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FINAL PAINTING

4/28/2021

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​The finished illustration is the sum total of all the steps that came before! 

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FINISH DRAWING

4/19/2021

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Finish Drawing
After I have my color and values figured out, I do a final detailed drawing that I will use underneath the final art. ​

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COLOR ROUGHS

4/15/2021

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Values & Color 
Once I have the Notan figured out, I can move on to the value rough. In this piece I used 7 shades from white to black. From there, I can translate the values into color. This is where it gets really fun!

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NOTANS

4/12/2021

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Notans - Fairies in the Boot
Once I have the thumbnail sketch, I can launch into notans. This is a black and white rendition of how the overall value pattern of the illustration might play out. I did four variations for this piece. Can you guess which one I choose for the final art?

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thumbnails

4/8/2021

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Where to Ideas come from?

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​In this case, I had done a thumbnail sketch of a couple fairies playing in an old boot. I found it in a drawer and decided to pull it out and see what I could do with it. 


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