Line Drawing for class project

Red Panda Thumbnails

Thumbnails for a illustration of an "endangered species poster"

Color tests for Illustration

I'm doing an illustration of a Jazz club/bar and here I am trying to figure out the colors for the central figure, a torch singer. I want a pin up look to the singer so I looked at a lot of Bill Pressing's stuff. I also wanted a very jazzy look to it, and I think graphic shapes sort of embody jazz, so I also looked at Mary Blair. I like a lot of these and I think there is something in the black hair/black dress so I might do another color sketch of that one

One more

The first two girls are based on a photo, but this and the previous boy are from imagination

Another Sketch

Drawings I'm happy with

My practice is finally starting to pay off. I am really happy with these two sketches of this little girl

New Sketch

So I'm planning on making this the first post of a more active blog. I think having a blog is good because it is sort of like having an accountability partner. So in my recent studies I've been trying to explore style. It is really hard lol. After a few hours of exploration today after class, this is what I came up with. It is still more realistic than I like, so I will have to work to keep things simplified. I think it is hard for me to simplify because of my extensive background in drawing. Thoughts and comments are welcome!