Saturday, August 06, 2005

Illustration Friday - Empty

This week's Illustration Friday prompt is empty. The first thing, really the only thing that comes to mind are the starving kids in Niger. Working for a news organization, I see the terrible images all day long and it haunts me.
Created in Adobe Illustrator, 4 color palette, using photo as reference.

Illustration Friday - Empty

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

A powerful image - I like it a lot and agree with Rob re: the limited pallete.

Detlef
http://www.detlefjumpertz.com

Anonymous said...

Another limited palette lover :) You did a great job with this image, the shadow is wonderful.

carla said...

Your illustration is so powerful in its simplicity. The single figure washed out by the sun, the cracked dirt, the emaciated shadow, the monochromatic treatment...all convey the message that famine kills people one at a time. The border is a wonderful touch. I really like this.

Anonymous said...

powerful illustration ... the color is the color of Africa ... the drawing is heartbreaking.

"Maggie & Kevin" said...

I am right there with you Kim, just so haunting. You handled this the subject matter very well.

Anonymous said...

Powerful Image!

Anonymous said...

Very well done, evocative. :(

Nimbostratusdweller said...

Wow, another illo that really speaks volumes! One pic as they say is worth a thousand words!

Anonymous said...

Very powerful image. Everything I might say has been said. But of all the images I'm looking at from Illustration Friday tonight, I'd say this one will be the one to stick with me into tomorrow...and maybe the next day.

Mark Stinson
www.comixscene.com

Mustashrik said...

Hey there,

This is a wonderfully poignant image, nice work and good use of the topic

;)

http://mustashrik.blogspot.com

Kim Carney said...

Thank you all for your comments. It is heartbreaking and I wish we did not have the images to 'draw' on for these subjects.

Alison Ashwell said...

Thought provoking and powerful image

Rowantree said...

Nice palette, powerful image and shadow. Great work !!!

roz said...

Oh my gawd, what a powerful illustration.

bee'nme said...

Oh my - so haunting and so striking. You have such a gift for saying so much with simplicity. Thanks for reminding us.

Jeope said...

Nice job, Kim. Powerful.

Kim Carney said...

I was just writing Becky to say thank you for the comment. And realized (or made more apparent) that in the doing, drawing and creating, also makes ME stop and think about how blessed I am, take time to think about tragedy going on in our world and what I can do about it. Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments.

Grangry said...

Oh Kim, that's so evocative.... its all there.

Cin said...

beautiful and necessary reminder

samo gledam said...

The colours are beautifull...makes you start thinking about things
nice work^^

Tony LaRocca said...

Well done- a very powerfull image that hits you in the gut