Entangled- Illustration Friday

My interpretation of the theme 'Entangled'. This image portrays entangled thoughts caused by the process of constant, intense and unstoppable thinking and is a metaphoric parallel of the simple function of a machine that blocks when it is being overused. Those lines of thought on the head of this character  could be easily transformed into entangled cables that create 'electric' confusion.

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Music - Illustration Friday

This work was made for the theme Music. Music stands for many things and means different things to everyone. For me it is some sort of endless freedom and an everyday inspirational journey of feelings, notions and exploration of sounds, that brings images to my mind and a kind of force that motivates me in a unique way. There's not many words for me to describe music because it is invaluable...let's listen to it then! :-)

 Elli Chortara © 2009

At The Station/Sleeping-little contrasts

Little contrasts: The little squirrel will be off for a few days to a trip outside the big city. 'Need to catch my train now... Bye! I will see you very soon!'It said lively but then it surrendered to sleep during it's long journey...zzz.

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Fun Outside The Castle

Quite a gathering today outside the old castle, with laughter, food and melodies from the far out. Even grandpa seemed to be enjoying himself in his own quite way.

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Unbalanced- Illustration Friday

This  little squirrel is on the wooden roof of the old house, but suddently craackkk.. something fell out of place...Oh No! Feeling a bit unbalanced?

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Traffic Congestion

This is a new picture created today and it is about traffic congestion. This creature is on the road near a traffic light and is struck by the blocked streets -an everyday  more than common phenomenon for us humans since we are the ones responsible for using our polluting cars most of times in an excessive way- With this image I wanted to offer a more alternative pictorial description of such a usual theme.

Surprised?

This is another image I have created this evening. A more graphic piece of work one of a series of such characters in my collection. I love working with those characters and make them express their feelings...

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Like A Bird

A new illustration painted piece I have created today. Sometimes I feel that redefining my characters and combining them with human elements helps me to come up with different ideas and meanings such as this. Sometimes it can be an emotion or a simple statement but sometimes  the title or the works used have a deeper meaning. This image is with a touch of a slightly different colour than the original painted piece is.

Mystery Island

 Elli Chortara © 2009

Illustration Friday - Fast-

Go go go! Fast! Illustration Friday theme Fast.

 Elli Chortara © 2009