Really Silly Commissions are the best.
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So I recently got the best kind of illustration commissions.
My client reached out to me with this silly request - An illustration based off of a joke that he and his friends tell - only they tell it wrong... Sort of.
Anyways this is what he sent me as the concept:
"My idea is silly- It's based on a joke about two penguins paddling in a canoe in the desert
- I would like the roles of the penguins and paddles to be swapped
- It's silly. My friends are silly.
- I am flexible with timing"
now at first, I sort of rolled my eyes, because I didn't think this would be something that I would add to my portfolio. This would just be something I would draw... and then put away. Until I started drawing. and then it was just SO MUCH FUN!
Here were my initial thumbnails:
Then I adjusted the composition and did a color rough:
Which I pretty abruptly changed... After spending some time looking at Looney Tunes backgrounds I started rethinking the colors...
So here's what I have so far, with my reference images, still SUPER rough but working on it:
So now I'm absolutely having a blast with this commission, and I'm pretty excited with where it's heading.
Let me know your thoughts and if you have any recommendations/things that I'm missing!
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Looney toons colors are a great choice.
I’d very much like to know what the joke is -
@ArtofAleksey hahaha so would I!! he said it wouldn't make sense typed out.
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Hahahahaha. That's awesome.
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@EliaMurrayArt lolz!!!
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Update - Changed the canoe, I think it is working better now.
My favorite part is the turtle - I want every part of it to look like the turtle - it's like the perfect level of loose for me:
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@EliaMurrayArt That is really fun! I'd love to see a compilation of everyone's weirdest, silliest things they have ever been asked to draw!
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@NessIllustration That's a great idea.
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This. is. awesome. I want commissions like this...
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@NessIllustration yes!!!! Starting new thread!
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@Laurasketches I hope you get one