Working Methods

I'm working on some new illustrations for this page - check back later.

(Dragging your window wide on a 17" [or larger] monitor will provide the best view)

Work that will be finished in colour is unusually done in 3 steps:

1. "Roughs", done in Prismacolor pencil, fast and loose, to establish composition, with critical details established as necessary. This is usually shown for approval. (lo-res scans can be e-mailed or faxed)

2. Final Pencil or "inked" drawing. A cleaned-up version, which I will photocopy and eventually colour. I like to get approval at this stage also, though an established client may just trust me to carry on...

3. Final colour version. I use markers, air-brushed marker dye, and gouache in some combination to colour a photocopy of the final drawing. The original drawing is preserved in case of changes. This final version can be scanned and transferred as a graphics file, if necessary.

For larger images I skip the "black line" step if I can, and start right in with markers on a clean sheet with my blueline rough underneath. This results in a cleaner image that is more like a painting than a coloured-in cartoon. I especially like to work this way when doing automotive comps.