Illustration Friday: Farm

Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2006Monday, September 11, 2006

This week’s theme was “farm,” which immediately triggered this scene for me. Here are my brother and I, circa 1974, playing with our beloved Fisher Price Farm set. Talk about good toys…check out the articulated cow and horse, and the little sliding doors where the chickens live! The best part of this set was that when you opened the doors, it mooed. I still have all the pieces, and my own kids found it just as fun to play with. They don’t make ’em like they used to- more toys should have open-ended playing possibilities like these! Anyhow- toy tangent aside, this piece is done in my usual real-sketch style, then scanned and colored in Photoshop, with real fabrics added in. Please note the 70’s vibe in the colors and patterns- what a great decade!

15 comments on “Illustration Friday: Farm”

on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 7:41 pm, Kumi said:

😛 I agree – Fisher Price toys were great! We played with the multi-storey car-park for hours.

Lovely illo. Beautiful colours!
on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 7:45 pm, Liz said:

Awww…we had that one, too- so fun to send the cars up the little elevator, then send them down the ramp! Thanks, Kumi!
on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 10:32 pm, Cindy said:

Very cute. I actually did notice your fabric effects. Nice.
on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 10:41 pm, jordan said:

You’ve captured the moment perfectly. This is such a nice illustration to look at. It really holds together well.
on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 10:57 pm, Michelle Lana said:

🙂 wonderful illo…i love this one. Reminds me of me
and my brother when we were little! actually, I think I had the
same toy too….great job!
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 12:45 am, tusen said:

really cute picture. it makes me wish I had such a toy
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 1:16 am, valgalart said:

:roll:What a delight! aaaahhh the memories this brings me! I love it:lol:
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 2:42 am, jschukar said:

Great concept for farm, my son had the Fisher Price farm set.
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 9:34 am, enigma said:

lovely piece… 😛
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 11:20 am, monicalee said:

WAYYYYY Cute! Luke had one of these, loved it!
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 12:39 pm, holli said:

This is great! I still have that little girl in front of the silo. I loved playing with them!
on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 7:22 pm, troglodyte mignon said:

good concept!
on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 7:14 am, ejjjik said:

oh, what a lovely illo! 🙂
on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 7:28 am, Abigail said:

I played with that same set as a kid! 🙂 The coloring is really nice too.
on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 12:19 pm, roz said:

How adorable. I love how you incorporate your fabrics digitally.
I still have this farm toy! And I also have a castle. Do you remember that one? Has a little drawbridge and a trick floor where you fall into the dungeon! I would spend hours playing with that one.

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