Im redrawing the illustrations to my repro pattern line as you all are well aware. Like on NVL, Im using the cartoon version of me that I call 'the Lady'. Its not an ego trip or anything. I dont know, she just comes out when Im working on these. Shes way cooler than me anyway.I thought you all would get a kick out of seeing my drawing process.
First I start with the initial sketch from whatever is in my head. I tend to like this one the most because it generally has the most movement (animator in me). I often write notes and stuff to remember my train of thought over a particular passage of a drawing.The second sketch is more refined where I get proportions, weight and the like more finalized. Sometimes this step can go two or even three drawings.
The third is a finished line drawing in graphite where the line work is solid and even. Its a first scan into the old computing machine, where I piece together the image if it was too large to scan in one pass.
Fourth is a clean up of the lines, a bump in contrast, and an overall brightening of the line work.
The final is color and shading.
This method is sort of a casual way of drawing for me. All in all an image will take roughly 3-5 hours, depending on complication. I generally just pop in a movie or put on the old headphones and hammer it out.
Fun fun!
I love your illustrations! I can totally see you in them... wish I had your skills!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. It is always interesting to see one's process and progress on a project as such... Especially when it's a project I have no skill at! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That's really fascinating how it is done! Love the title to this post too :-)
ReplyDeleteI had to stop by an say I am loving your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have awesome illustrations. I wish I had a tablet so I could draw on my computer but I don't, so I just plug along the old-fashioned way all the way through!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I appreciate the comments, its so hard for an artist to get people to look at their work.
ReplyDeleteYay!