Illustration Friday: Hide

Illustration Friday: Hide

Maurice’s cunning helped him evade that hungry field sparrow, and in doing so he discovered something new: his special affinity for flowers. He decided to go for it. He attained his Master’s Degree in floral arrangement from Chicago School of Flower Design. Today Maurice owns and manages a successful retail floral operation behind the shed there, to the left of the plastic green leprechaun.

This is my drawing for the Illustration Friday (IF website) assignment, this time to illustrate "Hide". Click it for a bigger version.

Illustration Friday: Hide

Comments

Anonymous said…
Nice vibrating color scheme. That bug is cute as hell. Nice work.
March 02, 2007
Unknown said…
soo cute! Lovely!!
March 03, 2007
zime said…
Thanks for stopping by and posting a comment. You have very nice illustrations here...
March 03, 2007
Michelle Lana said…
Cute work! wonderful illo!
March 03, 2007
Anonymous said…
Beautiful colours and cute little bug!! :D
March 03, 2007
Cat said…
Beautifully simple.
March 03, 2007
Unknown said…
Thank you for you comment! I like your bright colours and the story too. Good for you, Maurice! ;)
March 04, 2007
Brine Blank said…
Simple and effective...but what really makes it is your story...Not sure how I haven't picked up on your blog but nice writing and mental direction...emphasis on mental...
March 04, 2007
emilayusof said…
Nice illo, the colors are great and I love the bug, it's so cute!
March 04, 2007
P.L. Frederick said…
Wow. It's so nice to hear so many nice things! Thanks so very much for taking the time to comment. You made my day!
March 04, 2007
MiauMau said…
thank you for your lovely post! Love the use of flat colors, so bold!
March 05, 2007
Cindy said…
Ah, so we had a similar idea! I love your color choices and the simple shapes, and especially that it has a bug in it!
March 05, 2007
P.L. Frederick said…
Indeed we did, Cindy! Except that yours shows the story in the drawing and that's the way to go—it makes for a more effective illustration. My bug gets away though. Considering the look on your bird's face, I'm not sure yours does.

If you're curious, Cindy's illustration is at http://onceinspiredart.blogspot.com/. Look for a post dated March 4, 2007.
March 05, 2007
Anonymous said…
Thank you so much for your comments on my blog, I really appreciated it!
You have a beautiful illustration here, great composition and colors and a fun story to go along with it.
I am still in the very early learning stages of digital illustration, but your work is certainly what I am aiming for: clean, simple, original, bright and cute!
March 05, 2007
Anonymous said…
Love the simple colors and design. Clever, too! ;)
March 06, 2007
Anonymous said…
Nice and simple.. good image.
March 07, 2007
A Sepia Colored Photo said…
cute bug! thanks for the comment(^_^)
March 07, 2007
P.L. Frederick said…
Thanks for all the nice spiffy comments!

Maurice the red bug says Hi. He's running a 15% off sale this weekend on all pink flowers. Sparrows that promise not to eat him will save 20%.
March 09, 2007
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