Archive for March, 2010
True Planning Equals Better Results
Up to this date, there was really no planning with my illustrations, except for the colors used. Sure, I always create a test image, but there is one area that it is just weak, and overlooked. Shadows have always been my worst enemy, especially since they were done on the fly, never planned.
I have to admit that sometimes they were in the wrong place, and since it is markers we are talking about, fixing is out of the question. So after hearing a good advice, here is how I tried to solve my problem. I made an extra copy of the image to illustrate, and with a pencil (easy to erase) added the outline of how I wanted my shadows to appear. Not only I got better looking shadows, but also got a better handle of the light source.
So here are the first two images of my fairy illustration. 
* Original Illustration *
* Planned Shadows *
New Layout and Header.
Well for some time I wanted to find a WordPress layout that is easy on the eye, so I found this one, I hope you like it. The benefit of this theme is that I can easily change the header image, so here is my first header, a fairy girl.
I will soon post how did I created the illustration used for the header. 