Creative Mondays 91 – George Version 2

“What is Creative Mondays?

Monday’s are always a drag. The start of a new week, you have to go back to that routine of going to bed early/get up early. If (like me) you have to commute then you prepare for that long journey into work and that long journey back for the first time after a nice two day break.

So to kick off those lousy Mondays, I’m going to get my creative mind flowing in a positive way. Creative Mondays. A chance for me to show off something unfinished or finished that I’ve been working on throughout the previous week.”

A couple weeks back after seeing Pixar’s Monster’s University I was inspired to create my own monster character illustration. I posted ‘George’ up as one of my Creative Mondays pieces but if I’m honest I was never really to fond of the piece. The idea was there but my illustration style didn’t match the feeling or the look of the other characters.

Never one to give up on an idea (no matter how good or bad) I decided to go back to the drawing board and create George again, but this time in Photoshop. I worked on his overall look a bit more and the expression and while I still like elements of the original George I’m much happier with the direction the new improved version turned out. To me he fits better within the “Monsters” universe and I can’t get over that toothy grin!

It’s a good lesson to go back and revisit old work and see what you can change, there’s always something to improve on as you’ll have a fresh perspective.