A piece inspired by Children in need. Hand drawn and scanned into photoshop and coloured there.

 Hand drawn in pen, then painted orange in Gouache paint. Just a bit of Halloween Fun ' With a noughts & crosses twist.

A drawing I did a couple of years ago and decided to scan it onto the computer and colour in photoshop, for practice. I think I did a ok job! :)

     

Above: Photograph of my hand to draw, and original sketch idea in my notebook for FROST.



 An illustration based on the word FROST. Again, drawn, scanned and coloured in photoshop. Once more, I wanted to illustrate something different from the usual vision of snow and Jack Frost. I decided to be a little macabre and have someone writing 'YOU BIT ME' with the finger they lost through FROST BITE. :P

Stage 3: Final illustration - entitled: My notebook doodles. These are various characters I have created throughout my notebooks over the past year. Characters I had ideas for, but never used, so chose to draw some of them together "like a group photo" for amusement and maybe inspire me to use them in future projects. Also my obsession for colour is fully expressed here I think! :)

 Stage 2: Colouring in, in photoshop. As you can see, the background is completed first before any attempt on the foreground is tacked has with all my painted work. Although using software enables a faster way to colour - I did take time and great care to make sure all the many colours work together, and I believe I have succeeded in this!

 

 Sage 1: Original drawing - Firstly in pencil and then penned over. Originally drawn to hand paint, but thought that this would be an ideal piece to "brush" up my Photoshop skills gained. So, scanned in and proceeded to commence colourization. :)