Meursault.2

So another part of the "outsider" brief is 3 illustrations that accompany the book design. I started (and pretty much finished) an illustration of Meursault pointing a gun at the viewer. However, I felt this was a weak piece and that I can do better than that.

Work In Progress from sketch to ink~

Using the photograph as reference, I mark out the frame for the character.

Next, I add the bulk of his body.

After that I roughly start to place where his clothing will sit and very rudimentary facial features.

Finally, the rough sketch before I beginning to digitally ink it.

Image is flipped to make sure the facial feature are consistent and not wonky and the inking begins!