How I Draw Stuff I'm not an expert illustrator by any stretch of the imagination. I actually dislike illustration jobs quite a bit, despite my fondness for drawing so much back in grade school.
Courtney asked me recently to help with a project that she came up with to give as a gift. Her secret santa person was moving to a new house, and she thought that some custom-made "We Moved" cards would be a good gift. Nothing too bulky, and definitely something useful to the recipient (they would send them to friends and family to share their new address).
Wouldn't you know that we came up with an idea that required an illustration. Bullocks!
I approached this job with more sanity and reason than most. Usually when I have a job I don't want to do, I will avoid it by doing other jobs that are usually even less desirable. Sometimes I will even clean things.
As I drew the house and car that were required for this drawing, I kept revisions of each major change. I thought it might be somewhat interesting to see how I approached these drawings, how they evolved and basically how I finished the project without going totally crazy.
Here we have the most basic of shape forms. As elementary as this looks, this step is absolutely critical. This is when the basic shapes and proportions are defined, and every drawing from this step forward will use these skeletons as a foundation.
I've taken the basic shapes and added a little style and detail. Not too much - just enough to see what's going on.
The details start to emerge.
Might as well put down some color at this stage. Also an important thing to notice is the line thickness. I usually give my drawings a thicker outer outline, with smaller lines for inner detail. This is started at this stage.
More details have been added. At this stage, nothing major will happen to the drawings.
All done!
Below is the end product, the front anyway. The reverse side had the name and address of the person who was moving, in much the same style as the front of the card.
Those cards are awesome. I thought it was your parent's house at first.
LOL Ken.