This is something I just finished for a long time client. This is for a resort that wanted a fun image of their tiki bar on t-shirts, napkins, glasses, etc. I did a couple of rough digital sketches and the image below was selected as the jumping off point.
Artwork © 2012 Gene Gonzales
First thing I wanted to do was design the tiki masks. Below are the two that made the cut in their rough form. These were drawn in my sketchbook and are only 3 inches tall. After scanning them, I enlarged them and printed them out on bristol board.
Artwork © 2012 Gene Gonzales
Now I have the blue line printout of the rough to ink. The final art will be done in Illustrator, but I didn't want to create the art in Illustrator. It would look a little too slick for my purposes. So I inked the pieces on bristol board. Since the tiki masks are symmetrical, I only had to ink one side. After I scanned the art, I duplicated the left side of each one, flipped it and used it to make the right sides. The line art is a bit uneven and that's what I wanted. When I take it into Illustrator and use Live Trace to convert it into vector art, the uneven look will become more apparent. More tomorrow.
Artwork © 2012 Gene Gonzales
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3 comments:
Very cool Gene! I really enjoy the layout of the tiki bar and the masks are very imaginitive! You are so great at your job! Glad you shared this.
Thanks Shane! Glad you enjoy seeing the non-comic work I do.
I do find it very interestingand really enjoy seeing the concept before it's finished.
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