The illustrations of dager jeg har glemt (part3)

Part3: Preparing

I immediately started browsing through every panel in the storyboards to see what reference was needed. I've never used this much reference before and has never since.  Anyway, it's good to be prepared and try to eliminate as many x-factors as you can. The most obvious reference material that would be needed was people suitable for the roles of the characters, but there was also stuff like cars, buildings, police-uniforms, a dog, interior sets and even toys so i started browsing the internet for pictures. Just a few years ago we'd use books and Polaroids.

Some of the reference used.

For the reference on humans i gathered them as i went along. Sometimes i used a mirror, but for the most part i used photographs of my girlfriend and co-workers posing for me. Sometimes i discovered that it was impossible to pose just like in the boards so i had to do minor changes as i went along.  Another challenge was to change the clothing and appearance of the models to make them look like the characters from the book. For some of the explicit scenes i had to look in the obvious places, but most were just too porn and would not fit at all. So...After continuously browsing adult sites for 1 evening(honest!) i finally managed to find the reference i needed on google (doh!).

Chester Lawrence striking a pose for this specific drawing of David. I used 4 different people for David. Halfway into production i used Hans-Petter Harveg as he is (as anyone that knows him would tell you) - very animated! So he really brought the character to life.

Part4: Finding a routine for the the production of drawings