Kit Oz<p>This was the first time I tried making a maquette of a character head, after reading about doing that in "Imaginative Realism" by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@jamesgurney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jamesgurney</span></a></span> . </p><p>I chose a red-eyed green tree frog, and then drew frogs dancing "The Nutcracker" ballet. As promised, having the sculpted head made drawing frogs from different angles much, much easier. How the eyeballs sit on the head would have been really hard to imagine, without a model to help.</p><p>Ink and gouache, finished digitally. I combined all the art into a fabric pattern, that I sell on Spoonflower. Because why not.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gouache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gouache</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nutcracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nutcracker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KidLitArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KidLitArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SugarPlumFairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SugarPlumFairy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TreeFrog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreeFrog</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/frog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frog</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dance</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dancing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fabric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fabric</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustrator</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ballet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/amphibians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphibians</span></a></p>