I haven’t posted an update about my “Once Upon a Time” picture book in a few weeks. Never fear – I AM making progress. Here is the photo evidence:
My desk is covered with sheets of paper, from this project, my webcomic, and my freelance work. Busy busy! I almost have the entire book roughed out. Then, I’m going to head into refining the drawings. I have the roughs in red colored pencil because I am going to draw right over them with a regular pencil and clean them up in Photoshop. After that, it’s just a matter of painting them!
With this series of posts, I am realizing that it is very hard to do a “making of” without giving too much of the story away. But you may notice above that I managed to put in a sneak peek at a new character I haven’t shown before. ;)
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This looks fantastic, Dani! I can’t wait to see more! Thanks for sharing your process!
I agree with Nina. This looks so fun! Can’t wait to see the rest. Thanks for posting!
Glad to see someone else is rawkin’ the red. There’s just too much blue in the industry.
Dani,
I’ve been looking online at great art blogs. Most of the blogs I’ve looked at haven’t been great in my mind. However, your blog is! I love it.
Thanks for the creative lift,
Charlotte
I can’t wait to see your painting process! Although everything you have shown thus far has been insightful! Thank you.
Dani,
I’m enjoying watching your process. Could you please explain why you use red for the preliminary drawings, and your process once you scan the drawing into Photoshop. How do you remove the red underdrawing?
Thanks!
Julia – It’s easier to keep my drawings “rough” when using the red pencil, knowing I can clean it up later. I explained the process for removing the red line in Photoshop in this tutorial – http://danidraws.com/2006/11/29/get-the-most-out-of-your-line-drawing/
Thanks so much! It’s a great tutorial – and thank you for taking the time to help other artists out there.