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Le Magnifique

Written by Stephen S.

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This piece was made for The Mario Lemieux Foundation to go in the Bid for 66 Auctions that were held last November.

See how this went from sketch to what's above after the jump.

 


 

(note - most of these images will appear larger if opened in a new window)

This was the first draft - pencil on 8.5"x11" paper :

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After scanning the rough pencils, the rest of the stick and leg were loosely laid in with Photoshop. 
The image was then printed at 200% and used as a guide while transferring to a clean sheet of museum board.
This is the final image that was sent to auction - final size was 26"x18.5":

 

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Using a scan of the finished pencil, an inked version was made in Adobe Illustrator :

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The Pen Tool is your friend :

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BONUS MATERIAL

Here are some rejected t-shirt designs submitted to the MLF featuring this illustration :

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Rick

Rick

"Can't sleep, clown'll eat me."

by Rick

Rick

"I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me."

by Rick

Rick

"The New Jersey Devils are a win away from meeting the Kings in the Stanley Cup Final." Who honestly would have predicted that 2 months ago?

by Rick

Adam

Derek

TPB Derek

imagined how confused David Morehouse is about everything

by TPB Derek

TPB Derek

Imagine how confused David Morehouse will be about " The While The Men Watch " controversy.

by TPB Derek

Stephen S

Stephen S.

@psamp saw the design concept page for Archer's space armor today. One concept had Archer in Xtacle armor. May have teared up.

by Stephen S.