Stavros Damos Drawings of Musicians and Actors are Breathtaking
M — June 19, 2014 — Pop Culture
References: behance.net & abduzeedo
Illustrator Stavros Damos created these beautiful sketches of famous musicians, artists and filmmakers in his latest caricatures series. Damos style cleverly incorporates geometric lines, shading and cross-hatching to give these iconic celebrities a dramatic and avant-garde look.
While most caricature artists tend to draw faces and exaggerated facial expressions in a monochromatic black and white style using a marker, Damos' style is relatively different. While Davos does exaggerate the facial features of celebrities like Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Tim Burton, Damos also uses color and cross-hatching to render his sketches that much more alluring. Each face is divided up geometrically and filled in with tiny little block lines to add depth and dimension to the flat portraits.
While most caricature artists tend to draw faces and exaggerated facial expressions in a monochromatic black and white style using a marker, Damos' style is relatively different. While Davos does exaggerate the facial features of celebrities like Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Tim Burton, Damos also uses color and cross-hatching to render his sketches that much more alluring. Each face is divided up geometrically and filled in with tiny little block lines to add depth and dimension to the flat portraits.
Trend Themes
1. Geometric Caricatures - Opportunity to disrupt traditional caricature art and offer a unique style using geometric lines and shading.
2. Colorful Caricatures - Opportunity to offer a colorful twist to traditional black and white caricatures and provide a new style of entertainment.
3. Avant-garde Portraits - Opportunity to create cutting-edge illustrations by incorporating geometric structure to famous people's portraits.
Industry Implications
1. Art and Design - Artists can use this style to offer unique products and services for portrait commissions, merchandise and artwork collections.
2. Entertainment and Media - Entertainment and media companies can leverage this style to offer celebrity caricatures as merchandise, event souvenirs and promotional materials.
3. Fashion and Apparel - Fashion companies can use Stavros Damos' style as inspiration for cutting-edge designs for merchandise, clothing prints and pop-up stores.
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