Juggle

“Juggle” was the topic for Illustration Friday a couple of weeks ago. This is the first piece that I’ve ever completed for IF and I’m very happy with how it turned out. Obviously, the whole point of Illustration Friday is to complete the illustration in a week - I’m way off on that part - but at least the continuously updating topics are a constant source for ideas and inspiration.

I was thinking hard for several days on what I could use for the “Juggle” topic. I could have rendered a more common idea much faster, but I wanted to be as far away from cliché as possible. I’m not sure exactly how I arrived at the idea of a fat man juggling fast food, but once I had the concept, I sketched out some face and composition studies and then got to work.

This illustration is acrylic on bristol board. The acrylic didn’t curl up the board because I used it with caution. I suppose I could have just used a canvas, but I find that it’s harder to define details that way. Also, my main motivation for using bristol board was that I could print out a copy of my pencil drawing on it without ruining the original.