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I've been busy working on a poster illustration for the Riverside Theater's Shakespeare Festival. The subject matter is right up my alley; woodland creatures enjoying a play with the Bard himself. Here's a bit of my process, in photos. I make a rough sketch in pencil; refine it, then transfer it to the black-inked surface of the scratchboard with white chalk. At this point, I get out my exacto-blade, make a few guidelines over the chalk lines and start "scratching" away the details. Will post the final art when I am finished.