Whoops! Mom found out about boy's secret alligator friend.
This is the second illustration in the three-part series, "Boy and His Gator". The first piece can be viewed here: [link]
Pencil lines + coloring in Photoshop CS3.
In contrast to the first image, where I used cool shadows to give the scene an ambient, calm feeling of two friends sharing a private moment, for this second piece, I used warmer shadow tones. I felt that the red tones helped heighten the intensity and harshness of the scene. I pictured his mom storming into the room and turning on the light.
Quick tutorial regarding the denim texture: The denim texture comes from [link] (Thanks Messa for posting such a useful pack of textures!) After I finished painting the shadows and highlights on the jeans, I made a new layer, shrunk down one of the textures and stitched it together over the length of the jeans. Then I set the layer to soft light and 50% opacity. Finally, I used the dodge tool over the highlighted areas of the jeans to soften the intensity of the texture.
The mom may be mad, but she sure has a nice butt XD Really excellent job on the coloring, as usual, but the usage of the denim texture is very professional and puts the pic over the top.
Lol, the shirt. ROAR.
Nice with the croc feet on the tub & the boy's toes matches the emotion of his plea.
The mom may be mad, but she sure has a nice butt XD Really excellent job on the coloring, as usual, but the usage of the denim texture is very professional and puts the pic over the top.