Sunday, January 6, 2019

Early 11 x 17 Limited Edition Prints

After Doug's first comics-cartoon convention in June 2007 in San Diego, California, he decided to add 11 x 17 limited edition prints (numbered 1 through 25 or 1 through 50) to his convention inventory of Playboy cartoon originals, preliminary pencil and color roughs and personalized copies of Unpublished Sneyd

His first print - from an 11 x 17 original rendered on Arches of France cold press art board using aniline dyes - featured a blond in lingerie drinking a martini.  

(Please note, however, how the hand-drawn preliminary pencil and color roughs differ from the final art.)


first pencil rough on heavy tracing paper; image area 4 x 8 1/4


second pencil rough on heavy tracing paper; image area 4 x 8


third pencil rough on light tracing paper; image area 4 x 8 - notice the addition of lingerie and deciding where to add the Sneyd signature



a quick color test on heavy glossy paper; image area 3 1/4 x 3 1/2

first of two hand-drawn color roughs on heavy card stock; image area 4 x 8


second color rough on heavy card stock; image area 5 x 10 - notice changes Doug made before going to final art, especially changing a cigarillo to a martini


11 x 17 limited edition print of a redhead holding a cigarillo


hand-drawn color rough on heavy card stock; image area 4 x 7 1/2


These hand-drawn pencil and color preliminary roughs are available on the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

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