So two, three days into it and I’m half way there. Last night (after staying up until 3am-again-god bless NOS) I finished the final lay out. It got a little tight in some places, and you can see from the drawing, there seems to be a lot going on here. You have a worker placing an egg on the top right of the hive, and then in the lower left a warrior awaits for the birth of the first fertile queen.
The layouts take longer than most of the drawing. Combining 4 different sketch's to bring out one final print requires a lot of over lays (Transfer sheets). This is nothing more than doing a trace over the original, and placing them in the right places of the final illustration board. But both sides have to be traced on, this creates an HB#2 carbon paper effect minus the mess. Easy to erase the black spots and fill in the gaps. It takes a long time but the effect is worth it.
Once it is completed then one more transfer sheet must be made of the entire picture to be placed on the illustration board. And that’s where I’m at today. Once I finish the final Trans Sheet, I can begin painting. I’ll post more as it comes along.
R/S
MRF
1 comment:
hi mike, came across your blog from another blog that you posted at (and so it goes!) anyhow love your work in progress and how you're detailing it out, awesome stuff - keep it coming! =)
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