Wednesday 21 September 2011

Before You Say Goodnight - Spread 01


















Back to children's illustrations this week and I've finally completed the first spread for the book I'm working on with author Richie Frieman, Before You Say Goodnight.
It was a challenging illustration to create as there are many levels of depth, many details and objects to put together without letting their textures mix with one another, choosing what colour everything is so it all come together beautifully and what the light source and brightness level of the room should be, given it's a very young children's book, so I didn't want to introduce heavy black shadows, but at the same time I wanted to make it feel like it's night time and have the lights and shadows be a bit dramatic.


I tried different versions out, and after showing Richie some samples too and getting feedback, this is the final result.


The text will fall on top of the white headboard of the bed.


I like working on a HUGE scale, it guarantees good quality for the illustrations and you can also print your work in large dimensions keeping the quality of the image if you so wish. The back draw is the computer's slow performance once the image has started becoming very complicated and heavy.

Thursday 8 September 2011

revelation/structure






















revelation






























structure



Revelation and structure are two pieces of a sequence of events.

The book of revelation foretells the end of time and the annihilation of the human kind. Before the apocalypse consumes us all though there are moments in our life when the penny drops and ugly truths come into the light, sending us to a very dark place.

After a period of grief the desire to carry on living and to feel happy and healthy again kicks in and you start reconstructing yourself. A strong sturdy structure to sustain your new life.

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Composure

Composure is hard to maintain in some cases.
When emotions of loss and grief conflict with the socially acceptable you have no choice but to stiffen up and bear, while pieces of you come undone.



Hello!

I'm back to blogging after a little summer holiday brake.
Because I don't post as often as I would like to on my blog, I've decided to expand its character and content.
I will make it a platform to showcase my broader artistic output and not only my artwork for children's books.
This will make my blog page  more interesting, richer in content and the updates a lot more frequent!

I hope you enjoy my new and improved blog!

Cheers!

Panagis 





















Porovitsa Beach, Greece - Summer 2011