Struggles and Inspiration

I believe I had artist block this week. I was not sure how to begin illustrating a new Winnie the Pooh bear. So I decided to research classic bear illustrations for inspiration such as Paddington Bear, Little Bear, and Corduroy. It was neat to see how each story used bears as their main characters, but how different each illustrator created the bears. I studied the eyes, noise, snout, and shape of each bear. After researching these bears I began playing with Pooh's features.