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Making of a Lei Print - Early Stages

3/4/2018

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Step One - Sourcing
Judd Boloker Lei Pencil Drawing
Step 3 - Pencil Drawing
Judd Boloker Lei Photos
Step 2 - Photos
Judd Boloker Lei Colors
Step 4 - Color Scheme
Making of a Lei Print: 

​Step 1 – Sourcing Leis – lots of potential places to find great lei works:  from lei stands in Chinatown or from great haku makers on the North Shore (these two being unwrapped are from @Haku_Lei_Haleiwa . . . . and they are truly amazing.  These pictures really don’t do them justice). 

Step 2 – Photographing the Leis - I take LOT of photos of each lei / haku and then choose, crop, and alter the photos until I have a single idea to work from.  Sometimes I feel like I’m cheating when I work from a photo (vs. the actual lei), but the work takes weeks and (unfortunately) the leis don’t last forever.
 
Step 3 – Basic Pencil Drawing -  This is the first point where I’m starting the actual design on paper.  I use extra thick Bristol Board and a everyone’s favorite pencil from standardized tests, the famous Number 2 Pencil (and a lot of erasers).
 
Step 4 -  Planning the color scheme.   Lots of colors in some of these haku . . . . . have to make sure they all work well together.  I generally will make a template for the colors (and base color for those colors) that will go in the final drawing before I start the next step.
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