This is not a post about baby making.
This is a post showing the preliminary sketches i make before going on to ink, then finally to color. Below you can see the rough sketches i made when conceiving of 4 "Boy" words to go along with my girls' series in the same style.
I take these sketches to the lightbox and use them as a guide while i ink in some cleaner versions like this.
Once this is done (hey, that one measly sentence actually described an hour or so of work!), i scan the images and do any necessary cleanup in photoshop so that i can then add a colored background and overlay accents in white. In this case, i also ended up changing tire swing boy's verb to "soar." It just sounded more inspiring and action-y. The end results looked like this;
So tell me if seeing the process is interesting at all? Should i show you more posts like this in the future? i actually think it would be nice to occasionally "show the work" as my math-teacher mom would say.
This is a post showing the preliminary sketches i make before going on to ink, then finally to color. Below you can see the rough sketches i made when conceiving of 4 "Boy" words to go along with my girls' series in the same style.
I take these sketches to the lightbox and use them as a guide while i ink in some cleaner versions like this.
Once this is done (hey, that one measly sentence actually described an hour or so of work!), i scan the images and do any necessary cleanup in photoshop so that i can then add a colored background and overlay accents in white. In this case, i also ended up changing tire swing boy's verb to "soar." It just sounded more inspiring and action-y. The end results looked like this;
So tell me if seeing the process is interesting at all? Should i show you more posts like this in the future? i actually think it would be nice to occasionally "show the work" as my math-teacher mom would say.
I personally love seeing an artist' process. It's interesting, just like I love seeing photos of the artisit studios besides seeing their work. I say definitely do more posts like this. =)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Paper Squid. Please share your process:) It’s fun & interesting, maybe I can learn some new skills:)
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Adorable illustrations.
ReplyDeletethanks everyone! i will definitely start posting more on process : )
ReplyDeleteloved every second of it!!!! so darn cool to see how others work! thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE seeing the process. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThese would make fantastic greeting cards for boys!
ReplyDeletehello!
ReplyDeletei really want to purchase the "share" print with the 2 boys!
can you email me and let me know if it's possible:
erikjeverts@gmail.com
thank you!
-erik.
hi erik, here's a link to purchase : )
ReplyDeletehttp://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38506300
thanks!
love love loved it. I so admire the artistic process and giving us a glimpse is awesome.
ReplyDeletei love finding ou about other artists processes, it's fascinating, so yes please keep on adding more
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