I was given a chance this past August to go see an awesome with that I decided to do a portrait of Iommi, last minute as
concert called The Masters of Metal tour, which included the usual, and get it signed for my personal portfolio.
bands Testament, Motorhead, Judas Priest and Heaven and But with this portrait I decided to add a little bit of Giger-esque
Hell (80’s Black Sabbath). type artwork to it rather than what is normally expected from
Who I really was there to see is my all time favorite band Heav- a run of the mill portrait. So here is how I went about creating
en and Hell with my all time favorite guitarist Tony Iommi. A this portrait, I hope you find some of the techniques I used can
very good friend of mine hooked me up with some meet and
be used in your next project.
greets passes to meet H&H and also to meet Mr. Iommi. So
First I start with a 12” by 18” aluminum panel that has been mover. I like to use this type of wax and grease remover to help
black powder coated. I use gray Scotch brite pad to scuff it up with static and to keep the airbrush overspray at bay.
a bit then clean it with some water based wax and grease re-
Now that I have a nice clean surface I start the process but this time I’m
doing this portrait a little different than I normally do, freehand with no
net. This time I’m taking a page out of Mr. Luc Boivin’s book. I take the
actual reference picture, blow it up to the size I need, cut out all the face
lines, eyes, nose and glasses to assure that everything is lined up prop-
erly. Next I just blow in a little white to get the guidelines to show up and
now I’m off to the races. This saved me tons of time rather than eyeball-
ing it freehand. I only had the night before the concert to get this done and
done right so this worked out really well for me...thanks Luc!
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