Shouting Fox, 8x10 Pen and Ink
Illustration Friday again! Hooray! This week the topic is “Vocal”. A couple more incarnations (in chronological order!):
Fortunately all three of these great quotes include the “AAAAAHHH” that makes it work with the wide open mouth.
When I read the topic for this week, I thought I would search yawning animal photos for ones that looked like they could be shouting. That led me to this great specimen:
The Ninety Degree Yawn by Andrew Salveson
Which led to these:
Shouting Fox Sketch
Shouting Fox Ink
Shouting Fox Frisket
Shouting Fox Color 2
Shouting Fox Color 3
Shouting Fox Color 4
I deliberately left a much finer outline than my normal, because I am usually too heavy on the outline. In this case instead of the 3.0 I probably could have gone with a 5.0 multiliner, but I decided to stop here. Of course the frame and text are digital, and the rest is Copic markers, multiliners and Micron fine liners. The font is Bolton Light.
Thank you for stopping in!
Nice! Marvelous sketch, and lovely color work.
Lovely colours, and nice patterns, I love this fox!
Amazing, as usual! I just started experimenting with markers and you are a huge inspiration!
Rita
Great idea for the topic and wonderful illustration as always. I love all of the different “vocalizations” – ha!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! You have me smiling big! This is fantastic and soooo expressive. Love it!
I’m so glad some people are liking the quotes. I wasn’t sure quite if they were too obvious or silly but I got a kick out of remembering them. And thank you for the great comments!
Laughed right out loud! Those process shots are real eye openers, too. Awesome post.
I love the patterns you’ve created here!
Thanks for sharing the working process; it’s illuminating!
Get off my 90 degree Yawn aaaaaaaaggghhhh!!! I know only you’ll get that Cindy!
Haha, nice one!
I love the humour and he definitely looks like he’s shouting! I love the Sparta quote ;) I like your choice of colours too!
Thanks for sharing the process, I’m always fascinated to see how an image was created.
Yaaaaah! This is cool! Great to see how you worked from the photo you found to the end result.
Loud mouth! Super! Love your title!
Really, really like this! Great expression, colors and your patterns. Thanks for a laugh, too.
The thicker outline has never bothered me, but I do like the subtlety of the thinner line! You are a master of colors, Cindy! Confession: I often come here to see which colors contrast well/work well together. There you have it: you are my color wheel:-)
Beautiful work! Now I have Jimi Hendrix in my head. I think it was a good call to use the finer pen. It puts the focus more on the colors and patterns.
Wow! That’s one wide yawn! I like the way you drew the teeth and the gums. Also clever to google yawing foxes! Interesting as always!
As always, I love seeing your process!
This turned out great. I think that the KHAAAANN! is my favorite. That’s a really funny idea.
I like the color scheme, but my only critique is that the orange circle with the white dots in the middle unfortunately conjure images of pustules or zits.
Haha, I can see that. I wasn’t totally in love with the circles in circles, so you likely won’t see them again. (Well, you might. I shouldn’t make promises about these things!)
I’m so glad my arm isn’t in there, those teeth look deadly! Great choice for vocal. I love that curly tongue, nicely done.
Lovely colours and patterns… and great mouth :)
Love the photograph and your interpretation!
Very nice illustration…as always!!!
I love it! So much character, such a face with so much emotion.
Love this :) I’m still working on mine for IF. Annnnnnnnnnndd… I found you on Etsy by mistake (happy accident)!!!! I’m SO in LOVE with this print – http://www.etsy.com/listing/74386445/art-print-dragon-beasts-pen-and-ink-on Still looking through your shop, though.
Thank you! So nice to hear and thanks to everyone for all the great comments! I really appreciate all of them.
This is awesome, as usual! Great quotes.
magnifique! you do it so beautifully. the pattern details are awesome.
Yes! You have done it again! Love it! It’s always great to see the process! I enjoyed this one very much!
I love how you made this creature your own style.
The quotes are funny :D
You handled it beautifully. The captioning is great. :)
Wow. That is fantastic. I love the thinner outline for this particular piece – the choice of colors maintains the contrast well. Great job!
hehe… this makes me giggle. I like the Khaaaaaan one the best!
Wonderful fox. I could only see the first one when I came here and thought Stella was a great quote, and then I saw the others. Fun. I love the stories that come with all of your work.
It’ awesome:)Love your interpretation and the style!Great colors:)Thank you for the comment:)
Fabulous fox, Cindy!! As always, great texture & color palette! This guy’s loaded with personality! I like the line weight, & did not see pustules, but rather eye balls! :)
This is really strong and a bit scary. He really looks like he’s shouting! I love the conversion from photo to final artwork … the use of the reference picture really strengthens it. BEAUTIFUL work! Hope you had a nice Easter. I went cycling and saw platypuses (platypi? I dunno) and bright yellow worms, gathered edible orange fungi, and got caught in a blizzard (luckily in the car, not on the bike). BTW have you done a platypus yet? They would look good with the Cindy treatment.
That’s the biggest yawn I’ve ever seen! …except those photos of hippos with their mouths agape! Good job, Cindy. I like your creativity and what you can do with a photo reference to make the image your own.
Great ideas and nice illustration
Ha ha ha! Brilliant!
Heehee, snort, hahhaaa!
That is one satisfying yawn in the original picture.
You’re hilarious.
I like the darker line just as much as the thinner but what I really love is your color work. Always interesting and intriguing.
Nice one!
I love that you shared your original inspiration photo. I love everything about this illustration. The colors, the action, the quotes. Well Done!!!
Such a coloful and expressive illustration. You have a very unique style. Thanks for your lovely comment on mine.
Awesome process! (and I love the different “takes”) Love the style, very decorative and intricate.
In the springtime, you can hear foxes ‘bark’ in the middle of the night. It is the most scary/horrible sound you can hear at about 3 am…
Love all the detail that goes into your illustrations.
You are SO creative, Cindy! This is awesome!!
This is fantastic. I really enjoy your artwork! All those spots – like eyes. Could be a beast in the nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft.
Love the colors! I hope I can get that comfortable at combining so many different patterns and vibrant colors. Great work!
Cool image. I like your funny captions underneath the illustration.
Love your technique, and I envy anyone who can draw animals!
This piece is so dynamic, Cindy. The palette and patterns play really well together, and also the circular swills are a nice contrast to the angular lines of the fox. REALLY nice!
Really like this one!
Really like this guy, and the lighter outline for him.