Here’s the previous sketch after a few corrections. Not many as it was incredibly busy on the tube last night hence not enough elbow room. I now need to look for ship references. Just realized the big circle windows are like the 4-year-old’s interpretation of a ship. Just won’t cut it. I have got some lovely rusty metal sheets textures in my collection which will work perfectly for this one. I am afraid it’s going to have to hang like this for a while. It’s brochure day the whole day today and after – oh, the excitement! I have been signed up to illustrate the e-comic book! Having read the first drafts, character descriptions I can’t wait to put my hands on it! Stay tuned for updates.
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kill bill theme sketch – check for early errors
I have just done this sketch getting to work this morning. I then quickly scanned it at low res. to check for errors. I really recommend scanning your sketches at early stages. The ability to flip your image sideways, zoom out so it becomes a mere 20X30px thumbnail is a great way of spotting issues that need fixing at early stage. (With this one – you can tell her right leg is too small compared to the other. It’s because I changed the perspective to include the ship with bunch of samurai marines running to slice her up real bad!) From there, you can either:
- correct things within your software of preference, using your tool of preference (brush, selection marquee, transformation tools, etc.) and print it out for refinement,
- stay in the software to finish or;
- remember where you went wrong and get back to your sketchpad, as I will do since I do not currently have time for personal and I truly believe that you cannot spend enough time on a sketch.
Happy doodling!

















