Thursday, February 7, 2013

Little Women

posted by Cindy Cornwall

This is my entry for the 2013 Tomie de Paola contest. Though I hadn't yet read it, I thought that of the three book options, I could relate best to "Little Women." And I did enjoy the book, after I got over the conventions toward women of that period. Thank goodness for Jo, who was the rebel of the family!


Art in full spread layout

After many versions, I did mine in pencil with digital alteration in Photoshop. It was fun to add pattern to the piece and (hopefully) not go overboard!


Art before layout

Overall, it was a learning experience working in just black and white. As an artist, I'm still working on balancing detail vs. overall composition and creating strong values that read from a distance.
As always, I enjoy seeing the variety of pieces that come out of the Tomie de Paola contest. There are so many wonderful illustrations that I can't imagine how he picks the winner!

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting, Cindy. Your detail is delightful, but I'd push the darker values even more. I agree about how hard it must be to pick a winner for this contest, with so many talented artists entering!

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  2. Thanks for the feedback Cheryl. I always overestimate my dark values. And I even tried to adjust it in Photoshop. Next time, I'll go so far to the "dark side" it'll probably come out right!

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  3. Thanks for the feedback Cheryl. I always overestimate my dark values. And I even tried to adjust it in Photoshop. Next time, I'll go so far to the "dark side" it'll probably come out right!

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