pumpkin dreaming

Just finished a drawing for my favourite girls birthday.

I took a series of scans to document the production process and thought you might be interested in how it was created.

Starting point was to take a pic of the cat (called ... you guessed it... Pumpkin) and then goggle up some pumpkin pics.

Pumpkin on her favourite blanket

random pumpkin pic

trusty blue pencil to set up the main layout of the drawing

add the main character in ink

start inking in the pumpkin surround

start rendering the main elements

finishing the pumpkins

adding the blanket "rough" detail

rub out the blue
although nice to leave some remnants

add orange pencil

add yellow pencil to "lift" the orange

hit it all with a tissue to smooth the colour
rub out "overspray"

add blue and pink "rough" detail to blanket

for this pic I added a heavy line to "punch out" the elements
an alternative would be use a finer pen and render the outlines
(a slightly more softer/fuzzy effect)

sign, trim and add a background trim colour

It's gone into a simple white frame. Looks bright and fun.....  I think she'll like it.

J