Illustrator Tennis with Marla Scott

Art • March 2nd, 2007

It’s been an embarrassing long time since I asked Marla to play a game of Illustrator tennis with me. We got excited, agreed to play, got busy with work, then the holidays… I feared my first move… I didn’t want us to start with an illustration similar to the other two I’ve done. I didn’t want to impose “my thing”. What should I draw?… How far should I take it?…

The experiment was stuck on a hopeless case of procrastination until a few minutes ago: While aimlessly browsing old files, I found a very simple doodle I made about a year ago. It was supposed to be my first playground entry but I never posted it. You’ll soon see why… It’s so simple, that it is in fact perfect to get us started — ehem! — ok, to get ME started. So without much thought I wrapped it up and hit send. Now, Marla is supposed to get inspired and do something beautiful with it. Then I’ll put my paws back on it completely ruining it again, and then she’ll gently fix it, and so on until we call it done.

We’re both “busy executive” people, so I’m not sure when Marla will be able to make her move, but I’ll post it here as soon as I get it, and will keep this post updated with our progress. This is supposed to be fun and help us get better at vector illustration.

Okay! Here’s that first ball. Weak move, I know…

2. By Marla (03/14/07)

3. By Maria (09/14/07)

Posted: Fri, March 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 am
Filed under: English, Art, Art Projects
Comments RSS | Trackback

10 comments:

On March 2nd, 2007 at 7:20 am, Danny wrote:

That’s a neat idea, I like it. It should be interesting to see what comes of it - how many times do you typically go back and forth? Or do you just both get a sense of when the illustration is “done”, or at some sort of stopping point?
On March 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am, Maria wrote:

We didn’t set any hard rules — other than carrying some of the elements from the previous iteration. So I think it will be pretty free, and at some point we’ll both agree to stop… Who knows how long it will take…
On March 2nd, 2007 at 2:55 pm, Marla wrote:

There is an idea taking shape already. Can’t wait.
On May 24th, 2007 at 10:49 am, Marla wrote:

Hey woman,
Are we ever going to resume this? I know with all the pregnancy stuff and the project load you might have other things on your mind…

Just following up.:)
On May 24th, 2007 at 11:08 am, Maria wrote:

I know! I know!
I will do it. It’s not over. I swear!
On September 14th, 2007 at 11:47 am, Mafe Maria • Changes: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly wrote:

[…] So after six months, we finally have a third move on the Illustrator Tennis match none of you are probably following at this point. […]
On September 14th, 2007 at 2:34 pm, marla wrote:

Nice! Reminds me of fall. I notice you didn’t keep any yellow. Haha, tired of yellow now?

Anyway, cool! i like it.
On September 14th, 2007 at 2:56 pm, Maria wrote:

Cracks me up… I did two figures, right?… But focus on the orange left side and while squinting move towards the right. I see the profile of a pregnant belly!… Oh, the subconscious plays some games with us…
On September 17th, 2007 at 7:26 pm, ksr wrote:

I like it!
Is that a madonna???????????LOL
On September 17th, 2007 at 7:40 pm, Maria wrote:

Yes! I was going for a “Santa Mafe Maria”… A very short woman once confronted me like that… He! he! We’ll see what Marla does with her…

Write a comment:

Note: Comments in this site are moderated. Please do not submit your comment more than once – you will see it appear shortly.

Name and email are required.

« Previous Entry

Sticking my patita in etsy
Personal • Experiments • DIY
Still lots to learn from my mother
Personal • Family
Forget You!
Personal • Aargghhh! • Parenting
That Glorious Day
Family
[P] Bollo moves
Video

Illustrator Tennis with Marla Scott

2. By Marla (03/14/07)

3. By Maria (09/14/07)

10 comments:

Write a comment:

Recent Entries

Archives

Web site design by

Mafe Maria's shop