Sebastian Del Grosso, Photographic Sketches
A skilful artist has brought his selfies to life – by sketching himself into the picture to make the photographs look like paintings. Sebastien Del Grosso, 33, from Paris, first came up with the idea when he wanted to update his Facebook profile picture and has since developed a quirky collection of images.
After taking a self-portrait, the digital artist started to sketch himself into the picture. But rather than completely transforming his pictures into a complete sketch, the artist only partially adapted the original pictures, creating an interesting composite effect. This is then used to make the photographs appear in part like black and white paintings.
“The drawings are done with a simple pencil on a sheet of paper. The pencil strokes are fast and nervous, and so give the impression of a construction. Then, my “dodge and burn” effect is used a lot in the final rendering. It is in fact a multitude of brush strokes, black or white, which serve to highlight, or rather mitigate some facial features, and clothing. This treatment is intended to look like a little more like a painting than a photo. Then the drawing is scanned, cleaned and added to the picture with Photoshop tools.” -Sebastian Del Grosso
My thanks for finding this artist to a great blog http://art4gays.tumblr.com