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Series3 pieces2021

her and the poets

Technique

Digital · Photoshop

Dense linework · Negative-space features · Paper-grain texture

Palette

Two colours doing all the work: warm cream ground and near-black ink. The mid-tones are only the density of the linework, not added pigment.

Signature

Line · Negative space · Cream

The series

Three Portuguese literary figures rendered in dense flowing line on cream paper. Pessoa, eça, galdéria.

The hat and moustache live in negative space, the profile is drawn but not outlined, the hair runs the composition. Reading shifts at reading distance: pattern first, portrait second.

Worked entirely in Photoshop with hand-feel textures laid over the linework, so a digital surface keeps the warmth of paper.

The pieces

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