Richmond Illustration Inc.
Sneak Peek…
February 25th, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing
… from an illustration project coming soon to a magazine near you! This is an extreme close up of a full(ish) page illustration using my “colored line” technique. It’s sort of half way between colored line art (ala MAD) and a full painting. I ink it like I would comic book style work then isolate the line and color it rather than leaving it black. It makes for a softer look at more mainstream magazine art directors go for that as opposed to colored line art, which has an inescapably “comic book” look.
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Do you scan your artwork and color on the computer? How long would it take you to complete a piece like this for MAD?
Yes. I takes me about 2-3 days to do a full MAD page
Thanks! Do you ever utilize Adobe Illustrator or are your files done strictly in Photoshop?
I never use illustrator for my work. It’s all raster-based.
Great job on the colored line technique. And the painting technique looks great too. I use Photoshop to color my caricatures and I’m still learning. I like your style.
Thanks!