Blue Moon Blog

An old friend moved his business a bit back, and had the idea of riffing off the Beverly Hillbillies to announce it to their clients. I suggested and wrote a parody of a snippet of the theme song lyrics, and we were off and running.

I keep most of my initial roughs loose and expressive, not worrying overmuch about likenesses at that early stage. My goal is to block out the composition and capture gestures for each figure.

Not much seems to have changed when going to final. I was able to retain a lively quality thanks to rapid and bold inking. The truck and main characters pop forward with a black holding line and fuller color, while I pushed back the background elements with colored holding lines and less saturated color. In hindsight I think I should’ve worked a bit more on the likenesses, especially as that was the main task in the transition from roughs to final art. The truck could’ve used a couple well-placed highlights, too. Live & learn, eh?