SketchCrazed - A system of Composite Interactions

A color version of my original ink drawing

Starting from the pen and ink drawing

Creating pen and ink drawings is a relatively fast way to explore an idea. While I don't belabor them, I do try to achieve the feeling of grace, relationship, contrast, texture, positive and negative aspects in the final piece.

This drawing felt like it could translate into a color version. So I scanned the original art and used it as a template, redrawing all the shapes in my vector program. Once the color palette was applied, I imported it a section at a time into Photoshop. There I added soft shadows under major pieces to get more of a separation and dimension, as it is rather complicated on the eye to take in.

Please drop me a message if you have any thoughts on this technique.

SketchCrazed

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