Passage Illustration

Assignment: For this project you will create an original illustration for a passage from your favorite book or poem.

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Solution: I chose a passage from the book The Shack by William P. Young. The passage reads:

“Mack, pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.” She waited a moment, allowing her words to settle. “And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place."

I wanted to do a washed-out painted feel for this illustration. I used watercolor brushes and varying transperancy to acheive this. I wanted to depict a person who is so taken over by fear that he's walking in darkness. All he has to do is spread his wings and fly above the trees into the bright blue sky.