Happy
Mother’s Day to mothers of all shapes, sizes, and species! Today’s Doodle
represents the universality of familial love. I had a few separate concepts,
some with animals, some with people, and looking at them all, I thought it
would be fun to try to tie them together.
Brainstorming
for this Doodle and thinking of my own mom, lots of small moments and gestures
of affection came up, so I decided to concentrate on that as a concept. When I
started to sketch, early ideas included (but were not limited to) giraffes,
gardening, and tossing children into pools.
I
spent awhile trying to figure out how I could use style to keep the characters
somewhat minimalistic and relatable since Mother’s Day is celebrated all around
world.
Once
I settled on the concept I did a quick rough pass at animation to make sure it
would work visually. I decided to go with a watercolor texture because I think
there’s something very comforting and familiar about it, that shows a more
human hand.
Thank
you, moms, for bearing us, and bearing with us, every step
of the way.
Olivia
Huynh, Doodler
