First Big Project
Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 11:03PM More painting.
All the painting.
But no dangerous jigsaw using. Just helping others use the dangerous jigsaw.
So my store is doing this '6 for 6' thing...basically, on Friday evenings, if you pay $6 you get to go to six different stations that have samples of different foods and accompanying drinks. We were supposed to have signs to advertise the different stations, and on the circular that was sent out, the example was this kind of...bland looking cartoonish French chef.
Us graphics kids were discussing the relative dullness of the sample sign holder, and then I saw a somewhat more interesting version done by another one of our stores and then they assigned me the design of the signs and basically said to have fun with it and since I was going to have to make multiple copies either way, the general consensus seemed to be that I might as well make six different versions, because it would be more interesting.
And then they turned me lose with character design. *rubs hands in evil glee*
So, these were the original sketches for the characters we selected -- there were a few more, but they were done before I was totally comfortable with the designs, so this set came out the most fun and dynamic.
After that I had to redraw them all on giant sheets of plywood and believe you me, getting proportions and expressions consistent was...challenging. I was sometimes successful and sometimes not.
Then they were cut out, the edges sanded, the backs painted white and finally, I painted them all. Which was a lot of fun and also a lot of challenge, as I'm still not entirely comfortable working with paint. But they came out....pretty cute. And vaguely sinister.
Well, in some cases, overtly sinister:
"Hey baby...I see you ordered...the LOBSTER."
We felt that this guy was subtly judging us. Also, who can trust a chef that skinny?
Her mouth smiles but I think her eyes want you to experience pain.
And here they all are, screwed to crates, ready to guide the curious through our store! So helpful!
Reader Comments (2)
Rachel, those are all fantastic! They totally make me want to drive to the south hills... well almost.
run. run while you can.
stupid south hills.
why can't they just move that store over near me?