Illustration Process for my Tribal Penguin

Hi Everyone & Happy Friday!

in this post I will share in detail from start to finish my Penguin illustration process.

First of I trace my penguin and all it's tiny details in pencil, once I am done I grab my Rotring Rapidograph pens and retrace the whole illustration with care, patience and attention to all my fine line details steady pulse is a must here! I use tips 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 mostly.

Once I have retraced all the outlines with my pen I scan it and save a copy for adding color later in Adobe Illustrator.

I then move on to doing my black and white version by starting to fill in the shapes and spaces with black ink.

Once it feels like it's done, again I scan it and save this version, which will be my final black and white version.

Moving on to color. I upload my 1st outlined scanned version to Adobe Photoshop first to clean it up.
I end up re-tracing and re-drawing the whole illustration practically all over again. I am a big perfectionist and I want my lines to be as clean and accurate as possible, I currently do not have a great scanner yet so this is why I have to re-trace some parts again on Photoshop, double the work, double the fun! And yes, patience lots of patience, but when doing something you love the extra work does not really matter.
By the way I work with a Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet and am saving up to get the Wacom Cintiq which would allow me to draw directly to the screen and convert my illustration traces straight to vector lines and save me all this cleaning up process.

Ok by now I have my cleaned up version ready for Adobe Illustrator for the fun color adding part!
I open my .jpg or .png version on Adobe Illustrator and use the "Live Trace" tool adjusting the settings to the one that will go best to my design, to convert all my lines to vectors. works like magic!

I then select my color palettes to proceed with color adding. There are a few ways of adding colors, my favorite one is the "Live Paint Bucket". I select my color per area and then live paint one by one by sections.

I keep going, one by one until I fill in each space accordingly to my chosen color palette.

And Voila! this Little guy is done :)

The above version is called "Ethnic Penguin" my black and white version ended up looking like the one below and I named it "Tribal Penguin"

Here are some products you can find in my Society6 Shop

 Thanks for stopping by and taking yourself the time to read my post! If you have any questions or thoughts please shoot me an e-mail at pamelagallegos@pomgraphicdesign.com

Please Visit my Society6 Shop Here:

http://society6.com/pomgraphicdesign

And my poster prints and more in my Etsy Shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PomGraphicDesign

Find me on FACEBOOK | TWITTER | WEBSITE | SOCIETY6  | PINTEREST | ETSY 

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design  

Check out this lovely feature about my work and myself

by Attire Club Fraquoh and Franchomme | Men's Style, Fashion And Lifestyle

In Her Own Words: Artist Pamela Gallegos

 We invited a series of designers, artists and outstanding bloggers to write about their vision, work and inspiration and created a new category on Attire Club called “In Their Own Words”. Each week a new person takes the stand and discusses beauty and creativity from their perspective.

Pamela Gallegos is a fantastic visual artist whose works catch your eye the moment you see them. The fabulous colors, textures and shapes she uses speak about a wonderful world, a world in which cultures and dreams mix. Her works appear to us as tangible dreams and are characterized by a certain sensibility. We asked Pamela to write about her work and inspiration and to our joy she agreed. In this article, written exclusively for Attire Club, she discusses her background in Peru, how she became an artist and where she finds the things she ends up expressing in her creations.

Her designs do not serve the sole purpose to be displayed on a wall, she uses them as prints for practical objects as well. By looking at her designs, we can learn that the arts do not live separate but meet in a confluence of beauty and style.

Here’s what she wrote:

My World, My Mind, My Inner Soul

I was born in Miami, Florida then moved back to Lima, Peru when I was 5 years old. I went to school in Peru and lived there until I was 19 years old. At that time I decided to move to the United States seeking more independence and adventure. I do remember that from a very young age I have always enjoyed doodling and being in the presence of nature and family.

Living in a country with such a rich culture is where it all began. I had this desire for travel and adventure since I was very little, and once I set foot in my first mystical trip, I started to feel the connection between the harmony in nature and the art within it, so then is when I decided to manifest it in my work. I communicate my art through oil & acrylic paintings, drawings in pencil or rapidograph, and in 2003 I took the step to take it digital as I achieved my career as a Graphic Designer in the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

My art focuses on natural elements in all its force. You can see many organic and geometrical shapes in each piece. I communicate life, energy and forces of nature through my art. I chose to paint in oils and acrylics and do illustrations in pencil, charcoal and rapidograph pen.

I also get my inspiration from different cultures and art movements. For example, some of my work has certain influence from my Inca culture, and native icons. These influences are not only from nature elements, but from animal elements as well. My art also has some Egyptian influences. An art movement that inspires some of my work is Art Nouveau, especially the organic shapes and fluidity that you will observe in my art.

Pamela Gallegos
Pom Graphic Design

 Find her on FACEBOOK | TWITTER | WEBSITE | SOCIETY6  | PINTEREST | ETSY

-new- Illustration Process for Elephant Tribal

In Collab with artist Mariam Tronchoni from Society6 who did the beautiful

elephant illustration outline

Click Here for a poster print of "Elephant of Namibia"

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Rotring rapidograph pen 0.2 & 0.4

After finishing my illustration, I proceed to scanning it and editing any flaws in photoshop, where I later add the color. Whole process of editing and color adding takes me about 5-7 hours. Illustration of interior of elephant took me 2-3 days. But I had tons of fun with it! :)



Final Products
 Elephant of Namibia

 

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design 

Check out my work for sale on Society6 & My Etsy Shop

Credits:

Elephant tribal interior detail illustrations and color by Pom Graphic Design.

Elephant outline illustration by Mariam Tronchoni, check out her beautiful work  
at: http://society6.com/MariamTronchoni

Society 6 Products from Pom Graphic Design

Awesome Products from my Artwork!

 Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

  Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

  Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

  Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

More Of My Illustrations Process for "Tribal Evolution Series"

Hi Everyone!

This is another one of my tribal illustrations, this one took me about 4 days to finish.
I will detail all the stages and final process and uses of my illustration.

I use rapidograph pen 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8.
Below are 8 stages of my illustration process.

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

I also use tools such as ruler and circles template.

After all my stages, which took me 4 days, I scan it and move it into photoshop for some final touches.

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

This is my final tribal illustration, which I will use for posters, iphone cases and more!

In photoshop I use my design skills and incorporate some mixed media to create these inspirational posters and more with my original quotes.

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

Hope you enjoyed :)

"Always be in touch with your inner soul" - Pom Graphic Design

My Illustration Process

Hi Everyone!

This is one of my tribal illustrations break down in 3 parts. It took me 2 days to finish it. I love filling in every single space with a different element. You can see many nature elements such as rain, fire, the sun, waves and more for your eye to interpret. 

Copyright © 2013 Pom Graphic Design

I use staedtler rapidograph pen or rotring rapidograph pen 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8. For all of
my illustrations.

After im done with my tribal illustration I put in my graphic design skills into it to turn my illustration into posters, iPhone cases & more :)