Monday, October 10th, 2005
Anatomy of a birthday card..
In most animation studios people have birthdays, and on these days some people get a birthday card made for that them. If you’ve read my previous post on bday cards you know I like the challenge of the quick turn-a-round from concept to finished illustration and I have to say it’s all about the getting it done. This post I will show the steps from test to completion.
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So here’s the sketch, this is usually the longest part of the process. A couple of thumbnails and the a working layout.
Then, in this case I painted a test because it is water-proof ink and I want to get an idea of a finish.
Once the test is done and I kind of know where I stand, I paint the sucker and move on to the final stage..
I then scan the painting and mess around in photoshop to age an place in a proper 40’s style layout. In the end it’s not perfect but it was good to finish something.
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on Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 at 4:19 pm:
its great Louis. i gott try some water colors, or inks…
on Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 at 11:15 pm:
Leave it to Mr. Baker to ruin the surprise! Geeeeesh! Just kidding Jamie, much love.
on Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 at 10:33 am:
Great stuff! I´m glad you finally updated. Really like your style and how expressive your characters are.
You know what? Yesterday I dreamt they had Rose & Isabel and Friday night fights! I live in Spain so its hard to get independent comics sometimes.
Cheers!
on Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 at 10:35 am:
I mean they had it in the comic store…
on Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 at 10:15 pm:
Love your blog!! Great postings!!
on Monday, October 17th, 2005 at 6:33 am:
Awesome little tutorial, Louis!
Also really glad to see you updating the blog again. Big fan here!
on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 at 5:43 pm:
It’s great to see your art work is simply inspiring Iove the style great blog. I can’t wait to see more
on Wednesday, November 30th, 2005 at 5:10 pm:
your style and color choices are impressive. nice
on Thursday, December 15th, 2005 at 5:14 am:
Your style is perfect
on Saturday, January 28th, 2006 at 7:42 pm:
just found your blog. great stuff. i’ll be back for more.