Health Kick Cafe

  Feel like it has been ages since my last post!  Just wanted to show you my final
project for Lilla Rogers Assignment Bootcamp (@lillarogers) as I promised.
The theme Lilla gave us this time was favorite beverages.  I had fun on the mini
assignment, sketching and painting many various ideas.  Lilla also said for this to
be something we personally love.  
  Coffee and tea being my most favorite, I thought of what it would be like to be
on a health kick (like I am trying to persuade myself into) surrounded by caffeine
addicts!  This time I wanted to challenge myself to tell a story.  First I sketched
the bunny character, then got the idea to place him in a cafe setting.  I thought
of  New York City, and creating the essence of it.
  I wanted to use a limited palette with small accents of color.  Maybe too subtle?
When I finished, this palette and the bunny and carrots kind of made me think
of Creepy Carrots by Peter Brown, which I saw the book trailer for last year.
(I need to check it out for real.  Love his work!)  My style is very different
from his, but maybe there was a subliminal influence?  There are hints of favorite
illustrators in my work.  Keeping true to myself is a struggle at times,
but feel I'm there with this one;)