Illustration Friday: Clear

Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006Sunday, November 12, 2006

Yes it’s Illustration Friday- uh, Saturday, again!

Agnes has been a little lazy about cleaning her aquarium. Now she has to work extra hard at removing all the delicate layers of scum and making the glass clear again. If you have an aquarium, you know what this is like. In fact, I did this Illo Friday piece INSTEAD of cleaning my actual aquarium! Don’t worry, the fish are fine…I try not to let the algae get to this level of maturity.

Can you tell what I used as algae in the artwork? Sea if you can guess!

20 comments on “Illustration Friday: Clear”

on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11:20 pm, jeannette said:

a sponge? Great use of clear!
on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11:28 pm, ian said:

Hey, that’s what my turtle tank looks like 😛 Not sure what your algae really is but you have great use of textures and patterns!
on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11:40 pm, Brian Blankenship said:

Nice expressive style. Really like the color use throughout the pic.
on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11:44 pm, john said:

Great idea!
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on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 10:23 am, terry said:

:smile:I liike. I know exactly what that job is like!
on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 11:54 am, julie said:

I love the smoothness of your color. Great idea too. (our tank needs a cleaning…)
on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 3:43 pm, Sherry Rogers said:

I just love this illustration. She is adorable. I used to have a 25 gallon aquarium. . .weekly cleaning can be a drag!

Great Job!
on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 4:07 pm, GingerPixels said:

🙄 I know the feeling! And the smell. It all comes back to me now.
Your illustration is just excelllent. Did you pour sea salt on your painting to create the algae effect?
on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 10:52 pm, Michelle Lana said:

Lovely work! great illo! 😛
on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 11:04 pm, Liz said:

Thanks for checking this out! The algae is scanned kitchen sponge (Bingo, Jeanette!). No painting here, Ginger- it’s all digital, except I do the line by hand and scan it in.
on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 12:46 am, studio lolo said:

Now I remember why I got rid of the fish tank!! Effective, fun illo!
on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 10:01 am, michele melcher said:

Nice work. I can totally relate to this illustration, as I have a 10 gallon tank housing 1 goldfish and also a 30 gallon housing 2 more goldfish. Goldfish are notoriously messy….and it’s always really gross when I clean the tanks. Especially when I put it off, as I’ve been doing for the past 2 weeks. Ugh!
on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 4:17 pm, Halloweenville said:

looks like a sponge – which is funny cause it needs one!
wonderful work!!!
on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 6:17 pm, Barbara said:

Thanks for reminding me why I will NEVER get an aquarium again. Mine got so dirty, we could barely see the goldfish.:razz:
on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 5:09 am, PaintMonster said:

hehehe sweet story! and cute style!
on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 12:25 am, Frizz said:

Love this piece. Wonderful technique.
on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 3:54 am, Kayleen Stewart said:

Oh I remember this task all too well. Great illo.
on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 10:37 am, monica lee said:

This is funny! Cute, cute as always Miss Dubois!
on Friday, November 17, 2006 at 11:05 am, Tj said:

This is so sweet! You’re an expert at depicting facial expressions! I especially like the header image on your blog! Great work!:grin:
on Monday, November 27, 2006 at 1:39 pm, Jana Bouc said:

You’re amazing! What a wonderful illo. I love all the textures!

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