Sunday, February 04, 2007

Illustration Friday-Sprout

This idea came to me and I wanted to execute it quickly- mostly thinking about simple shapes and a limited palette. Poor Mr. Tomato.

49 comments:

John Coulter said...

I love it!
so did you sketch this out first or just do it direct in the computer?

http://johncoulter.blogspot.com/

Katrine K said...

Poor tomatoe, Your illustration is so nice, simple and great! Like the colours a lot too!

Eric Dyck said...

wonderful colours

Jannie aka Chickengirl said...

John: Thanks! I sketched it out very quickly but didnt even scan it in.

Claire Louise Milne said...

Ha! I love it. I like the colour scheme a lot and very expressive - he was certainly happy to be alive! Too bad it didn't last. :-)

Anonymous said...

Chickengirl!!! The darkside of the art is hysterical!

Anonymous said...

ahahhaha!! poor tomato. i love this!

so much better than the life cycle of a seed to just a sprout. awesome!

Michelle Lana said...

You are too awesome! This is so clever and very well done! Yay!

AstridMueller said...

Aw, poor thing. Nice idea though, and the illo looks nice =)

Astrid
-PotatoMammaDesign.com

Anonymous said...

lol it happens to the best of us: michael dailey

carla said...

Humorous and sad at the same time... what a great piece!

Laura A. Dalesandro said...

Great job! I love the humor in your illustrations!

SketchMark said...

this is hilarious. i will undoubtedly smile and think of this every time i use some ketchup.

Anonymous said...

Hah! This is so great! Love the cycle!

Ken Chandler said...

Ouchy! Poor tomato. Tough life for veggies huh? Nice post Chickengirl!

pati said...

Awww... and the only hope Mr. Tomato has is that his seeds start all over again :'(

Love ur style ;)

Anonymous said...

LOL; funny and great illustration!

HOLLi CONGER said...

ha ha ha! Great as always. I love that the eyes are "x"ed out on the ketchup :)

Anja said...

This Illo is amazing. Jannie! Love It.

Kay Aker said...

Tragic, yet lovely!

burgerlog said...

LOVE THIS!

Anonymous said...

...and execute it you did. Cute Illustration! Poor li'l tomato.

Pickledog said...

Ha! Great cartoon. Gruesome fun!

J. E. Morris said...

Ewwww! Very funny.

Amy Zaleski said...

Too funny! Hey congrats on pick of the week...always nice to see someone I admire on the main page!

Mattias Adolfsson said...

Great concept, but what a tragedy!

Gwen said...

Great illustration, i love it ! really funny

Anonymous said...

yay! you were the pick! how cool is that :)

i love this one so much, congrats!!

Susan Mitchell said...

Yay! You are pick of the week! Love this one :)

Ellen said...

CONGRATS! Pick of the week!!! How cool!!!! LOVE your work, (then again I always do ;)

Fernanda Guedes said...

Congrats on the Pick of the Week. You deserved it! That's so cute and fun!

claudine hellmuth said...

wonderful! such a fun idea. Poor Mr Tomato!

Antimatty said...

nice, i like the style. very calming.

Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

Wow, this rocks! How'd I miss it last week? Well done!

Larry Lee said...

In the end aren't we all just a bottle of ketchup. Although, I guess, some become tomato paste and spaghetti sauce.
Very fun illo.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on pick of the week, it is well deserved! I somehow missed your entry last week.

pati said...

Yay! Congrats for have been the pick of the week!!!!!!!!!! :)

abrahambalcazar said...

hahaha, very funny, congratulations for the pick of the week!!!

cristina said...

Hey, congratulations for the pick of the week!
I saw this at flickr and I put you a favorite.
I've added you to my blog's link list :)
See you soon!

Nice style! :D

Anonymous said...

Hey cool! You're the pick of the week!

Geninne said...

"Pick of the week"!!!!! clukety cluk cluk cluk!!!! Best pick of the week to date :-)
I did my happy dance when I saw you were the chosen one!!!

Anonymous said...

very nice! I really love it!

Natascha Rosenberg said...

Poor Mister Tomato!! but tahnk you beacause it is so tasty.

K Cummings said...

Hilarious! I've never felt so guilty for liking ketchup!

Anonymous said...

this is wonderful, jannie! still haven't gotten to mine, i have a rough, but now we're onto 'crash' already...

Unknown said...

THis reminded me, I am running out of ketchup ... HE ! HE!! TASTY!

nicole falk said...

haha awesome!!

Unknown said...

hey i dont wanna eat tomatoes anymore ;) hah poor little fellow ;) ;)

Margarida GirĂ£o said...

Oh little tomatoe. I'll never eat more tomatoes.

Lovely illo. :)