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This guy is wearing a variation on a traditional Korean hat. I’m fascinated by these things because they seem like they’re the complete opposite of functional.
I’ve included the roughs, so you can see the green/red process I use. Green for blocking and roughs and red for refining shapes a bit more. All other details are added in the inking stage.
I’m down to the last twenty or thirty pages of the Ojingogo book. It’s hard to say exactly how much, because new ideas keep popping up and I follow them wherever they go. Sometimes I feel like I could be done in a month, other times it feels like it could be a year.
Comments (8 comments)
That’s awesome! I love seeing the process like this. Do you ink over the red & green, and then take out the pencils in Photoshop? Or do you use a lightbox or something like that?
I love the page and I love Ojingogo!
DH. / January 29th, 2008, 11:29 am / #
Thanks, DH!
Yeah, I just ink straight on the paper; and then lightly erase the pencil. If the pencil marks are light enough, I won’t erase at all.
Scan the whole thing at 600dpi greyscale, bump up to 1200dpi and threshold it. This makes the lines really nice and crisp. No more grey fuzzy pixels.
I’ll explain in greater detail in another post :)
Matt / January 29th, 2008, 11:54 am / #
awesome! That is more or less my process as well, though I’ve taken to just not erasing for certain projects, so I don’t accidentally smudge the ink in my impatience. Are you using erasable colored pencils? They’re harder to find these days…
DH. / January 29th, 2008, 12:57 pm / #
Great stuff! I love the inked lines and can’t wait to see the finished Ojingogo. I’ve seen other artists use green/red roughs, I’m a cartoonist but didn’t go to art school, is this a common technique? I’m all digital now but it’s always fascinating to see other artists processes.
eli edmundson / January 29th, 2008, 3:29 pm / #
What do you call that texture on your trees? I’ve seen you use it before and I like it!
Midodok / January 30th, 2008, 6:24 am / #
Hey Midodok.
Not sure what you mean? Just the spiky things? I don’t know what they’re called, but I probably lifted them from trees by Dave Cooper (Dan & Larry).
matt / January 30th, 2008, 10:54 am / #
Aaaaaah…I love the sketch. Why can’t I sketch like that. Damn.
Jessica / February 4th, 2008, 3:21 am / #
Awesome. Thanks for showing your process. Really nice work.
smacleod / March 18th, 2008, 6:02 pm / #
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