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FROM SKETCH TO COVER-Work process of my illustration for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin cover.Above the finished magazine. Following, a series of pictures showing the entire process.
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The initial rough after the brief andseveral walks through the city looking for suitable sceneries: -
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The draft to get ready for inking and colours: -
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3The digital colour sketch in the draft for a discussion
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Light and shadows are done first in greyscale (left), then as rough colouring (right) with a Gamut mask colour scheme.(Gamut masking is a concept developed by James Gurney. The tool I use was developed by Richard Robinson.)
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Adjustments and variations of the colour scheme are made with Photoshop, using Color Lookup and Hue/Saturation.
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4The finished inking:
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A detail view of the inking:
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The final, coloured illustration: -
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The image in the layout of the printed magazine:
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