April showers bring May flowers! This week's challenge was to design a fabric to celebrate the trusty rubber boot!
This concept came easy to me this week. I live in beautiful south Florida and am surrounded by amazing birds year round. I am constantly photographing, drawing and watching birds. (I took the photo's below).
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| Two sandhill cranes - backyard |
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An egret with rosette
spoonbills - local pond |
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| Flamingo - Palm Beach Zoo |
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| Ibis - pond |
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| rainy season rainbow - backyard |
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| Egret - backyard photo |
The weather is gorgeous right now but in rainy season the only creatures happy to be in the rain are the birds.
I decided to incorporate the boots and birds with rain and some fun umbrellas. I was excited to use some of my sketches from my iPad's Adobe Ideas App. I drew some wellies, umbrellas, rain, clouds, flowers and accessories for my characters like the bathing cap, glasses, and hats to give them personality.
When the drawings were done I imported them Photoshop on my main computer and assembled them with color and pattern in layers, almost like a collage. When my characters were complete I made a repeat of the rain and clouds and added my characters!
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