Illustration Friday: Fortune


My mother-in-law loves items with a history. She's great at finding old pots, benches, books...things with a story. Put them all together and they are worth a fortune. She only wishes she could have a fortune to buy all the cool stuff. Don't we all. Anyway, here's a picture of a girl in her grandfather's antique shop. The lady wants to buy the grandpa. This was a spec illustration done for a publisher for a manuscript called "Not For Sale." I didn't get the job but I loved the finished piece.

11 comments:

  1. This is wonderful! Hard to imagine you not getting the job with this. I love the muted detail of the shop!

    Great promotional postcard too, btw! :)

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  2. I love it too! Great depth, nice atmosphere. Hilarious Grandma!

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  3. And I love the finished piece too!
    Hope the little girl passed on the sale of her grandpa!

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  4. What a lovely picture, so much to see, love your style.

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  5. Sweet work Julie.

    I love how you have brought the girl and the lady to our attention. I also like the depth that you have created with the background, middle and the pot in the foreground.

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  6. haha what a shopaholic won't buy! i love the layers, beautiful!

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  7. Really like it, also the background -thought I already left a comment...but I'm not sure I did so;-)

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  8. Great illustration! Sorry you didn't get the job. Great details!

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  9. I really like this piece. I love your line work and how you capture the body language & subtle details in all of your work. It's wonderful.

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  10. Great illustration. I love the details. The elegant cat is one of my favourites.
    And it's really funny.

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  11. I browsing artists for inspiration today. I'm happy to see this piece again--I love it too...its one of my favorites of yours!

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