{"id":3846,"date":"2015-06-30T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2016-03-13T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T19:09:53","slug":"mouse-making-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/mouse-making-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mouse making proclamation promo postcard WIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrations tell a story. Here is Mouse making proclamation about the coming king on the turtle tower.<\/p>\n<p>This is the back for a promotional postcard I&#8217;m creating. You can read about the beginning of this piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/03\/turtle-tower-promotional-postcard-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. When I create a postcard, my intention is three-fold. First to create an image with a story that will make the viewer wonder what&#8217;s happening. Second is to show that I can keep character consistency and a story line strong from one image to the next. Plus, third, t show that I can work in either color or black and white. Mouse making proclamation is the black and white version of this postcard.<\/p>\n<p>I designed the image itself to wrap around the areas where the text will appear, where the address will be written and to adhere to <a href=\"http:\/\/pe.usps.com\/text\/dmm100\/intro.htm\" target=\"_blank\">postal regulations<\/a> regarding which areas must be kept clear for processing. Knowing how to allow for text and other requirements is also something in a good illustrator&#8217;s arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3849\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/mouse-making-proclamation\/img_0457\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mouse making proclamation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse making proclamation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0457-768x768.jpg 768w, 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mouse making proclamation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse making proclamation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0461.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3847\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/mouse-making-proclamation\/img_0463\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mouse making proclamation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse making proclamation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0463.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I painted the mouse in watercolor which I mixed a gray-toned color from two tube colors that I also planned to use on the full color side.<\/p>\n<p>Painting gray-toned images is much easier than painting color images because you only have to concern yourself with the value structure.<\/p>\n<p>Something I am still striving to improve in my color work is the bounce light that adds a much deeper dimensional feeling to the images. Color is hard. I&#8217;ve been painting in color for decades and the more I learn, the more I realize I have left to learn.<\/p>\n<p>I wish there was an artist in my town who could mentor me, much like the intensive mentoring I received at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artimc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMC<\/a> in 2012. My art skill and understanding leveled up after that long week intensive. It was the BEST thing I have ever done to improve my art education. I can&#8217;t wait till I can save up the funds to do something like that again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrations tell a story. Here is Mouse making proclamation about the coming king on the turtle tower. This is the back for a promotional postcard I&#8217;m creating. You can read about the beginning of this piece here. When I create a postcard, my intention is three-fold. 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