Sleepy Hollow Illustration Process

On Halloween, I shared a new illustration that I recently finished featuring Ichabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Here’s some of the process work that went into the painting:

The original sketch, drawn on a regular sheet of paper. I used a red pencil to rough it out and then went over it with a regular pencil line.

Before I started painting, I did a few studies to figure out what direction I wanted to go with the color.

The initial color block-in:

Texture, shading, and details:

Final painting, with effects like wind and stars added:

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3 Responses to Sleepy Hollow Illustration Process

  1. William Johson says:

    I like your drawings very much!!!

  2. MarcT says:

    Cool, thanks for sharing the process.
    I like the wind swoosh in overlay.

    Marc

  3. GweNdZ says:

    nice, thank you for sharing this. I like the texture you used. :)

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