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Currently seeking representation. Stephen Macquignon is an illustrator and was the first-runner-up for the prestigious Tomie dePaola award in 2017. He has had the privilege of working for Michael Sporn Animation Inc. on many different titles including, “The Little Match Girl”, “Ira Sleeps Over”, “Abel’s Island” and many more. An illustrator of children's books including Tea with the Queen, he has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and is a proud member of SCBWI. To date, he has never missed a deadline. A fresh energy that is not part of the trends out there.

Friday, February 3, 2012

2012 Tomie dePaola Award Part 5


 I used to add color using water color over my pen and ink drawings.


But that all changed when I was taught how to work in Photoshop, 


It took me six months to understand how the program worked ; it took me another
 six months not to look like I was painting on a computer.


So the question I get asked is "why bother?";
in someways it saves me time. But what I truly like about it is that it gives
me more freedom to play with color with out messing up the original pen and ink.


Nothing less fun then re-drawing an image that took you days to ink, and it never comes out looking as fresh. I also love to layer the color tones overlap them then blend
 I feel it gives the artwork some depth.


Depending on the illustration I can use a few layers or many


This one had quite a few layers with all the characters on one page it was easier to
 keep them apart then blend them together later.


I think I spent about two weeks from start to finish.  


well worth the time!


Almost done
(BTW this is version CS5)


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