Saturday, December 16, 2017

December 16 - Smoosh Snowman


There must have been some magic in that old silk that they found
Oh when they placed it on his head he began to dance around
Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way
As he waved goodbye you can hear him cry, I'll be back again some day

~ Frosty the Snowman

The second day of Trippmas, lets go no further in the countdown (count up?) without talking about Smoosh!

It still ranks as probably my favorite balloon concept, so many balloon designs rebel against the natural round shape of a balloon.  This embraces it, it keeps the design simple and leaves all creativity/details to you, it's a lego brick that you can do anything with..

Now this snowman is copied from a design that Scott Tripp shared and is a perfect example of Smoosh in action.  The design sticks close to the concept, even the broom is similar to the bamboo from his tutorials.

Yet if you take a look at the inkwork I copied from Scott, you can see he provided a great amount of detail.  The buttons aren't just round blobs, they are colored with colored button holes and a highlight.  This would work just as well with coal buttons but is the perfect canvas to spend as much time as you like making something.

Dancing snowmen?  Not a problem...




Other balloon designs by and inspired by Scott Tripp:


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