Sketch. Acrylic layering.

 

Airbrush templates, white acrylic ink.

Acrylic Sketch

AI Enhanced Portraits: More Presidents

 AI Enhanced Portraits
George Washington:

George Washington. First president.
Commanding General of the Continental Army. ~1750
"Father of our Nation"
Owned many slaves.

Andrew Jackson:

Andrew Jackson:
Signed the "Indian Removal Act",
and also owned many slaves.
We really need to rethink our icons.

AI Enhanced Portrait: William Blake

 AI Enhanced Portrait

Figure 2, William Blake:

Ref: painted portrait
 by Thomas Phillips

An awesome artist of poetry, drawings, and paintings, who lived in England around the 1750's into the 1820's. 

In this exploration, I researched portraits of William Blake, and attempted to create a modernized, more photorealistic view of the artist; an idea of what he may have looked like if you met him today. The concept is still being adjusted, but the current results are shown below.

Lifecast by by James Deville

William Blake
Based mainly on the oil painting

In this concept, it incorporates most elements from the Phillips painting. Although his skull should appear a bit more narrow, and his nose needs to be lower and slightly flared. The lips could be less red.

Another version. slightly younger and clean.

An aged concept of Blake, taking
inspiration from the painting and lifecast.

This portrait draws a lot of from the watercolor, proportions from the oils, but the forms are adapted slightly toward the lifecast. From the sculpture reference, the features seem like they were significantly stretched from gravity and the process of lifecasting, so some reshaping was done with that in mind.

AI Enhanced Portraits: Abraham Lincoln

 AI Enhanced Portraits

Figure 1: Abraham Lincoln

Enhanced Abe

This blend flow map shows images
used to adapt the style and proportion.

In this demonstration, I attempted to adapt several historical photographs, of Abraham Lincoln, into a more detailed and modern portrait.

Original Alexander Gardner’s
 close-up portrait

Artbreeder is the tool used to morphologically adjust the photos. The historical pictures are used to develop the structure of the face. A few other images are pulled in for their coloration and rendering style.

The coloration concept, below, takes the portrait and slightly brightens his complexion. Inspired by several black and white photos and a stamp engraving.

Hybrid Colorization

Clay figure "Shrine"

 

Clay Figure, Hematite beads. Acrylic design.

Digital Painting: "Water Dragon"

 

"Water Dragon"

Work in progress pictures:

Initial sketch

Value sketching in Krita "mirror" mode.

Beautiful Landscapes and Landmarks from Suwon, South Korea (Seoul): Around 1965-1970

Photo Album: South Korea 1965 - 1970
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A selection from an album of old family photographs. It represents moments from my dad's service in South Korea around 1970.

This photo series has images from Seoul Station, in Suwon city, Sungnyemun gate, and the majestic waterfall bridge of Hwahongmun gate. We can see across picturesque farmlands, into higher elevations, with servicemen hiking by rocky rivers and paths. A helicopter takes them up, to observe more atmospheric landscapes.

Here are a few these historical photos of landscapes and landmarks.

Some of the photos have had color adjustments. Originally they have a blueish haze. Now, beginning to show a more natural tone. 

Photo Album: South Korea 1965 - 1970

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