Limited Edition T-Shirt on Mister Dress-Up

Some fun news!! My illustration, For the Birds, is being featured on Mister Dress-Up, an online t-shirt company that showcases some pretty sweet artists from around the world. Each shirt is limited edition, and only available for a month. My design is available till April 24th. 

Check it out! 
http://www.misterdressup.com/products/jori-van-der-linde

For The Birds

Wheww, it's been a couple weeks since I've posted anything, but I'm back in BLUE!  This most recent piece is for a group show at the Ayden Gallery in Vancouver.  The theme is The Colour Blue, and the show features a lot of amazing works by Emily Carr Illustration students.  I'm so happy to be a part of it!

Opening night is Tuesday April 1st, from 5:00-11:00.  If your in Vancouver come on down and say hellooo!  My bearded, half-asleep illustration man would be happy to get some attention other than from birds!

Swan lake - Process Post

Happy Wednesday! Here is my first process post, using my most recent illustration, Swan Lake, for those who have been waiting for one:)  I also experimented with making a GIF in Photoshop.  It was extremely confusing to learn how to do at first, but turned out to be pretty easy.  I will definitely be making more in the future! 

Without further ado, here is how my process generally goes:

1. Sketch out a detailed thumbnail, and upload to Photoshop.  Please don't judge on how bad this looks haha, I really just need the general idea to get started. I'm also a believer that my sketchbook should not be a shrine filled with my best work, but a tool to help me practice, and explore new ideas freely.  Continuing on, I blow my thumbnail up to whatever size i like. (in this case 11 x 17) and sometimes i play around with color, but thinking about it now, I generally just go straight to inking. 

2. Step TWO! TO THE LIGHT TABLE!!! So i take my print-out, on extra ordinary paper, down to the hovel where i work in the basement (not my ideal studio, but i'm working with what I've got..)  From here I use I light table to sketch out the details with my ever trusty purple pencil (sorry I don't have an image for this one).

3. Inking! Generally I use Microns, sizes 01, .005, for those extra fine details.  But I have also been known to use a brush/pen, in certain cases.  For some illo's, I use multiple sheets of paper + light table to create layers of inking if there is a lot going on. This makes it easier to color the lines in Photoshop later. And finally, scan, often in multiple scans. I dream of a giant flatbed, but alas I do not have one.

4.  PHOTOSHOP is where most of the magic happens.  I don't have separate images for every layer (I'll do a detailed post about Photoshop process in the future), but I have a lovely little GIF that provides a visual.  The process normally goes, color in flat background colors, add texture, add shading/highlights, color lines, add more textures, and then play around until everything feels right.  

  

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Thanks for Reading!  If anyone ever has any questions about my work, or my process, I'm always happy to try and answer them!

Swan Lake

Created some personal work to add to my portfolio recently.  I think I got everything on my checklist of thinks I love: birds, detail, texture. Check! Anyway I had lots of fun with this, and I was vaguely thinking of potential possibilities for theater/opera houses/book covers/posters etc. 

Process Post to come with details and perhaps, even with a GIF.