There and Back Again: "Hollywood Edition"

"Hooray for Hollywood"

As I mentioned in previous posts, I love Hollywood and its history; because of this, it's tends to be one of my favorite subject matters when I'm doing art for myself. I love those classic movie star portraits and the glamour that just pours from those images. Producing digital paintings based on these portraits really taught me how to use Photoshop (due to myself having to figure out ways to replicate certain effects that appear in these photos). 

The first group of images were created using graphite or a bald point pen. Some of these pieces were completed pretty fast, while some of them received a little more love. Your going to notice that Lon Chaney is a popular subject for me and it's due to my fascination with the man himself. When I was younger, I saw this movie with my mom called "Man of a Thousand Faces". It was a bio/film of the life and career of the great Lon Chaney starring James Cagney. Of course they Hollywood"ized " his personal story but man did it show off what he could do artistically and as an actor. Well, he is probably second to Lucille Ball when it comes to favorite actors of all time.

"James Cagney", Graphite

"Walt Disney", Pen 

"Charlie Chaplin", Pen

"Marilyn Monroe", Graphite

"Lon Chaney", Graphite

"Marlon Brando", Graphite

The last 3 images are all digital paintings, I like to choose a "Big" project and work my way toward that project. Chaney's Phantom was that project and it's success was due to everything that came before it. (I'm very proud of Marilyn's hands as well)

"Lon Chaney", Digital

"Marilyn Monroe", D.P.

"Lon Chaney", Digital Painting