First plotted portrait commission (outside of my innee circle of family and close friends) !
Benjamin Trancart - another french motion designer who is also a fan of Gil Scott Heron - asked me to create a 13x18cm portrait of him with my pen plotter, and that's what I came with :)
There was a constraint in his brief ; I had to do a visual that was vertically splitted in two halves, where each half had to be colorized with a positive/négative treatment (because Benjamin wanted to put this artworks exactly at the intersection of 2 colors on his wall).
For the rest, he gave me complete creative freedom and trusted me.
I used the main photograph of one of his most famous album cover, and treated it 2 positive/negative halves in Photoshop. Then I used the
@drawingbotv3 app to redraw the photo in a dense concentric spiral (that kind of reminds of vinyle records) centered on his head (which his like a circle on its own thanks to his afro hair cut), with smaller spiraling squiggles drawn along the main path, that creates the darker values and help distinguishing the portrait. These squiggles also remind of the afro hair so it was a nice touch too.
Finally, I added a touch of vibrant fluo orange color in order to add contrast with the crystal blue Bic pen from
@bic.create , by drawing an orange filled circle at the center of the head, reinforcing the "vinyle record" effect.
Drawn with an
@idrawpenplotter HSE machine from Uunatek.
Don't forget to watch the close ups photos and the process videos in the other slides of the carrousel ➡️
And if you ever need a custom, unique, portrait of a star you admire, but also a familly member, a friend... or even your pet (see my other cats plotted portraits in my older posts), don't hesitate to reach out !
This makes a truelly awesome and memorable gift for your beloved ones ❤️
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