Max Verstappen caricature (still in progress)

[danny72]

Attachment 89966 What I have left to do is detail .. coming soon.

[D Akey]

Nice form! Can't wait for the next steps. Hope all's well.

I'm sure the Red Bull people will absolutely LOVE IT. Might want to play that logo down a little in tone so it doesn't compete with the portrait.

[danny72]

Nice form! Can't wait for the next steps. Hope all's well.

I'm sure the Red Bull people will absolutely LOVE IT. Might want to play that logo down a little in tone so it doesn't compete with the portrait.

I will. :-) I just put quickly the main colors, and general shapes in there, like I see them in the reference photo.. So I have some work left on the shadows, and high lights ... But of course the important thing in this piece is his face.. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with the background. In the ref photo the background is very blurry. And a bit boring. An outdoor picture. We will see... Maybe I leave it like that how it is right now :-)

[D Akey]

Just remember that the background should be at least blocked in when doing the figure because if you change the background, the figure may have to be changed a lot. For example, if you put some dark darks in the background it will mean that the figure is likely to wash out (the contrast will suddenly compress in to a more narrow range).

The contrast between background and figure are relative. He's also very cool in temperature, so if you add some warms in the background you have to be very careful that you don't likewise do harm to the colors in the figure. This is why it's very risky to do them separately. Otherwise you may spend hours trying to adjust sections of the picture so that it all relates. The cool color you have now is generally the right coolness to go along with the figure.

It's not very interesting, the background, as it sits now, but it does not disrupt the figure. It also would work well were you to put this into print and run text over the background. The background is even and light enough to make that all work. But there too, when designing it, you want to take it into consideration with a thumbnail. Sooner or later you are going to develop to the point that you are not locked into copying the photo.

You're doing very well for the stage you're at and are approaching complete rendering mastery. And you gained the skill relatively quickly. Very impressive. And your stylization in the sense of the caricature itself is great as always. You have a strong sense of that indeed.

[danny72]

Just remember that the background should be at least blocked in when doing the figure because if you change the background, the figure may have to be changed a lot. For example, if you put some dark darks in the background it will mean that the figure is likely to wash out (the contrast will suddenly compress in to a more narrow range).

The contrast between background and figure are relative. He's also very cool in temperature, so if you add some warms in the background you have to be very careful that you don't likewise do harm to the colors in the figure. This is why it's very risky to do them separately. Otherwise you may spend hours trying to adjust sections of the picture so that it all relates. The cool color you have now is generally the right coolness to go along with the figure.

It's not very interesting, the background, as it sits now, but it does not disrupt the figure. It also would work well were you to put this into print and run text over the background. The background is even and light enough to make that all work. But there too, when designing it, you want to take it into consideration with a thumbnail. Sooner or later you are going to develop to the point that you are not locked into copying the photo.

You're doing very well for the stage you're at and are approaching complete rendering mastery. And you gained the skill relatively quickly. Very impressive. And your stylization in the sense of the caricature itself is great as always. You have a strong sense of that indeed.

Thank you DAkey. I don't spend so much time with drawing right now. The beautiful weather,kids,the house and work takes all my time. But I'm going to finish this one. I will find a interesting background to do. Maybe something from my home country, where he is from also. Holland. I will think about the contrast between the colors. But of course I'm not a pro. So I do it probably wrong anyway ; -) Thanks for the tips and I hope you have a nice Friday,and weekend

[Caesar]

Well, now it would be the right time for him to win again and fully deserve Your wonderful tribute! Actually he looks older than his age, I find, physically and, in particular, mentally.