Here’s the illustration process from pencil to the final four-color screenprint of The Story of Fidgety Philip. The story revolves around a boy who won’t sit still at the dinner table, eventually grabbing at the tablecloth and knocking everything to the floor… This illustration faces the text for a different story.
Enjoy the process!


The finalized pencil drawing (approx 8″ x 10″)
philip_pencil


which is inked
philip_ink


Once the layout and color separations are done, the first color – red – is printed:
philip_first red color


then the 2nd color (gray)
philip_2nd-color


here’s a detail of the first two colors
philip_red-gray_detail


setting up to print the 3rd color (blue)
philip_printing-blue


Different versions of the blue color are achieved through halftones (varying dot patterns)
philip_blue


Lastly, printing the 4th color (dark brown)
philip_final printing


… And the dark brown ink sets the lines! Here’s a closeup of the final printed illustration:
philip_final print


A whoooole lotta work for two pages of the book!! ;)