I have always had a great admiration for De Niro. He is a respected legend in cinematic art. I have added this to my list of submissions for the enjoyment of my Steemian friends. I'd love to read comments about this one!
Sketch One - Not too happy with this!:
I tried to distort and "gesture sketch" but lost the likeness on my first attempt. I always run rough sketches to see if the character and likeness has been captured. It can go wrong pretty easily so I tried again....
*Attempt Two:
This seemed better. Not great but I could correct when I go to the detailed sketch...
Sketch Three - Detail added
Just a few tweaks to provide some confidence that the likeness will emerge....
Four - Add some color!:
Blocking in of more detailed colour comes next but this is just to provide a background to work on...
Five - Block in colors with few as possible strokes:
This gives me an idea of the redness of the face and hair color
Step Six - Rough Detail:
The idea is to slowly build up to finer and finer detail rather than get there at the first attempt...
Final - Wrinkles, hair and texture:
There you go. I'd love to spend days on perfecting the detail but I've got to get this posted and see what you all think....ENJOY
Here are some of the others I have done:
schwarzenegger
Whoopi
Buschemi
Vitalik Buterin
Snoop Dogg
Bill Murray
Thanks for popping by - Until next time! - Junior