This is for the Illustration Friday "Garden" topic. Funny how a word can transport you back in time when you really start thinking about it. My mom used to let me grow potato plants in jars on our window sills as a kid (bless her, cause they start to stink after awhile). They grow pretty quickly so I used to get really excited to look at them each day when I got home from school to see the progress. Then at night my mind would wander beyond the science of things and imagine the little people that showed up during the day to water the vines while I was away at school.
So this is the illustration I came up with after that thought... I welcome your feedback. Thanks!
Medium: pencil / digital color
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24 comments:
I love this concept! It's so imaginative and quirky.
que sorpresa, un señor sembrando sobre una papa...o es una palta?...me encantó.
saludos
ha ha I remember my school project "how to grow a sweet pea":) lovely and cute work!
this is wonderful!!! very clever
Beautiful! Great style, man.
I personally like the cropped one better. Neat idea.
great illo! I love the style of it and the story behind it. I personally like the cropped version better.
Great concept, and I love the way you drew it, especially the potato. I prefer the uncropped version myself; great strong vertical with some nice open space above. I did a science experiment when I was a kid, trying to grow various plants in water. It doesn't work for all veggies. Sometimes the results are very, very, awfully bad.
This is just great. I like the cropped version better. Such a delicate style with the lines and colors.
Yay hydroponics! Fun idea for an illustration.
This is so lovely, and the story could be a children's book!
lovely illo and very original idea and garden! personally i like the uncropped version better, makes the little guy appear even smaller :)
Hehe! very nice! wonderful story and so well rendered!
I prefer the uncropped one.
What nice bit of storytelling art. I prefer the un-cropped version--gives you more of a sense of what you're seeing, and makes the little man all the more little.
This is so sweet! I remember us kids doing the same thing. I think I grew an avocado or two :) Nice work!
I like it so much!
what a great idea! i was always trying to grow avocado plants when i was a kid. very inspirational.
Wonderful take on the theme, beautifully done as well!
I like it cropped! This is so imaginative and just wonderful :)
I love your story behind it, it makes it even more charming.
I'm liking it cropped, it seems to bring more attention to the character. Great concept, and thoughtful memory.
What a great concept. Very nicely done.
Thank you all very much for your comments! Perhaps I'll have to explore the story more and put together a book dummy for ""The Little Man From Potato Island". Feels really great to be illustrating again and I look forward to being a part of this community in the future Fridays to come!
Nice work!!
I like too much!!
très poétique et orignal! J'aime beaucoup ^- ^
This is great. Love the story and the drawing. Being a potato farmer is never easy work.
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