Origami and Leaves

I'm not sure if this is finished yet, I think I might add more flowing hair and possibly play with the colours a bit.



I never know what to write about when it comes to my own work...

I basically wanted this to have a dynamic feel, with the leaves and origami pieces flying all over. I think it's got quite a lot of energy. It's fairly busy, yet I think it's simple and stylised.

Here's some closer detail;



And alternative colours;






Which do you prefer?

'Sailing' reboot and new blog header

Added more to a print I posted a few weeks ago. It started out as a totally new piece, but was missing something. I was ready to abandon the idea and start something fresh, but decided to combine it with another image and I think they work nicely together. A sailboat on a sea of leaves, and some folk chilling on clouds made of flowers. This image is now A2 in size.


[Click on the pics for a better view]



[closer detail]



I took part of the image and made it into a gif for my new header you see above.

Sailing...

This is the second in a series of prints I'm working on for an exhibition.



I sketched out the leaves and the boat first and fully coloured them, but felt something was missing. So, I added the feline character. I kept some of it fairly sketchy looking to give it a childlike feel. I wanted the colours to flow well with the print in my previous post. A boat on a wave of leaves is an old idea that I've tried before, I'm happier with the results this time.

Closer detail;