Young man with precise beard
Drawn with the pencil tool in the iPad art app Graphite, based on this photograph: www.flickr.com/photos/nailbender/2745054194/
To say a drawing is "based on" a photograph -- or for that matter based on looking at living person or landscape directly -- is acknowledgement of a drawing source and also that the real live original in a different place and moment was unavoidably different, probably very different, and possibly not even recognizable. What my lack of skill completely failed to show in this picture was the young man's vigorous sense of aliveness and perhaps a hint of friendliness, conveyed in the photograph by lighting and expression that didn't transfer to my drawing. However, a likeness from somewhat accurate proportions and a hint of the fresh crispness of detail came through much better than I expected.
Young man with precise beard
Drawn with the pencil tool in the iPad art app Graphite, based on this photograph: www.flickr.com/photos/nailbender/2745054194/
To say a drawing is "based on" a photograph -- or for that matter based on looking at living person or landscape directly -- is acknowledgement of a drawing source and also that the real live original in a different place and moment was unavoidably different, probably very different, and possibly not even recognizable. What my lack of skill completely failed to show in this picture was the young man's vigorous sense of aliveness and perhaps a hint of friendliness, conveyed in the photograph by lighting and expression that didn't transfer to my drawing. However, a likeness from somewhat accurate proportions and a hint of the fresh crispness of detail came through much better than I expected.