Illustration Friday“Flying"

Life has been quite “bumpy” lately, that’s why I haven’t been able to participate in "Illustration Friday”… but seeing this week’s theme “Flying… I couldn’t resist it as it is a favorite and (often) recurring theme in my cartoons and comics*… the one that came fist in my mind is this… published quite a while ago (as if you wouldn’t gather that from the text!) in “Babel” comics magazine if my memory serves me right. What I do remember well is the thrill of working in this style… ink (brush, pen and …toothbrush!) and scratch (with a razor blade) on special smooth & shiny paper (here in Greece called-very aptly- “Illustration”)… How I miss this technique!...

*perhaps I should gather all of them (planes, balloons, angels, flying dragons, houses, beds, etc) in a book, eh? “Flying, etc” ….What do you think?

PS. Please note temp e-mail: elias.tabakeas@gmail.com

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Illustration Friday::Strong

This is my entry for this week’s “Illustration Friday”
(theme “Strong”), the fun showcase site that I discovered thro’ the great blog Surreality Bites
And of course it’s translated to English as it is an international “gathering”…
It’s my second entry, so I suppose I am still a newbie…
The cartoon has been published in the “9” magazine of the Eleftherotypia newspaper here in Athens.

BTW few observations on my fist week in Illustration Friday:
1. When in the first days I saw only work by women I thought that this was a women’s only site… but in the last days it was mostly guys… then I realized that it wasn’t a women’s only site only that women artists were more eager and/or punctual and/or prepared…
2. It took me forever to see all the entries! Whole days!... my work suffered… but it was thoroughly enjoyable!... I’ll get the hung of it eventually…
3. this site is not recommended for diabetics… as it is far too sweet!
I thought that if I saw another cute kid looking thro’ his/her magnifying glass at a cute insect I would go to a hyperglycemic shock!
4. I know that there is a forum and a blog but what I missed is a few lines about the (this and every) week’s “assignment” with the ability of feedback with general comments, ideas, observations, stating one’s favorite, etc… something like a magazine’s editorial (on steroids! ;-P )
If there was such a thing I would post this there…
5. Can I make a suggestion for a future “assignment” theme? “Penelope”! Off course in honor of Penelope Dullaghan (and because I have one ready!!! ;-P )
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Illustration Friday::Magnify

This is my entry for this week’s “Illustration Friday” (theme “Magnify”), which seems to be a fun showcase site that I discovered today thro’ the great blog Surreality Bites

And of course it’s translated to English as it is a international “gathering”…
The strip has been published in the “9” magazine of the Eleftherotypia newspaper here in Athens. It also it quite uncharacteristic of my work as I didn’t use outlines and it also is in a strip format rather than single panel… Συνέχεια >>