Scott E Franson

July 22, 2010

Illustration Friday | Breakfast

Breakfast

I couldn’t help it. This is a recycled image but it fit the word so well. Thanks as always to illustrationfriday.com.

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July 20, 2010

OJ

illustrationfriday.com : Breakfast

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June 23, 2010

Painting No.062310 | The Birth of Paisley

The birth of paisley as a multi-cellular animal. I have included a magnified image so that you can see the internal organelles and numerous gelatinous membranes.

Thank you as always to www.illustrationfriday.com for the prompt.

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June 5, 2010

Illustration Friday | Trail

A summer trail through a winter world is made possible by an Un-brella.

This is a spread from my picture book Un-brella. It seemed like a perfect choice for this weeks illustrationfriday.com word, “trail.”

Can you see the trail the rabbit followed?

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June 1, 2010

Illustration Friday: Slither

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April 3, 2010

Illustraton Friday | dip

When I first looked at the word for the week the very first thing that I noticed was that it could be flipped over and still be read correctly. I wish that I had a great story to go with this UnBook cover, but I don’t. It is just two girls dipping their foot in the water. If you have a good idea for the story feel free to leave a comment.

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November 21, 2009

Illustration Friday | Music

This image is a preliminary experiment for the A-line series I did for a faculty art show last fall. I have always liked it and felt that it was a good match for this weeks Illustration Friday.

In photoshop, I use a layer for each color. I am using the multiply mode on each layer so that the colors look like they have been overprinted. I added a slightly different texture to each layer so that the color would build up in a more natural way. I started each layer with a solid block of color and then used the eraser tool with a hard edge brush to remove the area that I didn’t want to print. It makes it feel like a woodblock print.
Layer 1 is a white background layer.

Layer 2 | Light green

Layer 3 | A light green with a different texture

Layer 4 | a light green to darken some of the areas

Layer 5 | a light blue for softness

Layer 6 | main line layer in blue

Layer 7 | a gradation from blue to green

Layer 8 | A light blue that adds a halo

Layer 9 | the flowers and a bit of shadow inside the bell of the instrument

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July 9, 2008

Illustration Friday: sour

This is a spread from a book I am working on called Color Buzz. Delicious color mixing: a tragedy. There just aren’t enough picture books about tragedy.

It is mosquito season in Idaho. I saw my first one last night while enjoying the cool shade. Bummer! I do like cool Idaho evenings.

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August 18, 2006

Illustration Friday: Match

Twins. Their names are Sam and Samantha. I am not sure that their own parents can tell them apart:)

Illustration Friday is a great way to keep the process of illustration fun. I look forward to the topic each Friday morning. Thank you Penelope.

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July 28, 2006

Illustration Friday: Clean

This is my first image for Illustration Friday. I hope that you enjoy it.

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