I've been commissioned to illustrate a book! I'm not at liberty to give any details about it, but my life has fallen into a pattern these days. Another artist was hired for this project but dropped the ball by not coming through with art, so I've got a serious deadline. THREE MORE WEEKS! I've been at it for two weeks already.
So, here's my daily routine. I've set a goal for myself at one painting a day in order to get this done.
- Read the text
- Do quick thumbnail sketches of ideas for the page
- Pose family members and take photos of us in the correct positions
- Send to the printer and print those puppies out
- Find inspiration for the entire scene
- Lay out my discoveries and do more detailed sketches
- A couple sketches of whomever I shot
- Final pencil on watercolor paper, transforming my real people into cartoon, jewel people
- Ink in the pencil with technical pen
- Paint
This includes sending ideas/sketches and final pencil to the author, and a lot of discussion between the two of us.
Trust me. The painting part is easy.
This particular picture is a FAST sketch of one of the legs of one of my characters. Sorry, that's all you get right now.
So, here's my daily routine. I've set a goal for myself at one painting a day in order to get this done.
- Read the text
- Do quick thumbnail sketches of ideas for the page
- Pose family members and take photos of us in the correct positions
- Send to the printer and print those puppies out
- Find inspiration for the entire scene
- Lay out my discoveries and do more detailed sketches
- A couple sketches of whomever I shot
- Final pencil on watercolor paper, transforming my real people into cartoon, jewel people
- Ink in the pencil with technical pen
- Paint
This includes sending ideas/sketches and final pencil to the author, and a lot of discussion between the two of us.
Trust me. The painting part is easy.
This particular picture is a FAST sketch of one of the legs of one of my characters. Sorry, that's all you get right now.
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