A mini collage that seemed fitting for this week's Illustration Friday Challenge, the word 'Summer'.
Ice cream at the end of a long day at the beach...
I hope I will have time to do another one because summer is quite a wonderful theme.
'Ice cream on the beach', a collage by Ella Lapointe
This weeks Illustration Friday Challenge was the word 'Mask'.
I have been interested in illustrated letters for a while now and thought I would give it a try. It was both challenging and interesting to try and create a specific character even though her face is completely covered with an oversized mask, similarly to balance a recognizable letter of the ABC that would still feel like it was something else as well, maybe a ginger cat...
'M' is for Mask, a watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe
This week's Challenge was the word 'Retro'.
'What wonderful treasures Grandma has at her house!'
'Retro', A watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe
Visiting my sister in London. She kindly gave me free reign to cut into her piles of Bridal magazines, left over from when she planned her wedding about five years ago. It's funny how I originally had the idea to play with the contrast of big very extravagant figures and a small plain one, I was thinking about an urban setting and a little girl, perhaps a clothes store?! As my idea evolved further I landed at a well known fairytale which enabled my imagination to go wild... Can you recognize it?
Cinderella's vane stepsisters getting ready for the ball.
You know those afterthought Valentine's Day cards when you just grab the nearest thing and make it work?! Yeah those. Sometimes all one has are good intentions and anyway: Love is all you need.
This week's Illustration Friday challenge was the word: "Creature". It has been a very busy week and the laundry keeps piling up, in various evolutionary stages, waiting to either be washed, folded or put away. Well, at least it provides inspiration!!! My two year old niece, in London, just loves messing up a hamper of freshly folded clothes... Here's what I came up with.
"Creature", a mixed media illustration by Ella Lapointe.
Oh Boy what a week it has been!!! I've been entangled in so many different projects, pulling me in every possible direction… I can't believe I somehow managed to make something for this week's Illustration Friday challenge: Entangled. Here's the pen and marker illustration I came up with.
"Entangled", a pen and marker illustration by Ella Lapointe.
