11/05/2023 21:27:32 ¶ ●

# Illustration process!

1. Sketchy thumbnail getting the general layout!
2. still working loose and sketchy, but figuring out layout and proper perspective. You can see I changed where the camera sits, instead of focusing on the tape recorder I dropped down to the floor to show more lotion bottles! I also moved the waxworks hands up higher, to make it look like they’re reaching for Jon!

3. Very blurry, because I copy the picture and shrink it WAAAAY down to block in the lighting. I want to make sure I can tell what’s happening in the picture even if it’s teeny-tiny.
4. Lineart! Everything is split into different layers between foreground (table, bottles, big hands), middle ground (Jon, chair, spotlight) and background (ooooh all those waxworks)

05. Mattes! Nice solid colors behind each item, also in their own layers so it’s easy to edit later if i want. And finally–

06. Lighting! I put big soft shadows on the left hand and lower sides, to tone down the “visual noise” there and put a nice bright highlight on the star of the show. I want viewers to look at Jon first, then follow the hand to the table, then down to the bottles on the floor. And while I want the bg dimmer, I also need it visible enough that if people study they can see it alllll the horrors