Friday, May 18, 2007

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ SIGNS


©Ginger Nielson

28 comments:

Teri said...

I just LOVE your art! It is so adorable, colorful and enjoyable. Must be the kid in me :)

Kathleen Rietz said...

Cite and sweet! I always LOVE the way you render water, and this is such a solid piece with the sea horse and wonderful fish and the kid's content expression. Love it! -kate : )

Willie Baronet said...

That is one heck of a seahorse. :-) Nice work!

studio lolo said...

Wonderful piece Ginger! I can feel the swirling of the water. Love the expression on the crab!

Liz Jones said...

Good advice! Is this part of a picture book? I seem to remember you've done a bunch of seashore bits...

Anonymous said...

This is one of my favorite of you kids! She is just precious!

Ginger*:) said...

Thanks everyone. This is a bit of a recycle. I had done a similar illustration for a book, "Princess Caitlin's Tiara" by Kim Messinger and Michael LaLumiere, and this was an outgrowth of things we didn't use. Later I used parts of this as a title page for my website, then changed the site, and saved the child in the waves. I added more fish, more waves, and a friendly gull to give it more life. And of course, we needed a SIGN..... so c'mon yall, DIVE IN!

valerie walsh said...

This is so wonderful! I love underwater scenes, Especially yours!

pati said...

Awww... this is fantastic, Ginger. It's like a fairy tail...

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Unknown said...

How magical, perfect for summer too!

Tony LaRocca said...

Did the piranhas put the sing there? :)

Catalina Alvarez said...

Magical as always!
Cata.

Designing Fairy said...

I bet my turtle would like yours! Love how you paint water.

Giggles said...

This is awesome....very cute, so much movement, and action! Wonderful water scene...amazing work!

Jana Bouc said...

The water is so beautiful and all those characters! What a feast for the eyes.

Eoinymac said...

I wish I could paint water like this! Beautiful piece!

steve said...

What a magical illustration--you've really captured a sense of movement and most ofa ll, adventure here!!

ELLA ELVIANA said...

wow, what a beautiful piece. i love all the characters. and the water is amazing!

Gabrielle said...

This makes me happy. It's so cheerful, colourful and lively

° said...

lov the swrilyness of this and the colors and characters are always enchanting

platitudinal said...

This is such a magical picture. I love all the details. From the little girl’s green flipper, to the crustacean scribe, and to each expression of the creatures. Everyone is wowing of the way you painted the water, me too. Beautiful!

MION said...

It's really an attractive waterworld you've created! There's so much to see!

DaisyB said...

Wonderful colors and idea, I really like your version of "signs". Thanks for your comment too! :)

Random York said...

A wonderful "Sign" illustration Ginger!

Duncan said...

love how you did the waves atop and the gull. Great stuff.

Kstyles said...

This is great!!! Looks so fun under there.

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Priscilla4u said...

You wowed me!