Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Vector Art: My Process


1. Scan sketch into Photoshop. Save as jpeg. Receive approval from client. In this case, ChickaDEE magazine.



2. "Ink" the sketch using the brush tool in Adobe Illustrator. Wacom tablet required.



3. On a lower layer, placed beneath my "Ink" layer (so that said layer is visible), I create polygon shapes with the pen and pencil tool to block in the colour. This is what those shapes look like with the Ink layer not visible.



4. Save file. Send via email. Invoice client.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Kellylee Evans


new poster design...
She's amazing - check out her website for a sampling of her songs.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Studio: Life Drawing


Last night I finally made it to the Sandy Hill Community centre for one of their Wednesday night figure drawing sessions. I had been struggling with a project, and had to get out of the house. I was so glad I went - great to be in a class-like atmosphere again. It only took me a year to get around to going, after finding out about it from Matthew Stewart. Thanks, Matt!

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Two tone

One way I enjoy sketching is to employ 2 different shades of pencil crayon. Example: