JUNE ILLUSTRATION CONTEST: TREEHOUSE

[Eric Castleman]

@Will-Terry sorry, that isn't a tree house, but a vine house jk .

I love this picture!!!! I really love how you use values. It is always so dynamic. One of the things I have been trying to grasp is how to know when darker values are in the foreground and when they are are more so in the background.

[Will Terry]

@Eric-Castleman DISQUALIFIED! ...I often look at a lot of reference before I begin a piece...this one happened because in looking for reference for another project I have to do this week - I saw a photo similar to this and the idea popped in - "put a treehouse in there" ...so the reference set the mood with dark and light values...

[catru]

@lmrush I guess that's a good thing Thank you Lisa!!!!! xoxo

[lmrush]

@catru it is a very good thing!

[bbmeep]

My fox and bird tree house

[Russ Van Dine]

Treehouse in red.

[MOO]

@Will-Terry Ooh! Love those colors! It makes me think of my boisenberry bushes and what could be happening in them Maybe I'll go see if I have any ripe ones

[Jason Kilthau]

These are all really cool! I am working on mine this week and hope to have it up this weekend!

[lferrara]

@Lee-White
Hi Lee,

I can't seem to paste my tree house illustration into thread. Tried hitting reply, gave it a title, dragged it into box, but it said I don't have enough privilege. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Linda Ferrara

[lferrara]

Hawaiian Tree House

[Lee White]

@lferrara click the little button on the end and then it will ask you to select your image. Make sure it's a jpg and it's under 1 mb.

[MirkaH]

Here is my submission. My info should be on the bottom correctly. *edit, i guess my full name doesn't show: Mirka Hokkanen

[ambiirae]

@MirkaH love it!

[Jose Ramos]

@MirkaH I really like it, The rabbit scene hitting the ceiling with the broom is very funny.
Maybe the background is so dark, or perhaps is my computer.

[lferrara]

Hawaiian Treehouse

Linda Ferrara
lferrara123@gmail.com

[lferrara]

Well, I've certainly made a mess of the posting process. Better luck next time!

Linda

[lferrara]

@Lee-White
Thanks! Think I did it.

Linda

[MirkaH]

@Jose-Ramos it is dark because it is at night time, but it still reads ok on my ipad and laptop screens.

[Jose Ramos]

@MirkaH Oh, yes, I know it´s at night, it´s just I meant to create a light glow behind the tree, so the tree contrast is more visible, but it´s only an idea.

[Dennis Spaans]

This is my entry.

It's the treehouse of little Carlos, whose family lives on the junkyard his father works on. Even though they are poor, they are a happy family utilizing anything they can find on the yard. His father made this treehouse for Carlos, just to give him something for his own: a nice little retreat in which Carlos spends his time reading (and learning from) books found at this junkyard which makes him feel like the richest boy on the planet. And sometimes a kid just wants to swing...

I wanted to give it a warm, but also dusty feeling, in my thread someone said: hopefull, which is the general feeling I want to express. I also added a bonsai tree to it, just to get more of that treehouse feeling :).

Hope you like it!

You can see a big version on my website: dscomics.nl or by clicking here
You can also add me on Instagram where I posted some fases of this project (user: dscomicsnl).