Sketches - Finals 1

The transition from a sketch to a final illustration is where illustrators define  themselves. The sketch stage is all about seeking, questioning, analyzing, intuition and being open to the nuances of your own concepting process, the sometimes vague or misunderstood comments of the art director or editor, and nothing less than the history of the discipline of editorial illustration.

I am often impatient when I sketch. I have an idea and I know my sketch is an imperfect guide to the glorious finished art  I see in my mind. Often, the sketch bears little resemblance to the final. Depending on my mood, I will sketch in pencil, charcoal,  ink, digital or some combination. Old clients understand this but new clients? It's a knife's edge walk sometimes! Trust and patience and one's true colors get developed in the walk together to the final deadline.