How to Make Thumbnails Tutorial. Tropical Enviroment. Step for Step.

I start out with a A4 page in photosop. Here I can draw thumbnails. This is a process to test out different ideas, composition, lighting. Everything really.

1) I sketch out a rough idea with a small brush. I draw basic outlines. Then I fill in the basic values. This is the first step and is definitly the most important one. Think about composition. The blue lines show the rule ot thirds. This is higher than wider which is less common than a wide one.Notice the red lines. All objects points at the point of interest. The point of interest is located in the middle-ground. Dont't include any details.




2) I remove the lines and refine the shapes. You can clean up the lineart and keep if you want to too.





I haven't got any further with it, so that's all for now.

Lunch Thumbnail Sketches

First i drew this. I call it "Adventure in the cave". Took about 5min. No details. Quick thumbnail. Good warm up ^^



Then I edited it and made this. Took only a few sec. I call it "Birth of the Iceage"


C&C welcome.

Later.