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eyewoo · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:25 am

This took quite a while to do... Have a whole new respect for Martin Handford, the "Where's Waldo" guy. This for a 2nd grade school book... It's about sounds in the neighborhood.

Detail .... Detail .... Detail
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Tronbot · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:44 am

great illustration for the kids! lovely painting style. And all those small details! i'm sure i would have loved this as a child =)

just a question: i'm not sure about the perspective, as it seems to be a bit off. the problem is: do you think a proper perspective is important for small childs? or do they just ignore it? or would it be better to show them only perfectly constructed things, so they don't even learn from these "wrong" paintings?
uhm, anyway, i think there is no "right" or "wrong", just a different way of approaching to child illustrations.

Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:19 am

Ah eyewoo this is great man! I bet this kind of stuff takes alot of planning and thinking, when I was a kid I loved this kind of pictures the most, its like you can stick your head in the book and walk with your eyes all around it. really kool, hope these books are being translated into swedish rotflmao! Smile

take care m8!

Sumaleth · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:09 am

That was just the sort of image I used to LOVE as a kid. Everywhere you look there's something happening.
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eyewoo · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:43 am

Tronbot... No, I don't think a proper perspective is important for anyone. I warp it more or less on purpose. By that I mean I pretty much go with the way it seems to lay out. In this picture I used only guide lines for 1 point perspective - vertical lines that widened slightly as they moved from bottom to top. For most things man-made or with a center of gravity (exception, the leaning tower of pizza), that perspective can be relied upon as a constant in any scene - so that's the one, and only one, I generally use for this style. You are right - there is no "right" or "wrong" and there are no rules to creating artworks.

Thanks Capt... This picture took a full day to layout and another 4 or 5 to add the color. It took a lot longer than I thought it was going to take. Fortunately the client is paying top dollar and they love it.

Sumaleth... Thanks Smile

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aphelionart · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:33 am

oo! one thing i'd suggest... put some people in those buildings? it is about sounds outside, but maybe you could say put a woman shaking out her laundry (seems to be a common thing).. maybe some ol' fat guy watching TV.. or yourself drawing the sounds even?

also, i don't see any birdies Sad

those things can be louder than anything else at certain times of the year... but of course this isn't my drawing Smile

nice goin' tho.. ur stuff makes me want to aspire towards kids' books someday

-matt

Joe84 · member Member # Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 262

is this what you call isometric perspective? mmnot sure what people call this, but yeh definately reminds of waldo books Smile

eyewoo · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:14 am

Somewhere between isometric perspective and Grandma Moses perspective.
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silber · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:27 pm

yeah, me thinks same as flushgarden,
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rec|use · member Member # Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 74

Very nice work eyewoo, I'm impressed!

Congratulations on the 'top dollar' too Wink