Rose and Isabel: Drawing writers

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Drawing writers

Here are some warmups I've been doing for a commisioned piece on literary figures.

Cintiq/Photoshop

Howard Zinn:

James Ellroy:

(Zinn and Ellroy based on photographs by Robert Birnbaum)
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...: ted,

The Elroy piece has a slight Mignola feel. Is he an influence.

cK; 8/03/2006 1:05 PM
TSM said...: yes, Mignola is a big influence; i have another more sketchy version of Ellroy that came before the one that's up right now. I'll put that one up soon.; 8/03/2006 1:27 PM
Mike Thompson said...: Nice work, Ted.; 8/03/2006 3:15 PM
Luxo Jr. said...: Good work Ted. Are the original photos that you used on the net?; 8/03/2006 3:57 PM
TSM said...: thanks mike and luxo - the photos can be found by google image search; 8/03/2006 4:26 PM
MANDREWS said...: Nice work but what about a illustration based off their stories or books??? Hmmm???? An "inspired by" piece. Love to see that!

Mandrews out; 8/04/2006 8:53 PM
OV! said...: these are amazing Ted.
i like the first one especially with the pen tech.

>oVi; 8/06/2006 11:56 AM
Nick Sung said...: Wow, these are great Ted.
I'd love to see more;
have you done much illustration work?; 8/08/2006 10:24 PM
Pabloesoto said...: i like the second portrait a lot, the way you put the tones it remember me one painter from south america called Guayasamin. Nice nice drawings.; 8/09/2006 12:59 AM
Jenny said...: Those are lovely, Ted. Nice!; 8/11/2006 11:54 AM

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