Celebrity portraits on plan ‘’B’’;Google , I looked at several photos until I found a good
shirts are fun to do high definition 1024px by 768px wallpaper quality picture. From
as long as you choose there I printed two, one 5 in. by 6.5 in. for a proportional refer-
the right photo to work ence, and one 6 in. by 9 in. for a close up detail reference. Here
from. In this case they is a list of material for this project: 100% cotton 6.1 oz.t-shirt,
request a full face por- 2 reference photos, PRISMACOLOR WATERCOLOR dark um-
trait of Jack Sparrow’s ber pencil, createx colors: opaque white, opaque black, golden
(Johnny Deep)at first it yellow, light brown, fluorecent hot pink, fluorecent orange, pure
was hard to find a nice red, brown red, dark brown, (from these color I also will make
photo. I went to several a mix for the skin tones), airbrush Iwata Eclipse HP-BCS, super
book stores and couldn’t find anything I liked then I moved to
silent compressor #30.
I sketch freehand on the shirt using the
dark umber prismacolor pencil; I will pay
close attention specially when sketching
the eyes. I’ll concentrate on every detail, Before I start airbrushing I hot press the whole sketched
as the eyes will be my starting point area for 10 seconds at 380 degrees this will provide
when I start to paint. Starting from the me with a nice flat working surface. As rendering the
eyes is going to give me the key to the eyes correctly is key to this whole project turning out
rest of the face. nicely that’s where I start painting with bright brown.
From the
two photos
I study the
shadows
and propor-
tions. The
smaller pho-
to provides
me with an
overall view
of the face
I paint over the entire sketched
while the bigger photo provides me the abil-
At this point I haven’t used any masking tape yet
drawing as if I was going to
ity to see every detail. I take a break and
because I will be working in the center area so over
do a portrait in browns only.
walk away for a little while then step back
spray is not a big concern. Plus I am going to hot
At this point I’m just roughly
see what a fresh look will reveal. I carefully
press the shirt a couple more times before I sur-
sketching the image in with
compare my reference photos to what I
round it with tape.
the brown.
have painted up until this point.
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