My Cupcake Bouquet greeting card design was inspired by a greeting card design challenge, #dhgartspark, on Instagram, Design House Greetings - Cue The Confetti. Which led to a lot of doodles in various notebooks and finally a full size pencil sketch and then an even tighter one. My next step is to take it to the light box to transfer the sketch to watercolor paper. I use Canson Montval Watercolor 140 lb paper.
Step 2: Is the inking. Black India ink with a brush and then wash with shadows.
Step 3: I paint my illustration traditionally. Using Higgins Waterproof/Water Resistant Colored Inks as if they're watercolors and then scan it all in.
Final Step: Bring it into Photoshop, clean up paint splotches, specs and dust and add details like sprinkles. Tah Dah - here's the finished art!
I hope to do a few more greeting card designs for this challenge before March1 happens. BUT who knows if I actually will. Anyhow hope you enjoyed reading about my art process.
