Fine art to mini banners

[Willowwing]

This has been a problem past and current. I can draw pretty well and am an artist outside of mini painting. A friend and GD winner here in the midwest would love to see some of my work translated to a banner. My problem is simple taking a drawing done on a 16x24 or 9x11 tablet to a banner. Since with pencil and charcoal you can erase mistakes, I am finding it hard to get the sketch part done. What would be a good tip advice? I have tried the pencil and it is too thick not only that I dont want to rub off my blended banner. I also don\'t know other than ruining/making a very fine brush for this type of detail like a few hair brush. Scott Bowser told me he had used some micro pens and pencils for his entry. If a guy can tattoo a reproduction of the \"Madonna\" in 2x2 inch square on a person\'s arm it should be possible to do here. Once again any advice is appreciated.

 

[Manus]

I often use a thin pencil (sharpened o,5 mm) when I need to do some freehand (fx the thing for holding the knife (cant remember the english word right now) on this guy http://www.coolminiornot.com/151019 )
I never use erasers just draw very lightly and the cleaning up any mistakes with paint as I go. You also don\'t want a to thin brush as it holds so little paint that it\'ll go dry very quikly. But use a fine detail(0001)brush and thin down the colors.

Hope this helps

 

[DaN]

You could always cheat
Copy (Scan) your work at normal size and resize in an art program and print it out...

If your printer isn\'t that fantastic you can probably paint over the areas quite easily...

 

[OrkyDave]

Following on from Dans suggestion, you could always draw the design on paper, scan into a computer and print it out onto some transfer sheets and when the transfer is on the banner, paint it in. Kirsten williams from Eavy metal did this fir the Ultramarine banner for the GW studio job,(the one showcased in this months ukwd) and I know that demon winners have done thi sin the past too, even drawing it 3 times bigger than needs be and using the computer to reduce it to size.

Also, I wouldn\'t think of this as cheating, as you are still painting the banner, more boxing clever!

Hope this helps, and remember to post pics, sounds like this could be something very special!

 

[GreenOne]

If you can draw it, you can \'brush\' it.
It\'s only a matter of learning to work with a new tool. There is nothing too fine for a good pointy tip to accomplish

 

[khavor]

I\'d agree with what everyone else has been saying. It\'s very easy to go back and erase / clean up your work with paint. I\'ve had problems too with pencils and micropens rubbing the paint off if you aren\'t careful.
In the old days before all the plastic banners I used to just draw something on a full sheet of paper, reduce it on a photocopier, dullcote both sides, and paint straight on the paper. On the plastic banners the pencil is most useful just for very lightly sketching an outline; making sure the design is centered, and the proportions are right. After the outline I usually switch to a brush. It\'s far pointier and won\'t damage your basecolors.