Comments on: FtF Drawings Done Today! http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/07/27/ftf-drawings-done-today/ Jason Borger's Fly-Fishing Blog Tue, 22 May 2012 14:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JB http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/07/27/ftf-drawings-done-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6381 JB Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:19:26 +0000 http://fishfliesandwater.com/?p=2674#comment-6381 Lars—I fear that it is going to feel much more like 60 months, rather than merely 5 years... ;-) And thanks for the comment about the fly itself. For this project, I have done a combination of drawing techniques, but mostly split into two camps: The "newer" artistic style I'm using (like you see above), and my older, highly detailed "how-to" work. Indeed, there are some "re-purposed" pieces from earlier work being used in this book series. I have also digitized (as fully scalable vector art) a pile of those older illustrations that I can now cut-and-paste and mix-and-match to create just about anything that I want going forward. Huge time saver, and it allows me to focus my artistic efforts on the first category of drawings, while the how-to illustrations can be handled in Adobe Illustrator. It's proving to be a slick combo, and it will make 20 books over 5 or so years possible. Lars—I fear that it is going to feel much more like 60 months, rather than merely 5 years… ;-)

And thanks for the comment about the fly itself. For this project, I have done a combination of drawing techniques, but mostly split into two camps: The “newer” artistic style I’m using (like you see above), and my older, highly detailed “how-to” work. Indeed, there are some “re-purposed” pieces from earlier work being used in this book series. I have also digitized (as fully scalable vector art) a pile of those older illustrations that I can now cut-and-paste and mix-and-match to create just about anything that I want going forward. Huge time saver, and it allows me to focus my artistic efforts on the first category of drawings, while the how-to illustrations can be handled in Adobe Illustrator. It’s proving to be a slick combo, and it will make 20 books over 5 or so years possible.

]]> By: Lars Bentsen http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/07/27/ftf-drawings-done-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6378 Lars Bentsen Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:36:34 +0000 http://fishfliesandwater.com/?p=2674#comment-6378 Well, as they say about a cold - if you take the right medication, it'll last a week and if you do nothing, it'll last 7 days. If you maintain a good workflow, it'll take 5 years and if you do all sorts of other interesting stuff in between, it might only feel like 60 months :-). Another amazing drawing, BTW! I love the way you seem to catch the essence of a fly with so simple means. And it even looks like it's underwater. Lars Well, as they say about a cold – if you take the right medication, it’ll last a week and if you do nothing, it’ll last 7 days.

If you maintain a good workflow, it’ll take 5 years and if you do all sorts of other interesting stuff in between, it might only feel like 60 months :-).

Another amazing drawing, BTW! I love the way you seem to catch the essence of a fly with so simple means. And it even looks like it’s underwater.

Lars

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