The “Haiku Ewe” Project: MONDAY

Two weeks ago I shared with you some preliminary sketches for the “Haiku Ewe” comic strip project. (If you missed them, CLICK HERE for access to all my “Haiku Ewe” posts.) My friend, Big Al the gal hurt her drawing hand and asked a few folks to fill in for her so the “show” could go on. I took a week of her delightful strip featuring a haiku poem which was then illustrated with the adventures of a little lamb. “Haiku Ewe” appears every weekday on GoComics.com.

Big Al wrote some wonderful haikus which perhaps she thought I would illustrate in some sweet way. When I read her words, my thoughts immediately went to images of her ewe facing perilous and mortal danger. The contrast between words and images seemed to go together pretty well, and so the flurry of drawings began.

My week’s worth of comics ran all last week. While you may have seen the final images there at GoComics.com July 20-24, I thought I’d share with you the artwork progression from rough sketch to final illustration. So, for this week here on the Chad Frye • Illustration Guy blog, each day I will be showing you one day’s worth of progressions. Today is the strip that debuted just one week ago.

Enjoy! Oh, and a few of them you can click on to see a little larger!

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This was the rough sketch I submitted to Big Al for her approval.
This was the rough sketch I submitted to Big Al for her approval.

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This was the final pencil drawing done on watercolor paper with a Black Grape Prismacolor pencil.
This was the final pencil drawing done on watercolor paper with a Black Grape Prismacolor pencil.

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This is the painted version with all the edges exposed. The final will be cropped along those guide lines you see in each corner.
This is the painted version with all the edges exposed. The final will be cropped along those guide lines you see in each corner.

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And here's the final. It's been cropped, colored pencil was added in places, and the lettering was added digitally.
And here’s the final. It has been cropped, colored pencil was added in places, and the lettering was added digitally. Haiku Ewe is now officially pondering the meaning of life.

Come back again on Tuesday when I’ll show you the artwork progression for the comic that reminds us we are not yet experiencing the times when the lion will lie with the lamb.

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