Black Widow

by Tatiana O'Toole

This illustration was made by a really fun technique where you airbrush colors on clipping masks over shapes that are the same color as the background, slowly revealing the subject to you. I found this approach really allows your natural eye to inform you how your lighting is impacting the shape of the subject. I did not use much in the way of reference images- I looked at a few pictures to start then allowed my natural fear of spiders to tell me how accurate I was being as I drew.