That’s what I
feel like doing sometimes during this project. But this morning I did it
in a less destructive way—with a camera. I shot 125 photos of myself
for illustration photo reference (behold the glamour of illustration
modeling!). Tiring not only because action scenes are difficult, but
also because I have to set timer, pose, shoot, then go and check the
shot to see how it looks, adjust my pose to the drawing, shoot again,
repeat. 125 times. Regarding my process, I don’t usually come up with
ideas, shoot reference and then illustrate that. I do drawings and then
shoot reference afterward to improve detail and work out difficult
anatomical problems. I shot some good stuff, mostly for A Princess of
Mars, but also for the cover of Lest Darkness Wreck the Stars, the new
Rogues of Merth: The Adventures of Dareon and Blue story. Coming soon
from Dream Tower Media!
The first
session with the Dejah Thoris model was postponed due to my cold, but I
will be rescheduling that very soon. And if you’re really good, I might
even show you a photo or two from that…nahhhhh!
Sincerely,
Robert Zoltan
June 19th, 2017
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