How to Pick the Perfect Photo for Your Portrait Painting/Drawing
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The most important thing for a successful outcome is choosing a good photo / photos as starting point. Here is a description of what is important to keep in mind when selecting the photo, or when taking the pictures..jpg)
Angle
– Different angles give different effects. Choose a picture where the subject reflects its natural side. A head from the front may sometimes appear flat, especially for dogs. In art-language it is called foreshortening.
Sharpness and the size of the photo
– A detailed painting is only possible to create based on a detailed photo. Do not Shrink or crop images before sending it. Send primarily sharp photos if possible! A distant subjects usually loses sharpness and detail, when zooming in.
Light and Contrast
– Avoid huge contrasts and do not use too bright or dark images!
Important!
– That which is not in the photo from the the start is difficult to recreate. Take a new picture instead of spending money on an expensive reconstruction. Examples are closed eyes on a photo where they will be open in your image, or a sad faces on someone who’ll be glad in the image.
Extras!
One tip is to shoot outdoors when the sun is not at its strongest for good contrast.
If more than one - make them connect physically in some way, a hand on the shoulder for example.
And then just go for a great result!
But as you can see by comparing the photo with the drawing, to get the proportions and value correct is a much much harder task than taking the photo. This was some years ago and I am still progressing my skills :) Hope you do as well!
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