Happy St. Patrick's Day! I created this leprechaun for a group mailing my agent, Portfolio Solutions, put together. Each artist had to illustrate a leprechaun with a pot of gold and a rainbow. I first tried to make the leprechaun look like he was hot tubbing in his pot of gold, but he just looked naked – and creepy. See sketch below…
Sorta like a white-trash leprechaun.
I experimented a bit with this project: there's a lot more texture than I usually use and the leprechaun is more cartoony and stylized. I think it's fun – and a style I want to explore.
And why the snake? I don't know. I think I was going for irony but, really, it's inexplicable.
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| If this is what's waiting for me at the end of rainbow, I'm not interested. |
4 comments:
Yeah; he DEFINITELY needed clothes...
I love the texture in this illustration. Wise decision to give him clothes. If he wasn't covered up by gold in that sketch, you'd be able to see his Shillelagh!
Yes, I like the textures too! Well done!
Rob, the texture looks awesome! I love it, I can't wait to see how you continue with it.
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