Otis Redding CD

[musicgeekstress]

Okay, just one more thing while I'm on this high. I had to submit a project this morning for my graphic design class which was an album cover for an artist of our choosing and in whatever style we want. I kind of did a rush job on mine but I still kind of proud of it. I seemed to impress all my younger colleagues in class today when I told them

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[musicgeekstress]

It's actually a really neat technique I read about in an Illustration and Design book from the 70s. It's basically pentel markers on tracing paper. The paper doesn't absorb the marker as fast as other papers do so you have more time to move the colours around and when it dries the strokes leave these great dry outlines like watercolour.

[musicgeekstress]

Oh you should! Just remember when you do it to lay down all your dark tones first and then blend in the lighter colours. Having a clear white marker really helps. I had forgotten this initially and the markers weren't really doing anything until I started working dark to light...also be careful not to taint your markers as they will be lifting a lot of colour off the tracing paper-- as long as you have a scrap piece of paper close by to wipe off your markers you should be fine. Have fun!

[bassbeast]

Don't you dare stop. ^_^