Ok, i need to make a start on making “Angels and Demons” old. i tried a few filters and effects in photoshop, but it just wasnt producing the right outcomes that i wanted. so i decided to actually have a go and drawing them, so instead of looking hand drawn, they actually are!
Drawing isnt one of my strong points, so i was slightly skeptical of the idea. but hey, im desperate, anything is worth a shot!!
so i set myself up a makeshift lightbox…(similar in style as a young Mr Lestaret said he used!)
i simply took a large glass pane, and placed a light between my legs. hey presto, lightbox (:
i began drawing, and shocked myself that it wasnt actually half bad!!
little bit of shading…
i didnt want to paint directly onto my final drawings, so i made a couple of scans. seeing as the watercolour filter seemed to work good on photoshop, i tried using them first.
this, in its own right, looks ok, but it doesnt have the same boldness of colour as the poster, and just isnt right for what i want. after trying to find my gouache, and failing, i resorted to acrylic, watered down, and got out the trusty Ruling Pen 
i did cheat slightly with this, as for the very fine lines i used rotring pen, but the rest is paint and ruling pen. i think that this has the same brush stroke and boldness as the Karloff poster, but not the right colours. Im nowhere near good enough at painting to do it by hand, so i will scan these images into photoshop and edit them further in there. I am going to carry out the same process with an image of Katherine Hepburn and Gary Cooper, to use as my Hero and Heroine…. Heres to another sleepless night!!
