PROCESS
From sketch to artwork
My ink-style illustrations are drawn digitally with an Apple pencil on the iPad. I use an ink pen brush and ‘live’ watercolour brushes (the paint colours ‘bleed’ into each other as they would on paper!)
The hand-drawn quality of working on paper is not lost by working digitally. The process is the same - I create rough pencil sketches and ink in the colour once illustrations are approved.
Sketch
Ink
Watercolour
Working digitally allows for greater creative freedom (you are not hindered in mark-making for fear of ruining expensive paper). It also allows for easier revisions, enabling me to make adjustments without needing to start over—an invaluable advantage when working with tight deadlines.
When I work with clients I provide a rough pencil sketch, followed up with a refined ink drawing, and lastly I add the watercolour. I often add/change elements as I commit to the ink stage - sometimes these only come to me as I refine the drawing. I need that freedom for the drawing to evolve, so I’m not one for overly developed pencil roughs. However, as I work digitally there is always scope to amend the final artwork if necessary.
WORKING WITH ME
