Stealing Olympia - grand finale!

The 7th day I spend painting in all the details.. and voilà!

(now I just have to wait hundred fifty years for the colours to fade slightly out..)

Stealing Olympia (after Édouard Manet), 2011

Édouard Manet Olympia, 1863

Stealing Olympia - work in progress (part 2)

After completing the first part - which is the layout, sketch and base colour of the body - the real challenge starts: matching the colours to the original painting! (colours on these photographs may slightly differ)

Stealing Olympia (day 3) - shaping up the body

Stealing Olympia (day 4) - the black lady

Stealing Olympia (day 5) - background

Stealing Olympia (day 6) - foreground, flowers and the cat

Stealing Olympia - work in progress (part 1)

One of our recent Illustration projects involved a transition of a classic painting. For this assignment I have chosen Édouard Manet's Olympia. I would like to present here the progress of Stealing Olympia.

Stealing Olympia (day 1) - the under-sketch

Stealing Olympia (day 2) - the under-sketch completed

Stealing Olympia (day 3) - the flesh - base colour

The Lost Identity Land - Screenprint

 i printed some of the maps without colourful background..they have this distinctive vintage look

full colour print

 here i was playing a bit with screen printing techniques.. the effect is great!

The Lost Identity Land - Screenprint - phase 3

The next step is to design the urban part of the landscape..

6) sketch of the locations of the cities.

7) the buildings and streets carefully copied on the terrain sheet to be printed in red.

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8) the outline of the urban landscape copied on the rock mountain sheet to be printed in grey.

GRAY











9) i wish i would do all the lettering by hand as well, but unfortunately i run out of time.. obviously photoshop is the quicker option..

BLACK












10) since all the images are scanned lets have a cheeky look on how it would look like printed..

hmmm..not to bad:))