| FAIRWAY FERRET... | |
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Typical thumbnail (i.e., scribbling,
with no sign whatsoever that the person doing it has ever had a
lesson). |
| Sketchbook drawing using the full-sized letter outline. I wanted the main character to be a ferret, mainly because of the obvious tie-in with the letter, but also for the supple body profile that could help fill out the letter shape. |
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The final drawing, basically the same as all that's come before. Other than changing the position of the tail, it's the same as the sketch. |
| Here
the application of water-based
dyes serves as the underpainting for the colored pencils...the same
as every single letter I've ever done in color on white paper. |
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| The colored pencil stage where most of the work is done. | |
| This letter got altered during the acrylic work. The biggest and most obvious change was to the color of the bag. It really got lost in the background when it was green. By changing the body of the bag to red, it was still tied to the colors of the sweater, but became much more prominent in the illustration. . |  |
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