Illustration Friday: 'Tango'

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INDIGENE said…
I love the detailing of the fan and the colors!
19 July 2009 at 22:53
kathy hare said…
beautiful, love the girl with the fan...
19 July 2009 at 22:59
Art Fan Ako said…
Fan girl is lovely!
19 July 2009 at 23:26
Owen said…
Love the "Lady with a fan"... which happens also to be the title of one of my favorite songs...
20 July 2009 at 01:12
soulbrush said…
perfect image.
20 July 2009 at 10:13
Nicola said…
Hi Jessi, Lovely images, so much movement in the first and I love the shy lady behind the fan!!! Great work! :0)
20 July 2009 at 10:52
Unknown said…
jessie, i just love going through your beautiful blog! these illustrations are awesome! :-) x tam
21 July 2009 at 00:12
Unknown said…
the detail on the fan is so lovely, both images are great, well done! x
21 July 2009 at 20:59
Jess said…
Thank you all for such kind comments :)
The pattern on the fan done in coloured pencil kind of evolved and it looked a bit odd at first until I did a second layer of orange watercolour over the top. This blended the design together and made the orange pencil design look a lot better! I tried so hard to stick to orange and brown but I gave in and had to use purple didn't I?! :D
24 July 2009 at 11:32
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