Stijn Felix - KNACK - CHILDREN DOMESTIC LABOR

KNACK Magazine - Contemporary Children Labor

A lot of children do the household chores. Caring for their siblings or sick parent.

Details

- PROCES -

Thumbnail sketch

REFERENCES FOR THE POSES

Quick photoshoot with my daughter Selma - drawing of Egon Schiele, sculpture of Pierre Hughe

REFINING THE SKETCH

I Refined the sketch in photoshop with wacom. With a more complex composition this digital sketching is easier.

It allows me to work in layers and easier cut & paste and manipulate the different elements.

'INKING'

I print the sketch A4 size > Lightbox tracing in blue pencil

Then I draw the linework, with pencil

I remove the blue sketchy lines digitally (Image > adjustments > hue/saturation, edit: cyaan)

I Increase the contrast and bitmap the image (= No halftones but a sharp, graphic line)

This way I have sharp graphic lines which are at the same time loose & grainy

COLORING:

I start with flat shapes. Because my lines aren't closed I can't use the bucket.

So a bit more work but with the wacom tablet it's ok.

Last Step: fill in some shapes with textures and patterns

And a bit of extra linework (colored & white) with wacom, Backline to a dark blue/purple.

The texture is pencil > increase contrast, bitmap

I like graphical patterns, I discovered and used sashimi here (nice Japanese sticking patterns) and a carpet

- Thanks for Watching! -