This drawing started as a quick portrait for an invitation to an upcoming show, but then I fell into a flow state and had myself a little gradient party at my desk at work. I became so consumed that even my students came over to watch, and one of them pointed out that I was drawing what it feels like to enter into an art coma.
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Vector drawing in Adobe Draw with my Apple Pencil, and Adobe Illustrator with my Wacom Cintiq.
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Outlines and shapes.
Some progress shots below, from the initial photo references, to the iPad base drawing, followed by screencaps of the layers in the order that I made them in Illustrator.
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