Art

Gary

Gary

Gary. November 2006. Illustrator (printed). 24 in. x 36 in.

Happy Birthday, Gary!

View process of making this.

Comments

Blue and gold!
by Turadg on Nov 17, 2006 at 08:16 PM

love the background sweep :)
by yoko on No 19, 2006 at 09:51 AM

I think I will start making more posters with abstract backgrounds.
by Ian Li on Nov 20, 2006 at 12:53 PM

so cool..it feels like a dragon..
by min on Nov 22, 2006 at 10:35 PM

Process

1

Here's the start of Gary's poster for his 25th birthday. Does he look like he's sleeping or thoughtful? I hope thoughtful, because that's what I'm going for.

2

Okay, I got the face down. And the arms.

3

4

The outlines are complete.

5

I had completely colored the outlines, then Illustrator crashed. AHHH! #5 is the point were I had saved.

6

Illustrator crashing was actually good, since it made me try something new. The background was inspired by rubenslp at deviantArt, which Carol told me about. Almost there!

7

I added colors on Gary's arms and shirt, then simplified the lines on Gary's shirt.


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