Like most of all my work it began from a sketchbook image...in fact this is a conglomeration of several sketches.

The primary character...a wooly booger...stems from a concept for a children's book and a poem I wrote...the other images are merely derived from a sort of Dada randomization...a choice derived from compositional interest and surreal apropos.

I begin by scanning the image at high resolution, and then changing the drawing into a multiply layer...underneath this sketch layer all the color is situated. Every object is placed on an individual layer…thus allowing me to make color changes on the fly…using the hue/saturation pull-down menu. I utilize a stringent layer and layer-set hierarchy to insure that I can make changes in an efficient manner and production is ultimately sped up. If anyone wants changes later on I can adjust each individual color with ease and expeditiously.
I ad shading on a separate multiple layer and highlights on a screen layer…again these safeguards afford me much more flexibility later.

Last of all I collapse all the layers and save this image out under a new name…this is where I make changes to emulate a more painterly effect. Then “voila” I am finished.