Peter Strain - artist research

Peter Strain is an illustraitor from Belfast, his work is mainly with typography and films. I have researched his work as i am interested in creating a portrait with typography or writting in different fonts and sizes for a final piece idea. Some of his work is computer based but it is all drawn and designed by hand first before being edited and enhanced in computer desing programs such as Photoshop and Illustraitor. 

For my critical studies i have used shading pencils for the rocky balboa piece, first using a 2H for a pale  outline, then using 2B i started to bring out the features and add in some shading to bring the piece to life, then to add in the final touches i used a 6B pencil to draw in the finishing features along with the writting and adding in the hair. In my second study i used a white charcoal pencil to draw in the face and each individual hair line then last drawing in the quote. In these pieces i would say they are to a high standard but i would say that i could have added more to the sheet or made the studies larger.