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'Ocean' Week 15 in the 52 Week Illustration Challenge

Added on April 25, 2016 by ellapointe.

'Under the sea... Under the sea...'

I struggled a little to keep my head above water this week and not get lost in so many details. I was initially inspired to represent an ocean themed room- full of drawings and crafts that were related to the sea and it's inhabitants and to show a little girl enthusiasticaly drawing lots of pictures of fish. But ultimately decided to simplify my concept a bit and focus on an imaginary ocean that fills the room as this little future marine biologist dives into a book about the ocean.

What interested me was to see if I could convey that the world around the figure comes tom the figures own imagination or what is brought to life through her imagination. I found myself struggling to keep my imagination free from feeling obligated to scientific accuracy.

my scientific mind would nag me as I worked:
"do these fish come from totally different parts of the world? do corals and jellyfish even coexist in the same regions"

"Does it really matter?" imagination replied.

Here's the watercolor illustration I created to the theme Ocean

Ocean a watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe — *Ocean* a watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe

Illustration Friday: 'Temptation'

Added on May 30, 2014 by ellapointe.

This week's topic was the word 'Temptation'.

As a child whenever we had cake in the house, which was not very often, I would ask: "what's this cake for?". Hoping the answer would be something like:" oh, we can eat it right now if you like!'. Alas, this was seldom the case. and so I would have to wait patiently until the time of the event which the cake was intended for. It may have only been an hour or so away but it felt like eternity to resist the temptation… Maybe that's what this little girl is feeling...

'What's this cake for?!' a watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe.

*I originally created this illustration for the word 'Refrain' but did not have a chance to post it to IF at the time.

Prehistoric

Added on February 11, 2014 by ellapointe.

This week's illustration Friday challenge was the word Prehistoric.

I thought to myself: "hmm… 'Prehistoric', that's a tricky one… Cave drawings?! People wearing animal skins?!"

I found myself gravitating more and more to over thinking and unnecessarily complicating the whole thing, wishing I knew more about those ancient times (before recorded time), oh well… Seen as Valentine's Day is fast approaching and it is much too easy to forget that friendship is a very special and precious kind of Love, I decided to draw a boy who has a green dinosaur as his best friend.

Illustration Friday: 'Energy'

Added on November 14, 2013 by ellapointe.

This week's challenge was: "Energy". I had a few ideas mostly involving children or pets and their seemingly unlimited energy in contrast with the adults in their lives... Upon further consideration however, I felt inspired to take it in a different direction and focus on a more inward, subtle kind of energy. I thought of the invisible and inexplicable, yet very real, healing effect of a mother's kiss. This poor little boy fell off his bike and is rather upset but don't worry! soon he will feel much better.

"Mother will kiss it better", an original watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe.

Illustration Friday: 'Creature'

Added on October 31, 2013 by ellapointe.

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.

Illustration Friday: 'Moustache'

Added on October 17, 2013 by ellapointe.

This weeks illustration Friday's challenge was the word Moustache. Surprisingly, upon visiting IF, I saw that my first few ideas were already executed and submitted by other artists. It's funny to realize how we are all sourcing from the same pool of inspiration (and no, I don't mean the internet)… Anyway, here's what I finally came up with: a watercolor illustration of trying to come up with an idea- sometimes the answer is right under your nose...

A watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe for the "Illustration Friday" challenge: "Mustache" .

Illustration Friday: 'Underwater'

Added on October 10, 2013 by ellapointe.

This week's Illustration Friday word was "Underwater". I didn't have a lot of extra time this week so, going against my natural tendency to overcomplicate things, I went with a simple fish motif. Here's the little watercolor piece that I made. It is inspired by what it is like to look down into a fish bowl, seeing the movement of the water and the fish.

"Underwater" a fish illustration by Ella Lapointe.

Illustration Friday Submission 9/27-4/10/2013

Added on October 4, 2013 by ellapointe.

For the Week from September 27th till October 4th the Illustration Friday Challenge was the word "Onomatopoeia". I was inspired by one of my favorite songs from childhood: "Puff the magic dragon". Here's what I came up with for "Puff". If you are unfamiliar with "illustration Friday" it's a wonderful weekly challenge for illustrators of all skill levels (also kids). I've participated twice so far. Here's a link to that fun website: http://illustrationfriday.com