As promised, here are the steps involved in creating a piece (the featured piece is titled "Afternoon Stroll") that is drawn with ink, scanned and colored digitally in Adobe Photoshop!
Step 1 - The thin-tipped black Sharpie drawing
Step 2 - I made the drawing layer transparent, then created a background layer, chose a brush tool that mimics the appearance of pastel, and used a very large-sized brush to sweep a couple of blue hues behind the girl and her smiley dogs. :-)
Step 3 - I created another layer atop of the blue background, then began brushing in her skin tones with an opaque fleshy color.
Step 4 - I wanted her eyes to really 'pop,' so I focused in on the whites of her eyes, and I chose an intense violet hue for her irises. I then decided to place shades of this same violet throughout the painting to harmonize it all.
Step 5 - I didn't want her clothing to distract from her face, so I chose neutral colors for her blouse and skirt, and tied in her skirt with the blues of the background.
"Afternoon Stroll" Final Step! - I wanted the girl's and the dog's flowing hair to appear similar in style and color, so I used colors that were close, but not exactly the same.
So, that's how I go about it! In a near future post, I will be showing you a video of myself actually drawing one of these characters in ink. Come back soon!
Thanks for visiting, and God bless!
*All images copyright Alicia Templin 2010*
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ReplyDeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeleteHave you used Painter at all in your work? Or do you use Photoshop for everything?
Thanks Timothy!
ReplyDeleteI've experimented with Painter a tiny bit ('mixing' the paint on the digital palette was fun!), but I mainly use Photoshop, and every now and then I'll work in Illustrator :-)
That is SOOOOOO cool!!!! You are talented lady :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Tempkim! :-D
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