Last summer I was at Extreme Bean, a cool Tempe, Arizona coffee house — listening to some live jazz music with a friend — and of course we were sketching too.
A sketch of an ant "relaxing" with a cup o'joe and a smoke spilled outa my brain and into my sketchbook.
I always kinda liked the image and had the intent for ages to take it digital and "paint" it.
Sometimes things in my world move WAY slower than I ever imagine...but recently I took the image into Sketchbook Pro and worked it into a (hopefully) humorous illustration.
Along the way my ant character "lost" his smoking habit but gained a hottie female ant friend. I decided he needed to be an artist too. : )
Anyway...hope you like it!
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Here's a composite look at the original image and some of the steps I took to get to the final illustration
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And a close-up view of just "le-artiste".
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Thanks for looking in!
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Created using Sketchbook Pro and my trusty Wacom Intuos tablet.
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Images: Copyright 2011, Jeff Curtis, All Rights Reserved
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