The Odd Couple

Back in January, Jannie Ho (aka chickengirl) had her topic "Chicken" picked for Illustration Friday. There were participants all over the blogosphere who participated (me, included) in IF for the first time in months. Those of us on Twitter even changed our avatars to reflect our chicken status, and when we talked about how much fun we were having with the chicken topic, we used the #bawkbawkbawk hashtag.

This was my sketch. When I took it to finish, I decided to put what I had learned about coloring in Photoshop to use and ended up with this:

I was very happy with these two, and was inspired further to create a storyline about their friendship in the form of a mini-comic.   Time hasn't allowed me to complete and share the entire story, but I thought I'd share one of the first pages. A glimpse into the evolution of one odd couple.

Creating the hen's home was so much fun. I went a little nuts with the wallpaper, don't you think? I'm very happy with these two, even more so because this is exactly how I had pictured the piece in full color.

My husband and I have agreed that I shouldn't ask him for feedback on pieces because as he puts it, "I'm an engineer, what the heck do I know about your art?" But this time I thought he might be interested in my latest experiment. So I showed him this piece after it had been printed out for my portfolio. And you know what,  when he looked at this piece, there wasn't just encouragement and support on his face. There was real admiration and appreciation for what I had made. :)