Kristen Maslanka's Fantastic Realities

Recently, I purchased " The Whole Seed Catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds 2018." Every page is filled with colorful and detailed photographs of fruits and vegetables galore. I decided to challenge myself and create a creature a day inspired by one photograph a page. I started a little timidly, with more loose sketches, then honed  into creating one creature each challenge. This has been an inspiring challege, and something I intend to continue and learn from. (( As an added bonus I'm learning more about Botanics!))

We've all had those moments: You have an idea, a great idea but it's not yet visceral. Maybe it's an emotion or a vague image, but the more you try to find it the more you come up with new ideas and none of them end up on the page because you're not sure which to start with! While that a great start, it's not very helpful for solidifying a concept. When I run into issues like that I just sketch. Messy or no, I get it onto the page and see what I can. I explore the character through the drawing and compare it to that hint of an idea I started with. Ironically I learned this through storyboarding- you won't know if a camera angle will or won't work until you sketch it out and see it. The same applies for me for character design. In this case, I have a character who is insane. I know that I want her to have a poor relationship with technology, but I'm not certain if I want her to have embraced her enslavement by it, or completely left it behind and ...

Inktober 23- Juicy. Remember plucking those juicy peaches right off the tree and trying not to drip everywhere? Inktober 28-- The Fall