If You Ever Meet A Whale – Children’s Illustration

Apr 14, 2010 by Jennifer Farley    6 Comments    Posted under: Blog, Illustration

This is a traditional poem I illustrated for an educational company. I imagined a person out in a Galway hooker (a type of boat!) on the west coast of Ireland, seeing a Whale at night. The sketches were rough to say the least but I drew it as vectors in Illustrator and then brought it into Photoshop where I added a lot of extra texture and colour.

Tags: Children's Illustration, Illustration

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  Heather T. April 15, 2010 at 1:56 am

  Hah!! How cute! Love the nighttime lighting…
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  Devlin April 15, 2010 at 8:25 am

  Brilliant illustration. Very evocative and whimsical at the same time. Did you get to illustrate more poems? I hope so.
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  web design Beijing April 15, 2010 at 10:11 am

  Great work, it reminds me of a picasso painting I saw in Madrid. I can’t remember the name, maybe you know?

  Thanks,
  Pierre
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  jennyrusks April 15, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  Thanks Heather, thought it might be nice to have a sort of lonely night-time sailor meet the whale : )

  Thanks Devlin. I just illustrated one poem, but I’m thinking of doing more to add to the children’s illustration portfolio.

  Thanks web design Beijing, ehmmm not sure about the picasso painting your referring to, but it’s very flattering he, he!
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  Martina April 15, 2010 at 7:34 pm

  Jennifer that is really good – i love it ! Keep it up!
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  jennyrusks April 16, 2010 at 8:41 am

  Cheers Martina!