I am Yuyanda

A step by step journey of the drawing process for a commissioned portrait. Step 1: Plan sketch. I looked at a lot of sketch artists and drawings to influence my work such as Geof Darrow who worked on  The Matrix films  and french cartoonist Jean Giraud also known as Moebius. With feedback from my client I produced  a  roughly detailed drawing from a  photographic reference. Step 2: I fleshed out the lines with colour pencils, working with my creative influences (Geof Darrow & Moebius) to add and create more  details. The colour choices do not reflect the final design but instead act as a way of separating the elements and in turn drawing the eye to each one. My working environment. Step 3: Using my lightbox with the colour pencil drawing as a guide I began a new ink drawing with 0.3 & 0.5 fine liner pigment pens. Step 4: I introduced a brush pen for filling and adding weight to the mark making.