Boy in a bear suit is a little doodling challenge I set up for myself to strengthen my repertior of non-leporidea characters. The criteria - ‘keep it simple’, 'just characters', ‘post daily’ and of course ‘no bunnies’ .

process

When I doodle, I just put pen to paper and try not to think too much. Howerer, most of my projects are on a bigger scale than the images here on boy in a bear suit.
 
I did an interview for InspirU Coo Coo and I’ve included below my answer to the question ‘describe your illustration process’. For the full interview follow the link.
 
1 - I CHOOSE A THEME
‘scruffies’: term I use for the comfy and by no means sexy clothes I wear when working in my home studio.
2 - RESEARCH and INSPIRATION
3 - THUMBNAIL SKETCH
I draw a thumbnail sketch. Here below is an example of an actual thumbnail sketch and the respective final image
4 - PROCESSING
I scan the thumbnail and enlarge it, then print it out and use it as a backbone for the detailed drawing on the light table.
5 - PERSPECTIVE
If relevant, I figure out the perspective points. I often tape multiple extensions to the image for the perspective points and use really long rulers.
6 - PENCIL WORK
I draw the basic image in pencil
7 - INKING
I then ink the image

8 - TEXTURES
Finally, I fill in the texture. I sometimes scan the image and test different lighting gradients on my computer before applying them in ink.
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