Progress . . .

So the new illustration is still in progress.


So far it's gone from this:

To this:

She's still a draft.  I still want to incorporate a couple of ideas.  I'm leaning toward a cat.  Poodles are so typical.  

I want to give it some more energy.  I'm thinking the legs could be exaggerated for the energy I'm trying to capture.

However, I don't want to clean it up too terribly much.  It needs to stay loose and whimsical.  

I'll be visiting peeps and fam in Atlanta this weekend.  This will probably take longer than I originally planned.  But once I get my mind set on something, it gets done when it gets done. 

And it's always worth it!

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My Best Ideas Happen . . .

  . . . in the morning between my first and second cup of coffee.  


Did I mention my cup holds two cups of coffee?  So by the time I can see the bottom of my favorite coffee cup while sipping, if I have an idea, it's already scratched out in rough draft.


A recent conversation in my head went something like this:


What if I used the same 'Audrey's Martini' concept in different poses, with different props??


No!


Scratch that.


Same props but different pose.


 . . . and a dog!


No.


A cat!  


Wait.


A poodle?


Ugh.  


Just get a rough draft down for now.  I'm gonna be late for work!  


I grabbed my pad and came up with this rough draft:

Audrey rough draft 1 by Steven Hall/Doodle Divas

Audrey's Martini

Now the idea is at least down and I can play around with some ideas.  Rarely does the idea match the actual rough draft.  Rarely does the rough draft match the final illustration.


So between now and the next 24-72 hours, I'm gonna toss around some ideas and have a completed illustration.


My ideas:

• legs crossed at the knee versus the ankle
• poodle in her lap
• cat in her lap
• red sofa
• red background
• curled up in chair versus sitting

What do you think?  Like any of the above?  Have other suggestions altogether?  


Every participant gets entered in a drawing.  So one person can end up with the finished illustration, (matted, signed, plastic sleeve, etc), just for passing along an idea.  


Meanwhile, I'll keep you posted on the progress.  


nighty-night!  :-)

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Perfect Imperfections

I was ansy.  I picked up a cheap ink pen on my desk, whipped open an old stenobook, and doodled.  I realize today that doodling is practically self-medication.  It's like an adderall or ritalin substitute.

Anyway, here's the result:

This is a semi-raw doodle.  The raw doodle that inspired her is here:

Literally I dreamed her up.  I used my mind's vision as a reference.  And I doodled like crazy before the reference vanished.  


Half of the Doodle Divas I draw require a model/reference.  Then there are these divas that are complete figments of my imagination.


No woman can really stand, walk, sit or position and contort her body in the manner my imagination dreams up:


1- Their hair defies gravity, (and hairspray), in extreme vertical loops.  
2- Their arms, when extended, practically graze the floor.
3- Their legs are as long as stretch limos.
4- Their necks are longer than most giraffes.
5- Their hips have severe angles so sharp they could slice steel.
6- Their heads are like lollipops atop space needles.


THEY'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF PROPORTION!  


In other words . . . 


They're perfect!  :-)