Here’s Quentin Blake demonstrating, step by step, how he makes the illustrations for his books.
It’s from this great page on his website, How I Draw, in which he describes the process a little more:
In the attempt to combine planning with an air of spontaneity I’ve employed various techniques of which the one I have found most successful, and have used for the last thirty years, makes use of a light box.
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What happens next is not tracing; in fact it’s important that I can’t see the rough drawing underneath too clearly, because when I draw I try to draw as if for the first time.
XG web studio (work in progress)
XG image studio (work in progress)
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
This song’s for my good friend…
Angry Girl
Together more cheerfully
Tracklisting
Helios - Paper Tiger
Bracken - Four Thousand Style
Miwon - Round and Round
Kristuit Salu - Leitmotif
Lukid - Forma
Mrs Jynx - Dusty
Bovaflux - Brm
Pridon - She bit me first
Joker - Digidesign
Xela - Ut Nod Vivicaret
Bovaflux - Music Box
Bovaflux - Wobble Brain
Helios - The Toy Garden
Wisp - Among The Pines
