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The Drawing Board
Interested in illustration? Drawing images that accompany news stories is a privilege that news illustrator Thomas Marsh relishes. Here’s a chance to look over his shoulder and see how he does it.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Free-For-All: Second Ruff


Now that I’ve gained some space between the characters, I’m better able to specifically designate what each of them is doing in the composition. The white spaces between the characters will add an airyness and flow that would have otherwise been bogged down and confused their actions.
More importantly, I have the option of making their heads as large as possible — as this is where I’ll spend the majority of my efforts.

So I better get crackin’.