Summer 2017
Portraits
Pencil
Process
This is the first portrait of my project using a photo taken of me. I used Lightroom to adjust the color to black and white and create a grid. Using the same dimension of grid, I sketch the general feature of my face onto the sketch paper. Then, I used the blending method to draw the facial features. If I could do this portrait again, I would have a darker value on the features.
Process
This portrait was created using the blending method. The photo was taken of me by Brian Huynh. By using the grid method, I create a general outline onto the sketch paper. First, I went in to shading the dark area of the photo such as the big portion of my hair. Then, I started with the facial features. It was difficult to capture the details on the glass lenses, therefore I simplified the details. Overall, I am content with the result of this drawing.
Pen (Stippling)
Process
For this portrait, I decided to use my friend's photo as an inspiration. The photo was taken and edited by himself. After cropping the image to the right size, I started to trace the projecting image on the sketch paper using the computer screen. Next, I used fine tip sharpie to stipple in the general facial features. Once the image is filled with a thin layer of dots, I went back in to add more layers to create shadow and value.
Digital
Process
I used Adobe Photoshop Cs2 for this portrait. This portrait style is rather generic and cartoonish. I used the pen tool to outline important facial features such as hair, eyes, eyebrows, mouth, nose, ear and the shirt. The skin tone could be improved because the portrait has a much lighter skin tone than my actual skin complexion.
Process
For this digital portrait, I used Adobe Photoshop CS2. First, I created an outline for the feature feature divided in small polygonal shapes. I also had to pay attention to the area of different value to make sure that they are in the same polygon. Then, I used tone selector to get a general tone of my face. I repeated this step for the whole entire portrait.
Painting
Process
The medium of this portrait is acrylic paint on canvas. I used cubism as an inspiration for this painting. I free handed the sketch of this portrait because it is cubism and I did not strive for accuracy. The painting looks unfinished with white spots which is what I planned for. The black paint outline is very rough and choppy with no blending.The painting has a distorted facial features with shapes and lines, which were taken by the Cubism movement inspiration.