Friday, October 24, 2008

Illustration Friday: Repair

                                        ©2008 Deborah Melmon

Daniel had that sinking feeling that his quick Saturday morning chore was going to turn into a weekend of repairs....I did this illustration years ago for the Palo Alto Weekly Newspaper. I think maybe 15 years ago...yikes, where has the time gone?? Thanks to Photoshop, I scanned in my image (had to scan in four sections and piece it together) and then changed a bunch of stuff that I never really liked about the piece. I altered the guys shirt, the length of his arm, the color of the wall, the pillow, the dogs face, all sorts of things. Easy repairs!

19 comments:

Alicia Padrón said...

ohoooo! This is fantastic Deb! It's repair alright from every stand point of view in the illustration and what you did to it in order to post it. :o)

It is an awesome illustration, there is so much going on. I mean everywhere I look there is danger or damage about to happen! I love the movement, perspective, colors well... everything!! Wonderful work Deb!

Deb said...

Oh, thank you Alicia! The article that I illustrated this for was about the hazards of home improvement.
Fun to illustrate chaos!

Heather said...

wonderful piece and great perspective. I love that you repaired an image about repairs for the topic. Also love the dog with the cord.

Anonymous said...

this is a superb illo *chapeau* ... can't wait until the dog has advanced about 98 cm further into the direction he's heading *g*

Sónia Cântara said...

Great illustration! Very rich in details and a very interesting perspective!

Cheryl said...

Way cool perspective. Adds to his dangerous situation.

theartofpuro said...

amazing work,and the concept is great

Edrian said...

This is wonderful! I love the movement and detail here. There's so much to look at! Gotta love Photoshop!

murphy girl said...

great image!

Anna Nadler said...

Great view point, idea and colors!

Roberta said...

This is really great. There's so much to see in it!

ArtSparker said...

Wonderful lively illustration and awesome use of perspective, unsafe at any speed

NANCY LEFKO said...

this is wonderful !! mischievous little doggie there....

INDIGENE said...

Fantastic illustration. I love the perspective!

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Ria said...

Very very good. Love all the details!

lil kim said...

wow, FANTASTIC illo! Love the perspective in this. It's also how I feel trying to 'fix up' our 'fixer-upper' ;)

Rosalia Lerner said...

GREAT work,well done and so nice colors / details

Jennifer DeDonato said...

great job. love the point of view

Romont Willy said...

Excelente desenho!!!