Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Audrey Hepburn


Edit 4th October- My third and final contribution to the Hepburn Jam. For this one I was trying to go for that 50's/60's movie poster feel. Here's a link to the original black and white ink drawing.



Edit 29th September- Above is my second Audrey Hepburn caricature from the Drawing Board Jam. This one came a lot quicker and easier (most likely as a result of all the practice I had on the first one below). Much, much happier with the likeness on this one. I used an old Tombow brushpen and added some more detail in Photoshop.



My first attempt at Audrey. I went through countless revisions on this one. The toughest caricature I've done in a long time. This was HB pencil colourised in Photoshop

23 Comments:

Blogger Andrew Glazebrook said...

Cool work !!

10:13 AM  
Blogger Mike Eppe said...

Great! But, is there a new competition open? I saw a similar picture on the Jason Seiler Blog...
By the way, I realy like your style(the Thing is absolutely amazing). I try hard to become your kind of talent.
Ciao

3:35 PM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Andrew- Thanks!

Mikel- Thanks. There's currently an Audrey drawing jam over at the NCN forums (National Caricaturists' Network) and the idea caught on over at The Drawing Board, since some NCNers also posted their pics on the DB forums.

3:46 PM  
Blogger Tooninator said...

wow....killer caricature dude!!

1:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Right on man, I've never been able to wrap my mind around doing caricatures.. This is awesome.

2:57 AM  
Blogger Faboun'e said...

hey ! Jason Seiler just made the same girl .... !
What a neck !!!!!!

5:00 AM  
Blogger Beatriz Iglesias said...

Wow...that's fantastic!! Congrats man, is beautyful ^__^

5:34 AM  
Blogger Lorenzo E Martinez said...

i PREFER THIS ONE EXECUTION, TECHNIQUE AND SYMBOLISM BETTER SUIT HER PERSONA...BRILLIANT!

11:18 AM  
Blogger Scribbler said...

the first is great but the second is unmistakable man. fantastic artwork!

10:36 PM  
Blogger Dumbo said...

Both are wonderful Chris! But I have to agree that the second attempt came off much better IMO. Nice work as always though mate!

11:28 PM  
Blogger Alan said...

Superb drawings both. You got the gamine/elfin quality of Audrey in the first attempt (and lovely soft pencil rendering). Nice lively likeness on the second, and beautifully inked as always.

1:28 AM  
Blogger Anders said...

awesome! as usual! ^^

9:29 PM  
Blogger jmborot said...

Pfiouh !
Yoiur second attempt is a pure beauty.
Amazing !

4:57 AM  
Blogger Mathieu Reynès said...

Very impressive and expressive !
I'm jalous of your ink line...

5:00 PM  
Blogger Kyle Poling said...

I really like the one in pencil, the one in ink may be a closer likeness, but I like the sketch quality of the pencil - nice job

1:23 PM  
Blogger Alan said...

The added full figure drawing is fabulous. Great 50s poster style as you aimed for. The pose is perfect, especially the hands

2:39 AM  
Blogger Beta Boy Studios said...

Fantastic work! That first illustration is a good salve for anyone who still remembers that awful GAP TV commercial with the repurposed Audrey footage.

10:01 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thankyou as always for your generous comments.

Despite the first pencil one being a toughy, they were all great fun to do. She's such a pleasure to draw.

11:14 AM  
Blogger Nicole said...

Really nice, Chris. Audrey is one of my favorite actresses and you captured her spirit beautifully.

10:09 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks Nicole!

11:43 AM  
Blogger ramanjit said...

hi sir
great blog great work.
hat's off!!!!!!!

5:17 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks Ramanjit!

10:58 AM  
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