Sunday, December 7, 2008

Illustration Friday: Similar


                                             ©Deborah Melmon

I created the ice-skating kitty a couple of weeks ago as a similar piece of art to go with the ice-skating dog for a potential client. Both animals were painted in watercolor. Backgrounds are digital. It was a good thing I did the art separately as I had to play around with the composition several times, enlarging the animals and creating a series of borders to go with both pieces. 

These pieces definately put me in a holiday mood. Christmas is right around the corner, right?

22 comments:

yoon see said...

Me too, already Christmas mood!
Thanks, they are so beautiful!

Samantha Hughes said...

Very sweet! Lovely festive colours too.

Alicia Padrón said...

They are similarly ADORABLE! hahaha soo cute!

You changed your blog's background color, I kind of miss the warmer yellow orange from before. ;o)
But I know, change is fun. I like to change things from time to time.

Phyllis Harris said...

What fun and festive characters! I can see these on Christmas gift bags! I want some!!

Carli said...

THey are both sooooo adorable. I love your characters.

Deb said...

Thanks everyone for your comments...and Alicia, I think you're right....warmer, yellow orange is better. :o)

roz said...

How adorable!

ArtSparker said...

Very nice feeling and rendering, the boots and skates are lovely

Cheryl said...

More than around the corner. It's on us. I love the style of these illos. The consistency makes me believe that you could do a whole series.

Alicia Padrón said...

Ohhhh the warm yellow is back!!!!
Hee.. hee.. very cool. Makes me happy :o)

And I see that our little friend popped up there to gather some cookies. Hope he saves some for me. Your blog is beautiful my friend :o)

Juan said...

Beautiful work Deborah!

INDIGENE said...

Wonderful illustrations and original concept!

lil kim said...

lovely - great combo of watercolours and digital!

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Anonymous said...

these are great, deb! :)

teri

Andrew W. Moir said...

You have lots of really great work here. Everything is well drawn and colored to perfection. Awesome stuff. :)

MayY . C 五月媽媽 said...

love it, the color is bright and sweet, so cute,, love it!

Guy Magallanes said...

I love your illustrations. I love the cats' jacket, looks like something you might wear? n'est pas?

Anonymous said...

Your illustrations are so cute!! Love the vibrant colours!

Unknown said...

charming!

Lynne the Pencil said...

These are just great! I think my favourite is the dog, but it's a close run thing...

Ira R said...

I love your work. Cats ice skatin is wondderful. And that you get to do the Illustration Friday on top of it all. Thanks for your comment on my blog. Coming from you and Lynne this is really appreciated.