GLUTTONY REDUX

Thanks everyone for all the comments about my Illustration Friday submission. Here is an old illustration that I think also illustrates gluttony. It was originally intended to be a poster for a Clemson University Theatre Production...

I received several inquiries as to the medium and techniques used to create the previous Gluttony Illustration. First, it's completely digital. I create most illustrations in Corel Painter these days--which is almost impossible to manage without a tablet and a stylus. First, I create a very tight sketch which I then copy onto a seperate layer. I ususally paint underneath the sketch layer with the sketch layer set to MULTIPLY so the everything but the blackline is transparent. Once the color block-in is complete I then go in and refine the image and blending and painting over the original sketch. Then it's just a process of tightening and blending and refining etc...

It really helps to have a rudimentary understanding of painting techniques and different media. Painter is pretty good at mimicking traditional media but it helps to use a little ingenuity in creating and setting different brushes etc... Anyway, I HIGHLY reccomend Corel Painter for illustrators. It's a LOT less messy than oils and there's no smell:).