The sequence to your right shows key changes during the process of creating the finished illustration below.

Making the imagined believable; Illustrations crafted from scratch using computer graphic techniques - designing with digital tools.

Starting with a blank screen the design evolves through a progression of transformations; fine-tuning color, shading, gradients, texture and more which occur in 'real time' on the screen using two digital modes of process: vector and bit. The 'vector' mode is useful for creating specific shapes or objects and the 'bit' mode for pixel work, like painting techniques, for example. The seamless integration of these two modes permits me a unique blend of inspired options not likely with other mediums.

The completed illustration is saved in a digital file, formatted to maximize color fidelity and resolution and, with the appropriate 'color profile' assigned, the digital illustration (file) is exposed through a digital light printing process direct to conventional photo sensitive color paper yielding an original print.

The finished illustration is mounted and matted with museum quality materials, meeting archival standards in limited editions.