Copy: Stig Lindburg

I decided to copy an illustration by Stig Lindburg.

Here is the original:









Here is my copy:

I started off by drawing an outline of the illustration on a piece of paper. I then scanned it into Photoshop and changed the threshold so that I could clearly see the lines. 

I then created a white layer to go under the outline's layer. I used the Magic Wand Tool to get rid of the white around the outline so that I could take away the outline later on. 

I started to add colour with the Brush Tool. I got the correct colours by using the Eyedropper Tool and selecting the colour from the original illustration.

 When I had painted in all of the base colours, I took away the outline and started to neaten up the edges by touching them up with the Brush Tool.

I then started to add in the detail.