First stage, roughs. Quick 10 minute sketches of composition ideas. I wanted her looking to the left as this is considered looking into the 'past', and as a ghost I thought it appropriate.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
'Sparrow Hill Road' cover process
As I'm currently working on the next Seanan McGuire novel I thought a quick breakdown of my working process for 'Sparrow Hill Road' might be of interest...
First stage, roughs. Quick 10 minute sketches of composition ideas. I wanted her looking to the left as this is considered looking into the 'past', and as a ghost I thought it appropriate.
After discussion, Seanan selected the top right, which was my favourite as well. So I tidied it up a bit:
I wasn't sure about the face or hair, but added a bit of quick tone:
Decided to work up the face some more and tighten up the car. Lots of ref as the model had to be specific, and working out of a flat in Manchester I'm restricted in access to 1952 Ford Crestline Sunliners (although I can get ref for a 1983 Ford Granada estate quite easily!)
A bit of tone to work out lighting:
And then colour. Unusually for me I painted over the tone here in parts.
And the final! Thank you for looking!
First stage, roughs. Quick 10 minute sketches of composition ideas. I wanted her looking to the left as this is considered looking into the 'past', and as a ghost I thought it appropriate.
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5 comments:
I really like how it came out, the final looks great!
Thank you Dave. :)
A beautiful piece of work. I really love the highlighting of the hair and on the arms, and the ghostly legs work well.
Chris
http://www.cheltenham-art.com/chrisgregg.htm
Many thanks Chris!
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