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Hi, My name is Michal Dziekan, I'm polish based illustrator and character designer. You can check my website (michaldziekan.com) and blog (michaldziekan.blogspot.com) for more of my works.
I'm going to show you how I create my illustration, the whole process from the scratch.
For me the most important part of the illustration is the idea, however in this particular illustration idea is very simple - thief forced to do his last assignment, that seemed to be so easy but came out as a set up. So if the idea is simple I'm focusing on the storytelling, mood and framing.
Everything starts with a sketch. I usually draw a lot of thumbnails and rough sketches in pencil, but this one started as a very simple digital Photoshop sketch where I chosen the frame and pose of character. The scene is taking place somewhere in the New York City like Chinese district, with parked old cars, back alleys and pawn shops. I wanted to show my character very dynamically, on the move. Also in a bit crooked, dynamic frame, camera low, between the cars as if it was somebody hiding there from the shootout.
Then I'm starting to do all the line work. I play with the thickness of the contour, things that are closer, are drawn with slightly thicker line than things that are far:
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