Inspiration
This prompt is based off the characters Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, featured in Robert Louis Stevenson‘s book The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Prompt
- Choose 2 contrasting sides of your personality.
- Create a diptych of 2 images, 1 image for each side of your personality.
- Start by writing down a list of your personalities.
- Pick 2 personalities from your list to create your diptych.
Examples
Diptych Format
A diptych is a single artwork that is comprised of 2 separate images that work together.
Thumbnail Sketches
- Play around with various formats at the thumbnail sketch stage.
- Consider how the 2 images will interact, are they side by side?
- Is one image placed on top of the other?
- Are the 2 images offset so that 1 image is placed higher the other?
Reference Photos
- To create a range of facial expressions, we recommend shooting reference photos of yourself.
- Watch our tutorial on how to shoot your own reference photos, and review the slideshow with examples.
- Take the time to figure out and play with the lighting situation, try to create visible shadows and highlights.
- Poor lighting can make the reference photo very flat, which in turn will make the drawing process much tougher than it needs to be.
Hear from an Art Prof Student
“I learned brainstorming is difficult, for me, but I assume well worth the effort if I fight through and continue on to a finished piece.”
Jen Noelle
Inspiration
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Egon Schiele, Max Beckmann, Dana Schutz, Francesco Clemente, Sam Messer, Francis Bacon
Tips
- Consider how the 2 sides of your personality play off each other, the more different they are from each other, the more dramatic the contrast will be between them.
- Aim to exaggerate the facial expressions as much as you can!
- Realistic portraits are not the goal of this prompt
- Dramatically distort and stylize your portraits as much as possible to emphasize the personality trait you are portraying.
Art Media
Use any art media.
Paint Media
Visit these pages for supply lists: watercolor, gouache, acryl gouache, oils, water mixable oils, acrylics.
Drawing Media
ballpoint pen/gel pens, dip pen, brush pen markers, Caran d’Ache crayons, graphite powder, colored pencil, soft pastel, oil pastel, pencil, charcoal, ink wash, scratchboard, wet charcoal, oil sticks
Digital Software Options
Procreate, Krita, Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Paint Tool SAI, Adobe Fresco, MediBang Paint, Gimp
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Draw a celebrity and transform them into a monster! Techniques in Procreate and oil pastel + colored pencil are shown here as a means to illustrating these monster portraits, and approaches to distortion, drawing a range of textures and forms are explained.
Demo led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Deepti Menon.
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This video explains how to approach drawing hair, explaining how to break down the sections of hair while also capturing the more detail, refined areas.
The key to articulating hair is to treat the hair as a mass first, and then to subdivide the “clumps” of hair. Observing the direction of the hair creates structure to the mass of the hair as well. Lecture by Art Prof Clara Lieu.
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