Illustration Friday - Dance

I found a beautiful graphic magazine cover that used combination of stylistic printed pattern and cut out part which show the colour of the page below it (forgive my jumbled description, I don't know exactly how it's called, I hope my picture shows what I meant). Anyway, I knew right away that this is what I want to make for illustration friday this week. So I simply drew the figure, drew pattern on its gown, cut out the area of the pattern. Now I can put it above any colored surface and I would have dancing girl with different colored gown. I have to say it's really practical :P In this case dancing girl has a gown from a print of Emil Nolde's painting (above) and a shopping bag (below). Please tell me which version you like better. I think my next project would be another cut out pattern with the opposite area being taken away so the pattern lines are the one that left on the paper.
(click on the picture to go to my flickr page and see the bigger version of the picture)

Illustration Friday - Jungle of Depression

I'm pretty much in the bottom of the bottom these days... I suppose it is like in the jungle, dark and surrounding and reaching out to you... the difference is that instead of leaves, this jungle is filled with words and thoughts

Illustration Friday - potrait

potrait
Originally uploaded by chatgarou.

This topic reminds me of the time my brother took his firt photo. He couldn't have been older than 9 years old and I was around 5 years old. I looked like cornered mouse in it :P I believe that photo is still somewhere at home....

swan

swan
Originally uploaded by chatgarou.

sketch made from photos taken in Hiroshima Nagasaki garden in Cologne, Germany

You Are Sunrise

You enjoy living a slow, fulfilling life. You enjoy living every moment, no matter how ordinary. You are a person of reflection and meditation. You start and end every day by looking inward. Caring and giving, you enjoy making people happy. You're often cooking for friends or buying them gifts. All in all, you know how to love life for what it is - not for how it should be.

What Time Of Day Are You?

Illustration Friday - under the sea

My first picture for Illustration Friday, using watercolour and pencil color lines. I have to say that it didn't exactly meet my expectation. I wanted to have transparent effect on the water and the fishes.. Is it possible to create it without computer?