The toucan is one crazy-looking bird. Â Of course, that’s what makes it interesting to draw. Â This is kind of a little test sketch for a possible series of children’s book illustrations (similar to those from back in Sketch #262).
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I didn’t really know what to sketch this evening, so I just figured I’d try and do something that would work visually within the blog stream. Â I guess I’ll see if it worked as soon as I post this…
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I started to write, “No real story behind this one — just a little drawing of half a girl’s face.” Â But then I remembered: I don’t recall what I was looking at, but somewhere online today I saw a photo of a cigar box design with a girl’s head framed like this. Â I promptly forgot it, but then I guess started doing something similar when it came time for today’s sketch. Â (For the sketch, I used two different reference images, one for eyes, one for hair.)
So then, after having remembered the cigar box origin, could I go back and find a version of that art I saw in passing?  Turns out yes — a Google image search brings up the logo in question.  Actually, on seeing it, I’m kind of surprised at how similar a lot of the aspects of my drawing are.  The fine line between inspiration and accidental plagiarism?
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So yeah, looks like it’s gonna be a girl — fun times ahead!
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