Honestly, I hate some illustrators that act arrogant and meanie with, especially, newbie. I still wondering why, but hey, people have they own personality and reasons so let's skip this thing for now.
Admit it,
we all copying other people's style and drawing at first. Human born and learn to do things by copying other people, and that's natural. Inspired by others are natural and normal.
It's what I call a study.
You copy it,
you study it,
you practice it,
break the elements,
explore it,
then put it in your own style
and develop it even more,
be playful with it,
be creative,
Do not plagiat. Please.
Plagiarism it's different ; it's not a creative and not a smartest things to do.
Truthfully, I believe that I still need lot of training, experiences, and keep on learning. But here I will show you my usual basic steps when i do illustration works.
The steps for every single people are different, It's best we try what's the best for us :
1. Sketching
Manual drawing ; yeah as traditional as it might seems - pencil and paper. I don't know why but doing sketches with tablet still give me a wobbly-sluggish feel, it didn't feel same with the traditional one.
I do a really rough sketches first, tweak it here and there, and usually leave it a while or a day, so i can see if there some error.
*This work like magic, if you do a drawing or maybe other things also - leave it for sometime or day. Sometimes our eyes are too tired or too used to it that we often didn't see any error. That's why it's nice to *give-a-break* to our eyes.
*Other trick to see error ; put your drawing facing the mirror and voila! you can see clearly if there's error or some unbalanced elements like the right ear are bigger than the left one, or the right *boobs* are slightly more bigger than the left...wait, what???
2. Inking
Still manual and traditional way ; with pen and ink. The permanent ink, i find out they mostly are paper friendly- it didn't *blot* the paper and eliminate the OMG-my-line-art-are-damn-ruined expression.
I'm not picky with paper, but i prefer the one that usually smooth texture - it's more easier later for removing the eraser debris.
There is something calming when I do bold-thick line art inking. It give some relaxing feel ; that's why i chose this style as the best for me.
After finalizing inking the line art , the fun part! ; remove all the pencil mark with eraser. Do it gently or it will tear the paper, and make sure the ink are dry already.
3. Scanning
Loud and clear, nuff said :p
4. Coloring
Finally we're going digital!
Tablet is your best friend here ; but for simple coloring I used my normal mouse. Just clean out the line art, pick a color, paint all areas, then after you finish for the first time, take a break again sometime or day. Duplicate - flatten it, adjust the color, and save it for further pleasure,
Done! :D
Upload it and admire your works.
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