Here’s a pic I started doodling behind my table at MCM London in October…
As usual, I began in pencil…
Added inks…
Scanned the picture into my mac…
Started the colouring process, marking out different flat areas on different layers of Photoshop – background…
Midground…
Foreground (I wasn’t planning to keep this bright pink, but at this stage it’s easier to see what I’m doing with a strong contrasting colour)…
Here’s these main areas with the line work on top…
And here’s the different areas completely marked, and the colours adjusted.
I also added some shadow on the ground…
Now there’s some texture on the tube things…
I’ve started to add more details to the ground colour and changed the big creature’s pupils. Less cute but more funny looking…
Now there’s texture on the ground too, and the woman is completely coloured, including lighting.
The woman’s face wasn’t standing out enough against the tubes behind her, so I added a bit of white around her to spotlight her a bit…
I toned down the white, so it was barely noticeable but still does the job.
I added the basic colours for the creature. I’m trying to limit the range of colours to give the pic its own vibe.
It was great focussing on different textures in this piece…
And there you go! All done…
This is going to end up as the cover from a new Tempo Lush collection coming out next year…
