There’s no way FLUID would get into this super duper high tech waterproof submarine!
I wasn’t planning on putting anything up for this weeks IF, but this seemed to fit the theme. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! The line work of this super awesome submarine was done by my nephew, Ralph Allen.
3 or so weeks ago, I came home to find this envelope in our kitchen table. Inside this thick envelope were awesome drawings of dinosaurs and other doodles from my 7 yr old nephew.
Tucked inside all these crazy dino sketches was this amazing looking contraption that I couldn’t keep my eyes off of.
His line work was so great and detailed and I thought how great would this be colored!? So I traced Ralph Allens line work, added some details and a background… It came out great!
This idea was inspired by Dave Devries‘s Monster Engine.
It is such a rewarding feeling knowing I’ve made an impact in his creative explorations. I wasn’t going to let his work go unnoticed as this definitely deserved more than a simple “Thank You“. This was a perfect way to thank him for sharing his work with me! 
I am working on scenes for a larger illustration and need to depict some sea creatures that are more my own than those that truthfully exist. There are real fish that are similar, but to set these fish into the tone of my story I need to give them a story book look. It has taken several hours to get these two into place, but I am happy with them and they seem to like being where they are in the story.
The larger fish is based on a really interesting creature. The sarcastic Fringehead is quite a bit more fearsome and uglier, but such a character. If you get a chance to watch a video of one of these fish I think you will see what I mean. The purpley guy is a saltfish, or at least my version of same.
I needed to create a huge fishing net for a project on which I am working.
First I started out drawing every strand and adding knots at each junction.
I had some fish to catch.
THAT... was driving me craazzzy to say nothing of my eyes feeling like they had been punched.
Fortunately, Painter allows illustrators to create their own patterns. So with a little canvas about 300x300px and 72dpi I drew and painted a very small fishing net.
Then I named it and placed it in my Patterns library. I was now able to "brush" it across the areas wherever I needed a net.
And that is how I "caught my fish."
This idea was inspired by Dave Devries‘s Monster Engine.
Love it! Good one, Ginger!!
cute :)
wonderful!
Very print-worthy, you should try to sell this as a print on Etsy!
Great idea for the theme! Pretty soon the cat will be mesmerized by all the falling leaves...
I love the contrast and the perspective! :)