I signed up for a reddit gift exchange in which my match noted that she likes handmade crafts. I then noticed that she had a plush worm from The Labyrinth on her Amazon Wish List. Well, I put two and two together and designed her this custom lettering of a quote from the movie.
Original sketch
Completed inking, ready to scan
Initial scanned image, ready for Photoshoppin’
Adding color and shadows to the letters. These colors were sampled from a screen capture of the worm.
First color study. The palette is vivid, but the red and blue are the same intensity so they are hard on the eyes.
Second color study. This arrangement of the same colors is better, but now red is dominant. To stay true to the character, we gotta go with blue as dominant and red as an accent.
There we go—the final color palette and the finished piece! Now available for purchase on Society 6.
