Is there a different process for a band poster, general illustration and comic work?
Not really for me, I always start with writing and brainstorming, then on to rough thumbnails, a rough sketch, a refined final sketch, then onto the colored piece. The comic work takes a different approach though as the interiors are a whole different ballpark than a single illustration, but the beginning process is the same. Could you give us an idea of the typical day in the life of Tara McPherson? Wake up in the late morning, go get coffee, walk to the studio, check emails, run errands, paint, a friend will stop by the studio to say hi, paint, paint, oh yeah i need to eat, paint, paint, paint, quick dinner with a friend, paint, paint, paint, clean brushes, walk home, make sleepytime tea, watch a little bit of a movie, read or play bass in bed til I’m tired, sleep for hopefully more than 5 hours. After this solo show which I am finishing paintings for right now, I am promising myself I am going to take 2 days off a week like a normal person for a while. Your work seems to contain a r
