2014   2015  

The making of the SUEK annual report illustrations

Overview   Process  

Starting to work following the traditional process for creating similar illustrations.

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Studying ways of loading coal onto ships.

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Making the first sketch. Making the first sketch.

This is a very important stage since any changes introduced later will require lots of redrawing and result in significant delays.

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The client approves the sketch, starting to draw.

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Coloring.

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Technical experts make corrections and ask to add machines for unloading coal cars. Going back to study more.

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Making another sketch.

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The client approves.

Drawing the lines and coloring the picture again.

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Before we start to work on the illustration on open-pit mining, we carefully read the statement of work and talk to experts.

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Drawing a sketch.

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The client approves the sketch but asks to remove the bird. Drawing.

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At this stage the client makes more corrections, asking to remove the dragline excavator and the train, decrease the size of explosions and redraw the mine.

Going back to the sketch.

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Better, but we need to remove the ground texture and make everything smooth.

Redrawing.

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Making a sketch for the coal formation process.

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The client asks to remove the dinosaur.

Drawing.

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Now we need to replace the ground texture and make everything more “plastic.”

Done.

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Studying the coal washing process.

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Understanding the process and making a sketch.

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The client approves.

Drawing.

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Studying the methods of underground mining, gathering materials, consulting the experts.

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Suggesting variants.

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The client approves the large-scale design with the surface area.

Knowing the client’s preferences by now, we draw the coal bed without a pronounced texture.

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Following the experts’ advice to change the location of the descent into the mine and add auxiliary tunnels and braces.

Done.

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