Throughout November (or Movember), I have been drawing one mustache every weekday and posting them here in an attempt to help raise funds and awareness towards men’s health. Above are photos of the originals, check out deasillustration.com for all the illos or to find out how to donate!
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The last step of the SRC poster- I scanned the watercolor washes and inked lines into a photo editing program where I manipulated the colors and combined the images to create the final product…
For more information and illustrations about the British Columbia Library Association’s 2012 Kids Summer Reading Club check out the site here:
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SRC Poster - I traced the poster and laid down some quick watercolor washes in order to get a “natural” looking texture to the illustrations.
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SRC Poster - The next stage involved laying down final lines of the poster. I inked the illustration using a Number 2 Winsor & Newton series 7 sable brush and Speedball India Ink.
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Pink Shirt Day featured in next months Did You Know comic, published in Canadian Reader! www.deasillustration.com
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BC Kids Summer Reading Club poster-
Pencils and a rough colors for the design the committee picked.
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BC Kids Summer Reading Club poster ideas
I have had the opportunity to be the illustrator of the British Columbia Library Association’s Kids Summer Reading Club this year. I will post the images of the creation of the poster that will be printed this year over the coming weeks. Below are the rough ideas/concepts I gave the SRC committee to start with, they are all drawn on a cintiq.
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Dalen and Gole Webcomic: The Process
Below I describe the process I use creating the weekly web-comic on dalenandgole.com!
I start by roughing out the comic in blue using a Col-Erase pencil. I sometimes do a really rough thumbnail sketch before I launch into this stage.
Next I ink the comic using a Number 2 Winsor & Newton series 7 sable brush and Speedball India Ink.
Then I scan the comic into the computer and remove the blue pencil lines from the image leaving just the black lines. On a Wacom screen I color in flat colors before shading.
On top of the flat colors I paint in shading. Then I overlay watercolor washes to add some texture leaving me with the final result:
Mike Deas-
Cartoonist, Illustrator and Graphic Novelist. Author/illustrator of Dalen and Gole, Illustrator of the Graphic Guide Adventure SeriesLINKS:
Illustrator/Author Website
Dalen and Gole Website
