Birthday Pastel Pencil Portrait-Sketch

Howdy!

Just finished a quick birthday pastel pencil portrait sketch for my nephew.

His family had sent an Easter package to me — and his momma and he and his siblings had each done some awesome color pencil sketches they'd enclosed for me.

I was planning on sending my nephew a birthday gift and at the last minute — inspired by their great artwork — decided to do a portrait of him to include with it.

So the night before I had to send his gift package out, I sat down and drew sketch of him using pastel pencils (you can see a few along the bottom in the photo below).

Anywho — thought I'd share a photo of my draw'ring with y'all too.

Birthday Pastel Pencil Sketch - Copyright 2020 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved

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LOL Animation - Sketchy Blues - Bird Box Studio

Recently, YouTube has been suggesting 2D animated films to me from Bird Box Studios — and I'm falling in love with what they do.

In fact, their work is inspiring me to re-think my own labored approach to making animations.

Hint:  I've tended to think more in the lines of highly polished Pixar and Disney offerings — rather than the uncomplicated Bird Box approach:

• First, their video/animations are very short — often clocking in at under a minute or two at the most (at least every one I've seen so far).

• Second, their characters and backgrounds are stylized and simple — but have a certain charm.

• Lastly, their videos have relatable story-lines with very funny twists woven into them.

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Screen Capture From Sketchy Blues - Bird Box Studio

Their video, Sketchy Blues (attached below), was uploaded in 2010 and rockets by in well under a minute — and ends with a big laugh (at least for me)

Please keep in mind — no cartoon characters were harmed in the making of this short film.

😁

Enjoy!



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