Okay So I've been prepping for the long beach comic con. Hopefully I can get some colour work gigs!! I did this Psylocke piece this week for fun. I decided to post up the process i used for the drawing.
1)The original drawing was a quick sketch I did at starbucks. I used a non-photo blue pencil. Altogether, I noodled the sketch for about 30 min. or so.. As you can see there are alot of problems with proportions and what not, but I'm not concerned with that - I just want to nail down the basic design and composition. I used a steadtler non-photo blue pencil for the lines.
2) Next up I scanned the sketch into photoshop, sized it up (the orignal sketch was only 6x8 inches or so). Then I printed it, and inked the lines using a sakura micron liner size 005. I've refined the drawing a bit, but it still has alot of issues. Again - I'm not concered with being perfect - I just need to keep my rhythm and energy going. The rough inks took about another 30 minutes or so.
3) Now that I've defined my lines - I trace them onto the illustration board for the final inks. For this project I did traditional ink on paper instead of doing it digitally. Why? because I wanted to have a nice hand inked piece of Art to show my friends! :P With the rough pencils and rough inks I worked quickly, now I'm slowing down. I used a sakura brush pen, sakura micron pens - sizes 005 - 2, an HB pencil, white acrylic paint, a series 7 windsor and newton brush, and a six-pack of beer (hey i like to relax when I'm working at home). The inking took about 3 hours (I think - the beer kinda threw me off a bit). I've refined the drawing quite a bit, but there are still some issues - again I'm not concerned, I'll finish off any issues when I take it into photoshop and paint it up..
4) I scan the inks into photshop, flat the clolurs in, and paint like crazy!!! This part takes the longest because I'm further tweaking the ink lines, fixing proportions (think liquify tool), and adding efx as I'm painting. Not to mention that I need to step away form the piece from time to time so I can look at it with fresh eyes and let the piece develop over time. All in all, the colours took about 8-10 hours of work time spread out over three days. I could have did it in one sitting, but i didn't collect a check for this one, so what's the rush? Save that fire for your clients yo!
Anyways, thanks for stopping by! See you at the LB Comic Con!!!
peace!
