Mel Blanc - Deadline

Wrinkles

Blue Pixels

Working on acrylics is going well enough, so it seemed time to try something new.

Using these wooden cubes, avaialable at Tokyu Hands, I'm wanting to create an animation of sonic the hedgehog. Sounds far fetched but it'll definitely keep me on my toes.

Joe Frazier in Black

Whilst working on the last Joe Frazier piece, I'd realized the main quality lacking was the ability to represent his character.

This piece took the best part of an hour, brush strokes short and meaningful, felt like it'd caught some of the Frazier flavor.

Sliced

Experimenting with a few different brush strokes to demonstrate weightlessness.

Giving the pixels a floating quality is pretty simple, but with a vibrant backdrop, purpose and direction can be given also.

Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc the legend. Nothing motivates a good portrait like a good character, and Mel had character a plenty.

Balancing light is proving tough. On the Gandolfini work, black pulled the work together and created a realism especially in his eyes.

At this point I'm planning to avoid darker tones, mainly to reflect Mel Blancs wonderfully light character.

Tetris