It starts with an idea and moves to a picture to refer to when developing the idea.

This is a drawing that I did for Tucoemas, a Visalia based credit union, back in the last century. I was able to locate the photo that I originally worked from, but it was small and dark. I used to draw from 3-1/2 x 5″ snapshots!

Next, the picture becomes a pencil outline, and then it gets inked.

After inking, the pencil lines get erased, and it gets scanned.

See how the background of the drawing paper looks gray? That is the way it scans, so I have to erase all of that using Photoshop. I also have to repair all the lines that cross over as well as the ones that don’t quite reach their destinations.

And that’s not all. . . stay tuned!