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Richard Budig · 06-05-2006, 06:30 PM

I've been accused ot being "too simple," but sometimes it works best.

I think those lines are simply his method of "gridding up," or "squaring up," so to speak.

Any picture/illustration can be sized up (or down) simply by drawing a grid on top of it, and then reproducing the same grid and keep ing the new grid in proportion. The new grid is proportionally larger, or smaller, depending on whether you're going up or down in size.

Doesn't matter how you draw your grid or squares, so long as they are repeatable in the new, larger or smaller format. Then, you simply go square by square, or space by space, redrawing in the new scale what is in your original art.

06-05-2006, 06:30 PM	#14
Richard Budig Juried Member Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 260	I've been accused ot being "too simple," but sometimes it works best. I think those lines are simply his method of "gridding up," or "squaring up," so to speak. Any picture/illustration can be sized up (or down) simply by drawing a grid on top of it, and then reproducing the same grid and keep ing the new grid in proportion. The new grid is proportionally larger, or smaller, depending on whether you're going up or down in size. Doesn't matter how you draw your grid or squares, so long as they are repeatable in the new, larger or smaller format. Then, you simply go square by square, or space by space, redrawing in the new scale what is in your original art.