Rain: Illustration Friday
Digital painting for illustration friday rain topic. Completely drawn digitally except the raindrops which are a digital photo.
When I think of rain the first thing that came to mind was Harris Island. Harris is one of the islands in the outer hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. The beaches there have to be seen to believed, they are the best beaches I have ever seen anywhere in the world. Miles of sand and not a single person there, on a good day there’s no where better.
However it rains almost all of the time, which is why there’s no one there. I kind of like that though and even quite like being on the beach in the rain.
No bloody ice cream van though.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Very cool-love the lonely blue image, and the lone beachcomber. The rain doesn’t make for beach parties, but a kind beauty replaces that easily enough. Strong, beautiful piece, fine digital work!
June 27th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Beautiful illo and description of the beach - sounds like a great place!
June 28th, 2006 at 12:43 am
I like this a lot…the figures are very nicely done, and I love the use of silhouette! Nice job. =)
June 28th, 2006 at 9:47 am
fine work! You really make me curious about these islands…
June 28th, 2006 at 10:07 am
You’re right about the beaches, wrong about the rain. More hours of sunshine on Hebridean islands than anywhere on the mainland. It’s just that when it rains, it can be ferocious!
There’s some pictures of beaches of the Outer Hebrides on my blog.
June 28th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
It’s a great work! Very cool atmosphere, like you describe. Thanks for your comment…
June 29th, 2006 at 8:12 am
WOW. Very Magritte! Got any good links for pics of the beaches you mentioned? I saw an ‘Escape to the Country’ episode where people were moving from like Manchester to the outer Hebrides - and I remember thinking - THAT’S MY KIND OF PLACE! Desolate, beautiful, rugged, unspoiled - and best of all cold! (Sometimes I wonder what the hell I’m doing living in friggin Africa!).
June 29th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Hi Rob,
This looks very Sci Fi! I can almost imagine it being a scene from a Ray Bradbury book. Excellent and different as always.
July 8th, 2006 at 12:14 am
Cool picture. I also checked out the pics of the Hebrides - pretty, but I prefer the Florida beaches with sparkling white sand and warm blue water!
July 9th, 2006 at 3:38 am
Rob? You OK? Long time no post. Miss you, and hope the “C” hasn’t got you and you’re not dreaming!
John