A short post today. I fussed over this one way too much already.
It’s my take on the Illustration Friday topic of the week: “whiskers”.
I spent hours drawing and redrawing this. There’s also a full-color version with a more elaborate “fog” effect that I actually completed first, but then I stripped it back to the essential elements and am much happier with it.
The title to today’s post comes from a song by Jeremy Enigk from his album “Return of the Frog Queen”. He’s perhaps best known as the frontman for the band Sunny Day Real Estate.
Why thank you.
really stunning-worth your time and effort. love it
Thank you, Heather. As an illustrator, yourself, perhaps you could let me know what you found most ‘stunning’ about this piece?
I like the way how you incorporate music into your artwork, Gabriel. Great whiskers illustration by the way!
Thank you, again. I would have to concede that the pictures themselves are usually not influenced by the songs I reference in the post. The connections are made later as I reflect on the work.
Steamy. This is so creative. I like the drips coming from the whiskers. Would love to see the color version, too.
I think I’ll be publishing the other version in a day or so, depending on when I can find the time. I think I suffered a little due to creative overreach on this pic: my approach to the ‘whiskers’ illustration was overly ambitious, given the time constraints.
You pulled it off masterfully. Can’t wait to see the colorized version.