muonbee:

City thumbs -

Thumbnails are a ridiculously useful and important tool to use. The first couple are often cliches, they are the visions from the top of your mind, once these are out the way you start creating new imagery, this is true for characters and environments. Often I used to do illustrations using the first image that came to mind, and often this was boring and failed to sell the concept.

Craig Mullins talks a lot about the importance of a lot of sketching as a means to experiment with different ways of working and contrasting elements you wouldn’t normally get a chance to do drawing for the day job. He is a very sensible man.