The Electronic Drawer

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Illustration commission

Illustrations for a children's book commissioned by a friend.

Drawn with the aid of references; inking with Steadtler Pigment Liners and coloring with Promarkers.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Thorin Oakenshield Fanart For the Kiddo

My older son underwent a minor surgery and had to stay at home for a few days. As a motherly instinct, I felt need to over-coddle him. So one of the presents I gave him is this drawing of Thorin Oakenshield, printed on a t-shirt.

On the making of this drawing:

1) I studied a screen capture from The Hobbit AUJ for gesture reference. I couldn't find the exact pose that I wanted to draw, so I used my new knowledge from illustration classes to draw a gesture from a different angle.

2) I battled with coloring the thing (...), and decided to lasso every part and paint bucket it, adding highlight and shadow later on a different layer.

3) The background picture for the text is actually a painting of the Lonely Mountain I made a few months ago. I didn't want to use any copyrighted material.