Trading card for Ethan’s new book. The Problem has a family curse involving a giant angry mass of meat and teeth. Illustrator, 2.5h.
I think it is very important that you know there is a graphic style in this named “problemeat”.
Here’s the hilariously crappy sketch I started with. Sometimes my roughs are better. Sometimes they’re not. Attitude and composition are what matter when I already know what the character looks likr, not precise anatomy.
And here’s the outlines with the bg/banner turned off. As usual most of the shading happens automatically via the very complex graphic styles:
I just draw shapes and Illustrator fills them in with texture and half-assed shading instantly. Then I add broader shadows over them and maybe tweak the shapes and/or the styles, until I think it’s done.