Recently finished final project. A portrait of Mr. Roger Waters.

Artist Statement: The intensions of the recent porject above, which is a portrait of Roger Waters, were to basically look like him in a realistic design as much as possible, and to promote his style and thoughts with splattered ink and quick fonts, as shown in some of his and The Floyd's albums. Caligraphy ink and charcoal pastels were the mediums used for the portrait. my techniques involed deep contrast and bright colors. It also included quickly written letters and ink splatters. The text above him was inspired by Roger's designer and friend Gerald Scarfe. He uses smooth, thin, ink written letters to create a mysterious and different style of font. I attempted to do the same, though, it did not come out as good, as I hoped for. It is rather rough and scrtchey ranther than smooth and quick. The splattered ink, rather, came out great. Splatter paint is a very simple and stylistic way to add texture. So I, obviously did this. Roger's portrait finished pretty good. It looks like him, with pretty nice proportion, which is one thing I cannot leave inexact. The shading looks better in the picture above, then live, in front of you. There are smears from his black shirt on his skin, which makes it look pale and muddy, but overall, like I said, it came out pretty good. What I basically say or describe in the piece is my admiration of this man, and his music and basic beliefs. You could hopefully tell by this picture, that I like Roger Waters. I hope if he were ever to see this, he would consider it an accurate depiction. My intensions were somewhat successful, mainly in the proportion and value. I do hope to improve my skills in portraits of Mr. Waters, because, I know this will not be the last one.