[DaneThibeault]

Day One

For my day one post, here is a celebrity portrait I’m working on of Kendal Jenner as part of my editorial portrait series. I’m using this illustration as an opportunity to explore a complimentary scheme(with a little bit of red accent for her lips). I chose violet as my leading color because Kendal is part of the fashion world. Proportions and details are still a work in progress.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by DaneThibeault.

[DaneThibeault]

Hello everyone! Thank you for your kind comments! The inking is by hand, but I use a variety of digital brushes and scanned in ink washes to try and get that old fashioned water-colour look. I’m glad you like it!

Dane

[DaneThibeault]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your feedback! This comment is useful because I see that I was on the fence between the two different lighting systems. I ultimately settled on rim lighting from behind, so thank you for point this out.

Best,

Dane

[DaneThibeault]

I like the point of view that you chose for this image. It really helps tell a story and contribute to the overall mood. I also think that the color palette is working well. I think that the right eye looks a bit off compared to the eye on the left side which is further away. I think that you could also increase the contrast a bit on the shadow side of the face, because it does feel like there is a directional light coming from above already, but I think punching the shadows bit would help increase this sense of light. Overall I really enjoy this image though and I like the Oliver Twist/ Charles Dickens kind of vibe its giving off. I hope this was a useful critique!

Best,

Dane

[DaneThibeault]

Hi Eden,

Thank you for your feedback! In terms of the courses from NMA that helped me with this project, I would say a combination of Steve Huston’s sketch booking series for the ink hatching, and Glenn Vilppu’s Animal Drawing series for the dinosaurs themselves. Even though those videos weren’t about dinosaurs per se, the construction and anatomy skills taught in that course helped me to develop my own dinosaurs.

Take care!

Dane

[DaneThibeault]

Hi there!

I really enjoy the colour palette you selected for this piece. Its really helping create a dramatic sense of mood. In terms of the highlights, I think that you should consider keeping them more focused on one side of the figure, as right now all of the highlights are a little bit overwhelming. You might want to consider choosing a direct light source and keep them on this side. I appreciate how you kept the background a more simple, and its helping focus the attention on the figure. The last suggestion I would make is it feels like the proportions of the figure are a bit squashed on the lower half of the figure, even though this figure is more of a creature. I would suggest using the lasso tool and pulling the lower half of the form down a bit. The figure might feel a bit more balanced this way. Hope this was a helpful critique! I’m an illustrator who works in pen and ink myself with a combination of photoshop, so I really admire how you made all of these different media work together. Keep up the good work!

Dane

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