Illustratie Launch voor Illustration Friday
Auteur: Jennifer van der Meer. Gepost op:22-jun-2011 14:51
Vrijdag was er weer een nieuw topic op Illustration Friday: 'launch' (lancering). Ik maakte deze illustratie. Jeroens reactie: "Ik begrijp er niks van". lees meer
Since Illustration Friday is an English website, I'll write this post in English.
This week's topic was 'launch'. There was also a quote from Henry David Thoreau: "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." That quote inspired me to make this illustration.
For a while now, there is a picture of a black man in my studio. I don't know why - is it because of his beautifull legs? - but the man intrigues me. The picture lays there all the time, sometimes on my desk, sometimes on the floor. And all the time he is staring at me. So I thought it was time to draw him. On the photo he was wearing shorts, but I gave him also a poncho to wear on top of the shorts. I thought he really needed that. After drawing the poncho, I was not sure anymore if he looked like a man or a woman, which I liked. And instead of his new classy office shoes, I drew nice warm, comfortable and fluffy socks for him. He also got balloons and two fishy friends.
What about the raincoat?
After a while I was quite happy with the result and I showed the final piece to my partner Jeroen. But he said: "I don't understand anything of that illustration. Why does that woman wear a raincoat?" So now I am really curious what you think of this picture. What does it mean to you? Why do you think he (or she?) is wearing a poncho? Please feel free to leave a comment below!
Update June 23th
When I came into my studio this morning, I looked at the illustration again. And then I thought: there is something wrong with it. I didn't like the waves anymore. So I decided to erase the pencil line on top of the waves and I removed the two bigger waves. One of the fish came to help the man, so that he didn't have to fly away already and could stay a little longer with us. Another fish appeared on the paper to play with his friends. And than I thought it was ok. When I opened my blog, I saw the comment (below) of Roland Sohier. It was just wat he said: the symmetry of the two waves was what annoyed me. Here is the final work (I think - I often change things after a couple of days and that's why I don't publish my work right after making a piece, but because of Illustration Friday I have to do that now).
Reacties:
Elena Caravela schreef op 22-jun-2011 18:27:
I like it! The raincoat is protection from the water, rain, or a metaphor for being a little hesitant about the launch. I can relate;)
Link: http://www.elenacaravela.net
Melissa schreef op 22-jun-2011 18:45:
Well I assumed that the poncho with baloons was a device to assist with launching one's self into the sky!
Link: http://www.melissabergen.net
Joanna McMullan schreef op 22-jun-2011 21:35:
I don't know why he's wearing a poncho - I just know i like it! Does there have to be a reason?
Link: http://jomcmullan.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/launch/
roland sohier schreef op 22-jun-2011 23:54:
laat je niet gek maken! Fijne tekening! Zelf zou ik nooit die symmetrie van die twee voetjes op die twee golfjes zo gedaan hebben... maar wie ben ik? Dag!
Link: http://www.rolandsohier.nl
jeanet en ami....... schreef op 23-jun-2011 14:09:
Een mix van "SIX"????? Naw onbedoeld, maar toch zichtbaar geworden... 6 ballonnen...zes strepen op sok 1 en 2... poncho met 6 knoopjes... golfjes klein: 12 ( 2x zes) twee hoge golfjes: Vloed ?? Om de 6 uur... kabbelend leven met twee hoogtepunten? Lopen over water? Dat kon alleen die man uit het oude dikke boek... geen wonder dat die vissen verbaasd kijken wie op de rand van hun wereld loopt. Een meisje van 6 ? Of een vrouw van 36 ? (6x6)...tja, een zwarte man??? Een neger? Omgekeerd: regen... Poncho (6) weg? Dat kan niet, want de mouwen en armen werken tegen, teveel voor 6 ballonnen... Jeroen heeft gelijk... dit is een mission impossible, dus: poncho aanhouden: tegen (6) regen (6)En dat allemaal tijdens de vakantie in Frankrijk, waar ze zes (six) met een é' schrijven. Het maakt ook niet uit of je de 6 omdraait in een 9. Numerologisch is 6+9= 15...1+5= 6.Oh ja, juni is de 6e maand !!!! En: niet onbelangrijk: Je potlood heeft ook 6 kanten. Groeten !!
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