and lastly, a personal piece, a illustration for a story i started working on)

Introducing: The Mouse Family!

Previously i posted about Creating Characters and shared two of the Illustrations i have created so far - The Boasting Bull & The Abominable Bat.
Today i am here to share my most recent Illustrations/Characters which i am currently working on for a story my Mother In-Law Wrote and I must say I am enjoying this quite a bit!

I am hand drawing everything (as usual) and have then scanned them into Corel and we will see where I go from there... this is still very much a Work in Progress!
(Keep an eye out for further developments!)

Introducing: The Abominable Bat!

Perviously i posted about Creating Characters so thought i would post my Abominable Bat Illustration!
I originally created a version of this little guy as part of a project for one of our Nephews.

I have since done some work on him, upgraded him slightly and re-creating him in Corel (still learning about digital illustrations etc) and i think he is one of the best Characters I have created so far!
I have an idea for a story featuring this fluffy fellow and if i get time i may work on it so keep an eye out for future updates!

Creating Characters

Recently i posted about creating a book with my Mother-Inlaw.
I will soon be working on illustrations for her next story so I was having a look though the previous one and pondering how i was going to go about Illustrating the next one. I feel I am still 'finding my style' when it comes to creating illustrations like these.

The first book i ever made, which I created/illustrated and wrote myself - for my own personal joy - was hand painted. I sketched out and painted each illustration onto canvas.
This took ALONG time but it was a personal goal so I had no time restraints and i am extremely proud of how it turned out, and the fact i actually completed it!
My Mother-Inlaws book is the second real story I've illustrated, which i created by sketching out all the characters then re-doing them all and colouring them in corel (image above shows 'character work') which was a fun change and a new challenge!
So here i am wondering how I will create the next lot of Characters and if the next style will finally be the style i stick with?!