Extreme Close-up Series [2]: the Statue of Liberty.
HERE WE SEE another 'loving close-up' of one of the supporting characters, the seemingly 'alive' Statue of Liberty, in a 'direct-to-camera' gaze shot.
I must be getting more refined and sedate in my old age, as all close-ups of this type I used to do were so over-the-top and extreme, but this one and the recent KOONG KING job are very 'smiley' affairs, with radiant smiles. Keeping characters appealing-looking is always a good thing; it's so easy to 'tip over the edge' and be tempted into drawing all-out gross facial features with bulging eyes/tongue hanging out and salvatatng, etc....
This sort of temptation is probably best resisted, though I will be doing some grotesque characterizations on here at some point......the four key main characters will likely be a bit tougher to pull off in this sort of extreme close-up, but I'm sure I can come up with something.
Patience is definitely a virtue in this game........
These facial closeups work very well in full-color; more on this later.
I must be getting more refined and sedate in my old age, as all close-ups of this type I used to do were so over-the-top and extreme, but this one and the recent KOONG KING job are very 'smiley' affairs, with radiant smiles. Keeping characters appealing-looking is always a good thing; it's so easy to 'tip over the edge' and be tempted into drawing all-out gross facial features with bulging eyes/tongue hanging out and salvatatng, etc....
This sort of temptation is probably best resisted, though I will be doing some grotesque characterizations on here at some point......the four key main characters will likely be a bit tougher to pull off in this sort of extreme close-up, but I'm sure I can come up with something.
Patience is definitely a virtue in this game........
Nice line work on all your drawings....would like to see this in colour..hint hint :)
ReplyDeleteI think this one will be a colour job, John!
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