Experimenting with Adobe Illustrator

Ink Scan.

So I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator a little bit lately. I wanted to try and find a way to bring some color to the hand inked look I’ve been having so much fun with lately. A couple of weeks back I rediscovered these really cool brush tip markers while shooting the videos for Jerry’s. It was all kind of by accident…

It was all kind of by accident. I’d used the brush tip markers once or twice over the years but wasn’t really in love with them. Then as we were shooting the videos I realized I wanted a heavier line with a more organic look. I remembered the brush markers I had sitting in my art kit and fished a few out. They turned out to be just what I was looking for.

Work in progress...

Since then I’ve been experimenting with them a little bit and I’m really kind of digging the whole shaky Charles Schultz looking line I’m getting. At first I was attempting to color the illustrations in Adobe Photo-shop but that was WAY too much work. More recently I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator and the whole live paint thing (which for some reason I keep wanting to call smart fill). Anyhow I’m pretty sure I’ve got it just about worked out. I’ll keep you guys updated as I go.