{"id":2652,"date":"2016-04-19T08:40:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cutekink.com\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2016-04-17T21:13:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:13:59","slug":"space-girl-illustration-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cutekink.com\/index\/space-girl-illustration-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Girl Illustration Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inspiration for this piece came from the Girls Drawin’ Girls<\/a> art group that I’m a member of. There are weekly themes to get us all drawing together and staying creative and inspired. \u00a0Last week the them was Outer Space. I wanted to create something that worked well with my cute fun style. A retro theme was exactly the direction I wanted to take.<\/p>\n

As always I started with a sketch. I usually do a half dozen sketches but I was really happy with the way the first sketch turned out.<\/p>\n

\"space-girl\"<\/p>\n

I cleaned up my lines and scanned her into Manga Studio, then inked. (You can see I adjusted the feet after the initial sketch).<\/p>\n

\"space-girl-inks\"<\/p>\n

Then the flat colors.<\/p>\n

\"space-girl-flats\"<\/p>\n

Shading and highlights.<\/p>\n

\"space-girl-shades\"<\/p>\n

I couldn’t figure out what to do with the background. I tried a few things but nothing seemed right.\u00a0I realized that my backgrounds are always secondary to my characters. But that isn’t what I want. I want the entire illustration to work together to create something that’s really pleasing to viewer on all levels. I like to look up color schemes on Pintrest to get inspired. I search for bright color schemes and saw a lot of fuchsia and purple. I love these colors together, and thought they’d go really well with the blue outfit of my girl.<\/p>\n

First I sketched out some planets.<\/p>\n

\"planets-sketch\"<\/p>\n

\"planets\"<\/p>\n

Then I moved them over to the\u00a0final drawing, placing them around my girl so that the viewer’s eyes move around the whole piece. I wanted a big bright plant to fill the empty space on the right, and to offset the character.<\/p>\n

And there you have it! A finished space girl.<\/p>\n

\"space-girl-jaymie-delight\"<\/p>\n

You can buy a print of her here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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