Had the opportunity to do a commercial gig for a friend who opened a bakery/cafe and wanted a retro pinup style cowgirl logo. So, just to show the process of how I “whip out” an illustration job, I’m posting the sketches, studies and revisions that led to our gal on the circular sign in their shop.
  
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 There she is.
Drawings and sketches done with Pitt Artist Pens on Tomoe River Paper. Some drawn from life using a couple models, some are drawn after various reference sources, some are doodles from my noggin.
met you in your downtown Vancouver OPUS workshop a while back…loved your work then & follow you now…you are AMAZING!!! keep it up, cheers, pat lefroy
This is extremely interesting! Thanks for posting this evolution. I’d enjoy seeing more of this with more comments from you about the decision=making you did. Your work is right on the button. Thanks.
Frank B
Great work Don…Looks like a retro painting or older advertising very nice!
I love the final image. While the other ideas were fun, and not out and out wrong, I like that the final image was strong, and clearly feminine, but not overtly sexualized.
Excellent!