double trouble



double trouble, originally uploaded by young@art.

I’m trying to materialize an illustration style that’s in my brain, trying to find a way to capture the look and feel of a little story I’ve written this year. It had been tumbling around in my skull for several months and it’s time to get it down in print. Photos with illustrations on top, or interwoven? This is a very rough sketch, but I also have a goal of ultimately staying loose. Right now I’m teaching myself about creating layers; I haven’t started experimenting with the blending.

I can’t imagine having twin Chassies. Craziness.

11 Replies to “double trouble”

  1. I love this. Have you tried Painter? Does it still exist? It’s more fluid, more like painting than Photoshop. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. I was just wanting to take the kids’ paintings and scan them, so I can add to them. I want to put some silhouettes on them.

  2. Someday when Ben is two or so I’d love to find you, send you a photo like this and beg you to do this very thing for me. In my case it would be the shadow of two, a boy and his spirit-brother.

    I just love this, a vision.

  3. Michelle, I’ve never tried Painter, but I *do* have a wacom stylus thingy to paint with, an which I’ll probably use subsequently. That silhouette idea will look really cool; I’ve tried that and it really adds graphic punch. Post yours! I’d love to see how it turns out.

  4. LOL Marilyn!

    Chas wanted to comment:

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  5. Hey Steph, this is dwights friend from california, that would come over a few times. Well of course Dwight and I still talk, like all the time. But hey I was thinking that you don’t have a babysitter anymore huh? Well if you need one, I could help you two out over there if you want. But thats all up to you 🙂 I miss those two boys, and I hope you all are doing well.

  6. ARE YOU KIDDING?! We miss you Nicole, almost as much as we miss going out on dates! and indeed, if you’re up to the challenge…there *is* a concert coming up….check your email 😉

  7. Love it. Would love to see an animated version of this. An animated manifestation of his imagination. Can’t wait to see how you’ve applied this to your story.

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