2.03.2011

rhino what you did last summer...

I have a mountain of work to post, but the sheer thought of that is semi terrifying, so I'm going to take it slow. one piece at a time. This was for Cincinnati Magazine, about indian rhinos getting pregnant. Im serious, thats what it was about. It's apparently very difficult, especially in captivity. many dont make it to term, others die shortly after birth. is there anything more sad than a dead, baby rhino?! We decided it would be a fun juxtaposition to show a massive rhino being carried by a struggling stork. Incidently, the clouds were painted with the help of a youtube tutorial on "Painting clouds at night" - its really did help. The AD was the very wonderful Megan Scherer, she was totally open to my ideas and very fun to work with. Here are some roughs that went with the final, as usual, there were many many more...

Come back soon, I'm going to be posting lots this month...

7 comments:

JuanCarlos said...

Love the rendering of the clouds very subtle not to take anything away from the figures. Yet still very interesting to look at!

PETEEEEYYYY

Chris Whetzel said...

I like that missing baby rhino sketch. Very haunting.

Nimit Malavia said...

That missing Rhino rough is sooo effective. I'm glad you guys went with the one you did though...my heart would have just broken at the sight of the other one.

Great job Peeettee!!

John W. Tomac said...

Very nice illo

I like the missing rhino sketch, too.

pete ryan said...

thanks everyone - the story did touch on a baby rhino passing - seemed pretty sad.

mark smith said...

Ditto on the missing rhino, nice clouds too!

Yuta Onoda said...

Beautifully done!! :)