I just finished this little guy today.... isn't he fun!! As I was closing the file and looking at all the steps I took to design him, I thought it would be fun to share!
I think I drew this little speed Racer back in April.... I draw a lot of things on paper first and then scan them into my drawing programs. My original drawing is Step 1. Pencil on paper.... back to basics!
I then do a quick sketch of it on my computer and fill it in with color to test if I will like how it will come out. That is Step 2. My drawing software makes that step easy....it traces my pencil lines and re-draws it for me. The result is a very quick, almost messy, thick line drawing.
But that look just isn't my style. So when I am confident with the design and I know what changes I want to make to my original, I get my handy dandy stylus and pad out. I then cleanly redraw the design, this time straight in my drawing software. This is always the final drawing. From here I can adjust curves and proportions. As you can see in Step 3 that the black bounding lines are clean and uniform. Voila! Ready to be put on anything! In this case, I used him on invites for a 2 year old little boy! His Momma is getting him a matching plate and bowl set too.... shh... don't tell him!!
You can find him and the rest of the boy designs
here!
