Rob Illustration

In this painting of Natalie Portman from the movie Black Swan I wanted to get the mood I felt when I watched the movie. I had a lot of fun creating the texture of the feathers and painting in the veins throughout here cold transparent skin. I also wanted to play around with the strong light source, which created a silhouette around the backlight ballerina. I wanted to almost lose the figure were the lighting was strongest under her neck. I think the neutral grey tone added to the overall mood of the painting once I added in the saturated color around the eyes, cheeks, and other facial features. I also didn’t exaggerate like in most of my work except maybe a small amount in her neck.