As Silver mentioned in a blog post couple of weeks ago, we’re working on collecting all the fully published chapters so far (1-5) into an e-book that you guys can download with a pay-what-you-want system, and read on a device of your choosing. In that collection we are also including a new, unpublished mini-chapter for some extra fun and value. You can expect the e-book to be out some time in December.
Today I finished touching up an illustration for that new chapter. It’s a cluster of mermen that I’ve been working on and (mostly) off for I don’t know how long. It seems like an eternity. Since Run Freak Run is already a side project next to a full time job, any side project of the side project gets limited attention. Unfortunately. I wish that wasn’t the case. But even with reality being what it is, it’s done now :)
I thought some of you might like to see a peek of the process, so I took couple of pictures:
Thumbnail phase. I make a 4x6cm grid and doodle all and any ideas for illustrations that come to my mind. At this stage I’m mostly looking for the main idea, the big shapes and composition. If they don’t work in that size, no pretty drawing will save them when they’re scaled up.
Finished inked illustration. I knew I wanted to do some texturing and touch ups digitally later on to achieve the vibe I was going for, so I kept the drawing really simple and clean. An easy base for the fancy stuff in the last stage.
Final illustration for the extra chapter of the e-book we’re working on. This is after I cleaned the black edges in photoshop, added textures, blending and fogging it up a bit.
Hope you enjoyed that! If you guys show interest in getting a poster of this illustration, we could print a batch of them and post them on our Etsy-shop. Be vocal about it, so we can get a vibe on whether to do it or not :)
Smiles,
Kaija