Showing posts with label Caricature charcoal celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caricature charcoal celebrity. Show all posts
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Supermodel
Lauren Hutton, former muti-million dollar supermodel. Black and white charcoal on toned gray paper.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Elvis Costello
Caricature in black and white charcoal. His birth name is Declan Patrick MacManus. Now who would name a baby with a name like "Declan"? Yeah, but he married the famous jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall on 2003. How cool is that! I still think he's too old for her; the guy was born on 1954!!! I honestly don't know how old Diana is, but she looks very young for him.
I started the day with a quick sketch in ball pen at around 4:30. I learned to love working way early morning, it makes me feel I 'm ahead of my regular time if I were to start the day like most of us do. Let alone I am out from work for a stay-in vacation. Anyway, after the study-sketch I decided to do a charcoal on him. I started with the linear drawing on toned gray paper, looking at my quick sketch I did earlier as a guide for exaggerations and on the other side is Elvis's picture as a reference for likeness. The size of the head, its tilt over the neck and shoulder, source of light comes to question at this stage.
Then comes the stage when I blocked the shadows from light. I was still trying to figure out the likeness of Elvis. His identity has come more revealing at this stage, and I was looking for little flaws. Often times a tiny bitty of a tweak could make a big difference. The trick here is to get away for 10 mins or so, then come back to it. For sure, you'll find something! I was tempted to outline the spectacles at this stage. I thought it might distract or inhibit my goal of capturing Elvis's identity. I decided that after I am done with the whole face, then I'll concentrate only on the spectacles. Regardless of when to do it, it will ruin the whole project if it is done wrong, so I had to be extra careful with it.
Next, at this stage I couldn't wait to tackle nothing else but the spectacles. I was like a receiver (football) with the ball at hand, my eyes on the end zone for a big touchdown! I knew already that the project is going to look satisfactory good with only one thing in mind- don't mess it up. And so I carefully prodded in with the ball safely tucked in arm,and swaggered everything in the way. There was a minor problem with its symmetry of the spectacles, but I let it go for a touchdown!
I hope my little graphic analysis with football didn't throw you off, instead you were able to pick up some helpful tricks. Happy drawing!
I started the day with a quick sketch in ball pen at around 4:30. I learned to love working way early morning, it makes me feel I 'm ahead of my regular time if I were to start the day like most of us do. Let alone I am out from work for a stay-in vacation. Anyway, after the study-sketch I decided to do a charcoal on him. I started with the linear drawing on toned gray paper, looking at my quick sketch I did earlier as a guide for exaggerations and on the other side is Elvis's picture as a reference for likeness. The size of the head, its tilt over the neck and shoulder, source of light comes to question at this stage.
Then comes the stage when I blocked the shadows from light. I was still trying to figure out the likeness of Elvis. His identity has come more revealing at this stage, and I was looking for little flaws. Often times a tiny bitty of a tweak could make a big difference. The trick here is to get away for 10 mins or so, then come back to it. For sure, you'll find something! I was tempted to outline the spectacles at this stage. I thought it might distract or inhibit my goal of capturing Elvis's identity. I decided that after I am done with the whole face, then I'll concentrate only on the spectacles. Regardless of when to do it, it will ruin the whole project if it is done wrong, so I had to be extra careful with it.
Next, at this stage I couldn't wait to tackle nothing else but the spectacles. I was like a receiver (football) with the ball at hand, my eyes on the end zone for a big touchdown! I knew already that the project is going to look satisfactory good with only one thing in mind- don't mess it up. And so I carefully prodded in with the ball safely tucked in arm,and swaggered everything in the way. There was a minor problem with its symmetry of the spectacles, but I let it go for a touchdown!
I hope my little graphic analysis with football didn't throw you off, instead you were able to pick up some helpful tricks. Happy drawing!
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