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(reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com)
When I started Seven Extraordinary Things I told myself to establish a style of drawing and inking that was simple and quick to execute.
With that in mind I kept my initial drawings uncluttered…
![7XT-057_ink_08](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_08-580x357.jpg)
…my first ink lines were clean…
![7XT-057_ink_07](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_07-580x357.jpg)
…and unadventurous. So far so good.
![7XT-057_ink_06](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_06-580x357.jpg)
I added blacks to separate foreground from background…
![7XT-057_ink_05](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_05-580x357.jpg)
…and thought, “It might be nice to cut some detail into the black areas with an eraser tool”…
![7XT-057_ink_04](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_04-580x357.jpg)
…Hmmm. That’s fun. Sorta like scratchboard. Now maybe I’ll add a bit of local texture and some shading on the figures…
![7XT-057_ink_02](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_02-580x357.jpg)
…ah, what the hell? May as well put some shading in the background.
![7XT-057_ink_01](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7XT-057_ink_01-580x357.jpg)
Now I’ve managed to complicate it. This work flow quickly led me to creating panels like this:
![7xt_gallery_35](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7xt_gallery_35-580x258.jpg)
I remember hearing someone say it takes two people to paint a picture: the artist holding the paint brush, and someone standing next to him with a stick to make him stop when the painting was finished.
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