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Tracing Paper

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or, Killing Trees & Why I hate Flats I've been dreading the tones for this book. The tones are definitely my least favorite part   The flats are definitely my least favorite part.   Flats are hard to describe if you don't know what they are. Flats are a part of the process that aren't really talked about (they're that boring) . Here's a visual example with images stolen borrowed from Terry Dodson, one of the few people I've seen even mention that they have a flatter (-a person who does this) . The flatter pretty much traces the picture and fills in shapes with color (see 1), it doesn't even have to be close to the final colors, the shapes just have to be filled with something. The flatter's done. That's it. They send it back, so that the person can pick up from there and finish it (see 2). Now, I know that it seems like this wouldn't be hard or take long. But, the specific image above is a cover. Imagine that image sm

Drawing Table Tuesday

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This thumbnail turned out pretty alright. A house goes in the last panel, but I opted to draw it on tracing paper and glue it elsewhere on the page. About Drawing Table Tuesday .

Drawing Table Tuesday

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It's hard to tell from this picture, but this was really small. Like the size of a penny. But Staci's camera got a good close up of it. I liked it, so here it is. About Drawing Table Tuesday .

Drawing Table Tuesday

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This was a tiny drawing for a panel on tracing paper. The thumbnail for that page was cluttered, so instead of possibly needing to erase and accidentally erasing something else, I used tracing paper and glued it on at the top of the page when I was done. I liked how it looked, so here it is. About Drawing Table Tuesday .