Quokka – Page 2 – James Foley

Quokka- Days of Change #2

Here’s a second cover supporting the Days of Change campaign, sponsored by Quokka Press.

20100513 718 DaysofChange2 — Quokka, issue 718, May 13 2010- Days of Change #2

Digital colouring in photoshop

Here’s a rundown of how I colour the Quokka cover each week. I’ll use the Easter cover as an example.

I use Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet to do the colouring.

I do quite a few things to get to the colouring stage:

1. I draw a sketch at final print size, and get it approved by Quokka Press
2. I set the sketch onto my lightbox, and lay over some watercolour paper (190 gsm smooth)
3. I ink the lines in using ordinary black ink and a Hunt 120 nib

4. I scan the finished linework (300dpi, ‘colour’ mode)
5. I save the original scan as a tiff file (and keep a copy separate)

2-scan-PS — scanned image, before clean-up

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Quokka- Mothers’ Day

20100506 717 Mothers Day — Quokka, issue 717, May 6 2010- Mothers' Day

Quokka- Days of Change

This week’s cover highlights Days of Change, a new social networking site launching on May 1st.

Individuals, schools and organisations are invited to join and make pledges: simple actions they can take to help create a more sustainable future.

20100429 716 days of change — Quokka, issue 716, April 29 2010- Days of Change

Quokka- Anzac Day

Here’s the cover for Anzac Day- the Flame of Remembrance at Kings Park.

20100422 715 Anzac Day — Quokka, issue 715, April 22 2010- Anzac Day

Quokka- skydiving

Fun topic this week- it’s not often I get to draw quokkas in these sorts of poses, because they’re usually squatting on the ground.

Quokka, issue 714, April 15 2010- skydiving

And as an extra special treat, here’s a video of how I put the cover together this week. Turn your speakers up.

Quokka- windsurfing

A friend remarked that she was glad the quokkas were wearing eye protection. I suppose when the seagulls are right above their heads, that’s quite important.