This was painted in photoshop and completed in oct 2010. It is a follow on I suppose from the animal underground commute illustration done a few years ago. Some of the animals are the same,in particular the crab and snake, but there are a few additions that were noty in the previous one. Doing all the packs on the shelves does take time, even using cloning,etc tools in digital painting.
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This image is painted in photoshop at a size of 29cm x 21cm. It is a
follow on from the animal underground commute painting done the year
before, by picturing animals doing a very human mundane activity, and
features a collection of animals enjoying their weekly supermarket shop.
The animal customers featured are elephants (and daughter), Lion, Cow,
Bull, crab (carrying stuff on his shell as on the tube journey picture),
Lioness and son, Pig, Snake, Bear, Crocodile, Zebra, Rhinoceros,
Hippopotamus, Tiger, Giraffe, and Monkey. Horses are again featured
serving the customers at the checkout as in the supermarket horse
illustration, else where on this site.
Producing all the packs can be a bit tedious, even using photoshop,
but it is important for the setting. Also for the setting it is
important to have boards with prices around, so time was spent creating
graphics that look like numbers but are not recognizable as numerals.
Dinosaurs are of constant interest to most people because of their unusual size and looks compared to todays animals. It seems fun therefore to place them into mundane human situations, as here illustrated with a mother and son out on a shopping trip walking along a sidewalk. The boy is a typical boy, dressed in his favorite football colours and kicking a ball, the mother by his side with a basket for shopping, but they are both biped dinosaurs, and a nearby shopkeeper is a triceratops. The shop itself is very ordinary, almost old fashioned but has 'dinosaur' language on the price cards. The dinosaurs themselves are not technically accurate, but are slightly cartoony and friendly, and modifiyed so that they can wear cloths. The composition is nothing special and shows up the details easily. The illustration is painted in photoshop to a size of 10" x 8". Other dinosaur world paintings are here and here. Painted in 2009.
I find it amusing to think of animals in human roles and have visited this area several times as seen here on this site. The illustration shows a scene in a small shop with a horse acting as a cashier. She is serving a devious looking crocodile and snake friend some cigarettes and beer. Outside of the shop can be seen ordinary members of 'animal' society going about their business. A mad monkey can be seen looking out of the window of the building opposite. The cashier can be seen in a animal supermarket view elsewhere on the site.
Painted in 2008
