203. Pixeled

I’ve had this one in my head for ages – someone fading into a mess of pixellation.

Did you know this year I’ve only done 6 images prior to this? I was pretty disgusted when I realised, so I went back to my to-do list of images I’ve wanted to do for ages. It’s quite different to what I had in mind originally and I tried a few different approaches at it. In the end I found the most subtle pixellation worked the best.
To keep the hand-drawn feel I manually coloured in each pixel/block, rather than letting Photoshop do the work for me. It was really good fun actually!

This is based upon a life drawing sketch and, I must admit, I did start off using a photo reference of a friend for the face. It’s not something I normally do as I don’t want to lose any style for the sake of realism, but I toned it back somewhat and feel really happy with it. It’s a happy medium between photo-realistic and my usual style.

Of course, when I say style it’s just my drawing habits; not always a good thing.

Anyway, I’m really annoyed at myself for not drawing as much this year. I know the issue, I intend to resolve it…
Hope you like!

So, what do you think?

1. afaq
   March 19, 2011 at 2:42 am

   excellent idea. it would also looks very interesting if the pixelation was gradual. but this has its own merits. and yes do more. 6 a year is shameful