Since the Lego poster got so much love at the festivals, I tried my hand at another character in a similar style. Since my wife was a big Strawberry Shortcake fan, I decided to make that my second choice. It has a slightly different look than the Lego man because Strawberry Shortcake is much more detailed. The colors of the character are made up of different cakes and cupcakes. The black outline is made up of strawberries. I’m still trying to decide the best way to arrange the sketches that make up the figure. It needs to be solid enough so you can identify the character, but not so solid so you can not tell what the individual items are. I want there to be a discovery as you get closer to the image and say, “Yes, those are cakes in the figure!”

As it stands right now, I am making recognizable characters. I’d like to do a Muppet next. At some point, I’d like to move past the characters into something more original. For now, the style is original enough…