How can you surprise a modern person? Indeed, in the era of nanotechnology and special effects, this is a difficult task. However, art has no limit in ideological perfection. Stylized portraits on canvas can be a real surprise for everyone and give a firework of rainbow emotions. A variety of styles, computer or manual work will become a true decoration of any home. Let's get acquainted with the features of creative work.
Procedure
Digital artists create such masterpieces. The whole process of creating a stylized portrait is placed in several stages:
Preparatory. The customer selects a suitable photo for processing. And the artist, in turn, creates style sketches in which future portraits will organically look.
Job. After agreeing on the choice, the wizard proceeds directly to drawing. To do this, he uses a tablet or computer and special graphic editing programs. A real brush is replaced by a virtual pen for such an artist.
Completion. After the portrait is accepted and approved by the customer in electronic form, the master can proceed to print it. But this action is not performed on paper, but on linen or cotton canvas. Then, at the request of the customer, the canvas can be framed.
Difficulties
The most difficult moment is the choice of the theme in which the stylized portrait will be sustained. Art is quite diverse and today there are more than a dozen. And the imagination of artists does not recognize boundaries. Among the creative achievements is the stylization of an animated hero, street graffiti or paintings by the famous designer Shepard Fairy. Meet the most popular.
Pencil drawing
Any work of art begins with a pencil drawing. However, for modern masters this is a self-sufficient technique. With the help of cunning manipulations, the artist can draw a stylized portrait not only in the classic black and white style, but also give the images of the composition a glow, volume and even a certain shade.
Watercolor portrait
The intermediate style between painting and drawing is watercolor. This is an inflorescence of children's enthusiasm and blurred lines. In reality, such drawings are short-lived. However, the penetrating image, full of romance and nostalgia, airiness and colors, can be embodied by the master in a more artistic and durable masterpiece. To do this, a portrait stylized as watercolor requires only pigmented ink and canvas.
Grunge
A lot of comfort and reflection can be found in the grunge style. He continues the well-known musical traditions and introduces quiet muted tones, some roughness and anti-glamorousness in the execution of the portrait. At the same time, a portrait stylized as grunge carries a certain charge of energy, ready to literally explode at any moment. The performance technique uses special filters and the effect of an artificially wiped palette. Such works can be gifted to extraordinary people who are constantly in creative search.
Low poly
The Low Poly style is a prime example of the interaction of art and technology. He came to us from the computer industry. In this embodiment, the image, like a puzzle, consists of many polygons, or polygons. This feature is associated with the first 3D-pictures, when computer technology was still far from perfect.
The Low Poly style has firmly entered our lives. People began to imagine themselves as computer heroes and transfer their images to real life through pictures made by hand or using graphic editors. It is this quality that can be used to stylize a portrait in Photoshop. Today it is a design trend. Originality emphasizes the connection of the canvas with a digital style.
Painting
Fans of oil paintings by Dutch artists of the 15th century will appreciate the portrait, stylized as a painting. This is the most popular and sought-after genre in contemporary art. This technique gives elitism, aristocracy to the work. Once they were considered finished after long hours of posing. In rare cases, the silhouette was a figment of the artist’s imagination.
Today, creating a stylized portrait in Photoshop is possible only using digital photography. Of course, the entourage of the image of a person plays far from a secondary role here. Landscapes, retro furnishings, studio penumbraes, etc. are considered successful for painting, although sometimes this is simply not important for a professional artist. First, he makes a collage, and then stylizes it. The process itself is much like natural paint. The only difference is the tools. Instead of the usual easel and brush with a palette in the hands of the master is a compact tablet.
Historical style
In childhood, everyone dreams of trying on a musketeer costume or a fairy-tale character, or the outfit of an emperor or empress. Fantasy here can be limitless. But who said that for this you need to rent theatrical scenery, dresses? The hand of a graphic editor will realize the dream in a luxurious canvas that will carry memory and vivid impressions through many years. A historical portrait will help to participate in an exciting game of transformations and touch on a childhood dream. For him, literally, only the addressee’s face will be required, everything else is a matter of artistic technique.
What photos are suitable for stylized portraits?
Often, customers have doubts about the choice of photos. It is believed that such work requires clear, color photographs taken in the studio by a professional photographer. However, working with almost any material is subject to a good master: whether it be a video frame, old black-and-white photos, mobile pictures or from pages of social networks. A connoisseur of graphic editing programs will first scan and process the photo, and then proceed to stylize the portrait.
It is worth remembering that for such canvases family and wedding photos, an image of a child or a beloved pet are also suitable. The work for the artist, of course, will be complicated, and the process will affect the amount of the fee. But such a gift will be the most memorable and original.
Decor
An important role is played by the design of the canvas. After all, an ordinary canvas mounted on wooden slats will look tasteless and lonely. The choice of frame depends on the style of the portrait. So, for a classic canvas, a wooden, lacquered frame with or without patterns is suitable. Its width should be visually in harmony with the size of the portrait. In numerical characteristics, this correlation is as follows:
Portrait size | Frame width |
40x50 cm | 3 cm |
60x80 cm | 6 cm |
120x80 cm | 9 cm |
The canvas in a modern style can be enclosed in a thin frame made of other materials (plastic, metal, etc.). The main thing is that the holistic composition looks organically.
Another important point is the color of the frame. If the stylized portrait contains warm colors, then it is more logical to choose a brown or gold design. If, on the contrary, cold shades dominate, then the silver frame will look perfect. For portraits stylized as a pencil drawing, a thin classic black frame is suitable.
A general rule for creating such unique paintings is their compliance with the tastes of the customer, the nature of the addressee, the opinion of the master and the interior in which the future masterpiece will be placed.