Murdered Digger

[JamesMarshall]

I love your style and the piece.

Can you shed some light on how you went about making the characters, for those who aren't up to par with your ability?

[LoTekK]

Lovely illustration style you've got there. :thumbsup: I do, however, feel like the colors could use a lot more pop, especially since right now the dark outlines almost overpower the characters themselves.

[Ognus]

Thank you for the comments.
Lotekk, I did put a desaturated layer over the top to dull the colors so they would mesh a little better with one another. Originally the colors are very vivid.
Tip: I always keep all my colors very vivid and rich as a default. They can then be gathered and assembled and adjusted to fit a particular piece.

James: Let me transfer the files from work piece by piece and I will show how I go about doing it. Just a quick explaination:
1. draw the line art and scan
2. put in flat colors. just plain solid colors in photoshop
3. make a layer out of just the colors
4. make a layer out of just the black lines.
5. select black lines, and take a solid brush and go over the black lines with a slightly darker color than the basick colors. For instance, in the dark line that makes the face, I would use a darker peach color to make it a solid dark peach line. then if they wear blue jeans, I would color that line a darker blue. This gives it a wash sort of feel.
6. Detail that bad boy up. Add highlights, freckels, all sorts of fun stuff. ''
7. Stroke the image so that it is all encased in a black border. I like how they seem like "cut-outs" when I do this.
8. make a layer of the flat finished character and desaturate it, and then give is a kind of sepia look. then change the opacity on that layer until the vivid colors become more antique.

Thats all for that style.

[Ilikesoup]

The desaturated colors give a nice effect against the sharper backdrop -- makes them look like paper dolls or something. The last 3 -- Jonas, Stephanie and Billy Bob could use a bit more contrast, though.

I love the lettering, and the animals steal the show.

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