Ali Douglass
- Profile - Splash Page Her Genre: Illustration Her Location: Asheville, NC, US
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A collection of photos from sketch to final art. Sketches start as rough thumbnails. The final drawing is made on tracing paper.
IMG_1492IMG_1492 | A collection of photos from sketch to final art. Sketches start as rough thumbnails. The final drawing is made on tracing paper.
IMG_1494IMG_1494 | Final drawing is transferred to illustration board with transfer paper and 6H pencil, leaving a light graphite outline of the drawing on the illustration board.
IMG_1504IMG_1504 | Illustration board is ready to paint. The transferred drawing has been blotted out so there is just a very light outline of the drawing on the paper.
IMG_1491IMG_1491 | Preparing gouache palette.
IMG_1496IMG_1496 | Mixing color palettes and testing color on paper strips.
IMG_1497IMG_1497 | Painting the final art.
IMG_1503IMG_1503 | Finished gouache painting.
IMG_1519IMG_1519 | Fixed a few mistakes and rearranged the order of glasses in Photoshop.
IMG_1536IMG_1536 | This is what my drafting table looks like after I have completed a project.
IMG_1865IMG_1865 | Initial rough thumbnails for a magazine job.
break1break1 | The first round of sketches.
IMG_1880IMG_1880 | Tightening up the chosen sketch.
IMG_1881IMG_1881 | This is the final approved sketch.
IMG_1883IMG_1883 | My color roughs are very rough, just enough information to get the main idea before painting.
IMG_1886IMG_1886 | Setting up my palette.
IMG_1887IMG_1887 | A photo of the final painting.
IMG_1730IMG_1730 | My studio on the fifth floor of an old office building in downtown Asheville, NC.
IMG_1697IMG_1697 | The other side of studio.
IMG_1738IMG_1738 | The view from my drafting table.
IMG_1532IMG_1532 | Working on layering the color of the sky and adding more texture.
IMG_1534IMG_1534 | Final gouache painting.
IMG_1680IMG_1680 | Final print after changing the colors in Photoshop.