I’m at the draw, redraw and draw again stage of the final drawings. My desk is buried under a few inches of tracing paper.

I use layers of tracing paper to draw and reposition elements when working out the composition, but I also scan my drawings and shift them around in photoshop. Sometimes I’ll scribble things into the drawing directly on the computer because it’s often quicker to try stuff out that way.

rough ink and pencil sketch (chopped off a bit at top and bottom by the scanner)

colour test

It’s not supposed to be about the tools. But sometimes it really is all about the tools. Today, I picked up a pen I bought a few months ago but haven’t used much and everything clicked. It just works so well with the way I naturally draw. Instead of fighting to adjust my gestures to accommodate my pen, I forgot all about the instrument I was holding and just drew.

more work in progress drawings and a tiny slice of the studio – the rest of it is covered in paper.