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Cornish Crafty Crabs! From sketches to painting.

23/3/2013

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Cornish Crafty Crabs! From sketches to painting.

This is stage one. I work straight from the Wacom tablet onto the computer to  quickly capture the idea spending as little time on finishing as possible, just to make sure the picture works as a whole.
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By stage two I have worked out in my head the gaps and details I need to fill and with pencil and paper, draw all the elements I want in the image. 
Then in stage four I scan each element into the computer and separate them so I can move the around like 'fuzzy felts' until the composition is right.
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Then I paint the image in the computer and there you have it. These images take between 3-5 days to complete.
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Don't feed the seagulls! Sketches to final painting.

22/3/2013

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Don't feed the seagulls! Sketches to final painting.

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I start by sketching all the elements of the illustration I think I might need. As you can see I didn't use all the ideas, but I like to start with all the options. 
I don't see this as a waste of time as I know I may use the elements in another illustration.
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This was the original painting, however when I revisited the image I felt it was too cluttered and the composition not as pleasing as the others.
So I decided to simplify it.

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Here you can see I gave this version more sky to allow breathing room. I also dropped the view point to accentuate the overall silhouette of the illustration for maximum impact.
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    Writing and Illustration to me has been my number one passion ever since I can remember. I feel very fortunate that I get to do it every day. 

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