LOVE tutorial

This is my second offering of the "LOVE"

poster. I decided the first might be a little

too abstract for some so this one is more

traditional.

I started in my sketchbook with just a

pencil rendering, deciding on design

elements as I went along, ( a fair amount

of erasing !!! ).

Next I photographed the sketch and put it

in photoshop on my computer.

My instinct was to make the heart red but

then I figured the lettering would have to be

a light color and I thought it might not show

up as well.

I chose a blue color for the lettering and tried

it out to see if I liked it. Then began to use red

for the background color and also put the

squigly line pattern for added texture.

Next I outlined the large LOVE lettering and

added some shadow effect around the heart.

Here I've added color on the leaves and

decided on a deep burgundy red for the

outer border. An afterthought was to add

the textural pattern into the border.

The final detailing included dropping shadow

effects from the leaves and highlighting some

of the pattern in the border to pop it a bit.

This print is available for only $10.00 either by contacting me at davehuddleston.com or through my Etsy store at davehuddleston.etsy.com