Dan Smith
Digital Portrait Illustration & Painting
Digital Portrait Illustration & Painting
Dan Smith – seems almost like a made-up name, it's so common. What's not so common is how much my son loves Dan and his band, Bastille. I don't get to draw as much as I used to, so I'm a bit rusty. But as a tribute to my boy, I tried to shake off the cob webs, start drawing and see if what would happen. Below is the result.
The finished portrait
Flat color added in Illustrator
The underpainting.
Imported the Illustration into Photoshop; used a variety of watercolor brushes to add tones, textures, highlights and subtle embellishments.
Underpainting combined with vector illustration.
Background/Overlay Bastille Triangle Design.
The original inking using Illustrator
Black and White version for duotone T-shirts and Posters.
