Celebrity Portraiture in 5 Minutes
Posted by mrlich in art, art exercise, tags: 5 minute portraits, celebrity art, digital artwork, human face, illustration, open canvas, quick drawings
Another character from My Name is Earl – the ever lovable Randy, played by Ethan Suplee.
I dropped back to the 5 minute limit for this one, but while I made his face too round (see the reference photo here) I did find some features that I felt helped to improve the likeness factor – namely the ‘eyebrow dents’ and the mouth gesture.
Suplee does a great job making the character just plain lost, and I was pleased that the portrait seemed to capture that.
Another of the characters on the show is the lovely Catalina played by Nadine Valazquez.
Alright – I’m just going to say it. I don’t like to get all ‘fanboi’ in general, but I think Miss Valazquez is just downright stunning. Problem is that this makes it all the more frustrating when I don’t feel like I got her portrait to look like her.
Yes, I had some technical difficulties with my tablet when I was trying to draw her.
No, that’s not a euphemism.
But really? Wish I’d gotten this one to look a bit more like the reference photo. Maybe I’ll try again down the road.
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It’s interesting to see that there’s a real difference in quality between the first of the five minute portraits that I do and the the last. The previous portrait was the last of those that I drew that day, and (if memory serves) this was the first. Shaq seems a lot more accurate and recognizable than this one.


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