Saturday, July 31, 2010

Illustration Friday: Double + Process

Hi guys! So off and on I participate in a weekly illustration challenge called Illustration Friday and I kinda wanted to share my process from start to finish. Hope you enjoy let me know what you think.


So first I start to doodle and sketch, I do several rough sketches to work out some ideas. I then pick the pose or sketch that I like best and flesh it out. For last weeks challenge I have posted my sketches and finished illustration below. I really liked the way the pose in the second page looks so I went with that.




I take a piece of tracing paper and trace the original sketch and clean it up. When the penciling is done I'll start to ink it. I usually use a pen nib but for this one I used a round #1 Princeton Art brush.
After that's done I scan my work and add color to the image with photoshop. My digital coloring skills need some improvement but I enjoy experimenting and am hoping that with practice I will improve.

And for those who are curious as to who this guy is I present to you Kikaida!!!

8 comments:

  1. illustration friday? sounds cool.

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  2. That's awesome. I love seeing how an artist works from beginning to end. Thanks for sharing :D

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  3. Thanks for the art lesson today!!! I love this! Especially how the finished product emerges out of the sketch. Very nice work! I think coloring in PS is fun, but difficult to do well. I didn't have the patience to learn to do it well. I guess I prefer spending lots of my hard earned money on expensive markers to color it myself... bleh. I think you did a great job on coloring... but I know, an artist always believes there's room for improvement in their work! Thanks again!

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  4. TIGHT DRAWING MAN!! YOU GOTTA DO HAKAIDER NEXT!!!

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  5. @kenneth yeah man it's pretty cool you should try it!
    @Matt thanks glad to share!
    @Robin Cain I have never done something like this before as far as posting something tutorial like. I think I will try and do a few more :)
    @The Notorious N.A.T !!! Thanks man. I will def put that on my list right now I am working on a painting will post that once I am done. It's not really my style but I am trying to branch out and do new things.
    Thanks again to all of you who read and or commented!

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  6. DOPE! Interesting to see the process too...

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  7. Cool little post Ofloda. A quick review of your process...Good stuff. Your Kikaida stands out with your style! And I like the 'off register' coloring. Been doing some coloring like that myself lately.

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  8. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT MAN!!!! KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK!

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