Just got back from a week in Portland Oregon, where I visited family and participated in the annual AMI (Association of Medical Illustrators) meeting. I was so impressed with the fun, bright and creative people who make up the AMI.
It was really interesting to learn how many of you came to where you are now…it’s certainly a varied route we all take.
My own path, that everyone seemed to find unusual (in a good way) …was via: Airbrush T-shirt artist -to- traditional artist -to- a medical artist
While still airbrushing I studied classical technique. At this time, I modified the typical neon T-shirt airbrush palette to a “controlled palette” consisting mostly of opaque flesh tones and a few transparent colors for glazing. This odd technique gave me a bit of notoriety in the airbrush world…
And since you were all so nice sharing your techniques and ideas, I wanted to give something back…
In this “how to” video i use a controlled palette to paint a portrait of Sir Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard.)
Don’t be fooled by medium of the T-shirt…there is some real art knowledge in this video.
BTW, this was done in 1997 so please ignore the big glasses!
Enjoy!
-mike
