Our third project in Electronic Illustration was to design an art spot that was to be placed onto a common household object. For example, we were to do a drawing that could be placed on a laptop cover or a coffee mug or a welcome mat. I had several ideas such as door art, camping tent art, and different illustrated birdhouses. The idea that the professor liked the most however was a quick drawing I had done of a designed toilet paper dispenser/holder based off of various science fiction or fantasy characters:
Here's the final presentation of the dispensers, complete with a small diagram about how you could theoretically replace the paper:
My personal favorite is the orc character in the bottom middle. Anyhow, it was done completely digitally and it was the first project that really showed me that I can be confident with digital painting, especially with Corel Painter over Photoshop. It really was an expansion of my style that seems to mesh well with what I've already developed with transparent paints mixed with bold line. If anything it makes the overall illustration feel cleaner and more modern, which is something I may end up permanently transitioning to in the future.
We had to include this product in a scene where it could be easily found, but since I had designed the dispensers to have a different shape instead of just a flat image that could be wrapped around something, I opted to draw a bathroom with one of these little buggers in there:
One for every bathroom, kids.
All images and designs © Chris Loge 2010. All rights reserved.
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