Yellow was this time???s prompt. Nothing else, just the word yellow. Unlike the previous prompts, I feel this one has been the vaguest yet. Before starting I had no idea how to tackle this one, I was too used to having things being pretty specific so I got a little too comfortable. But just like any old idea II went straight to the drawing board and got brainstorming. In the end, since it was just the colour yellow, I decided to create a pattern with all things yellow I could find inside my house. Thinking back at the time it was actually kind of difficult, yellow isn???t my favourite colour so yellow objects were actually a rare find, but in the end, I was able to get an interesting haul.
For the illustration, instead of my preferred vector style, I decided to go for a more sketch-like feel. To me, the contrast in line weight and the free-form shapes gave the objects a little more personality. Since the prompt was yellow, it made sense to me to make all of the illustrations yellow, but making them all a similar shade made the pattern a little too flat, so I threw in various shades in the mix and it now has a stronger appeal this way.
All in all, it was a fun, yet simple prompt. It felt like a nice break to doodle things I wouldn???t normally draw. Thinking back at it now if I had decided to go for a more realistic approach it would have definitely given the illustration a different feel, perhaps a more mature feel if you will. Maybe next time I???ll give that go, realism is not a style I would automatically turn to, but then again it does have it???s own charm and it could really make the illustration into something else!
Well, that???s all I have to say!??
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Until next time!!