Tuesday, May 5, 2009

"Hierarchy" - Illustration Friday theme


This is my first entry to Illustration Friday.com - the theme this week is the word "Hierarchy". In sketching my first ideas, I thought it would be cute to have a bunch of birds on a tree, with one bird at the top in a very boastful "I'm the king" kind of pose. I sketched  and then decided to try something different (as my little birds weren't looking so great)...so after thinking a bit, I thought of hierarchy in a different way...

although the animals on the side of the bed are "smiling", there is a hierarchy to my daughter's oodles of stuffed animals. Only one, or maybe two favorite animals will ever be right next to her with her arm snuggled around it. So, that's my take on hierarchy. : )

17 comments:

  1. Very sweet and tender! Love the perspective!

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  2. I totally love it , so very cute and sweet !

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  3. Great perspective on this. It's very sweet.

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  4. Hi Shirley! Welcome to IF!!! What a great piece to kick off your IF participation! I love your approach here...what a sweet, creative idea...and so true too! I REALLY love the perspective too! Just an all around wonderful illustration!! I will definitely look forward to your future submissions!!

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  5. A beautiful illustration! as a child I liked my bed stuffed with teddies.. :)

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  6. Thank you, everyone, for all of the kind comments regarding the first IF entry. I am very pleased to hear from you and am so happy to join this community. Thank you so much!!! This is exactly what I need to do get my skills in order and I appreciate your comments!!

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  7. For your first entry? I think it's totally cute Shirley!! :)

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  8. Great first entry!!! I love the colours and the look on the little girl's face!!! It reminds me of when I was a kid, I'd end up squashed to one side of the bed with a mountain of teddies and dolls! Well done and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next week!

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  9. It's SO true~! Great illustration!

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  10. I love this. So sweet. Reminds me that my kids sometimes have the hierarchy in our bed.

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  11. This is a wonderful illustration and it takes me back to my childhood where I had a similar hierarchy - what a great twist for the theme!

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  12. hee, hee so cute, I used to sleep like this as a kid too!

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  13. nice take on hierarchy - and great perspective!

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