PORTRAIT CONTEST: CHARCOAL DRAW - KAT VON D

Hello Everyone!

This is my entry to the contest Portrait Contest hosted by @sethlinson.

Do you want to meet Kat?

She has tattooed many celebrities, including Frank Iero, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jenna Jameson, Jason Mraz, Zayn Malik, Bam Margera, Ville Valo, Jeffree Star, Dave Navarro, Nikki Sixx, Jesse Metcalfe, Brent Hinds, Mira Sorvino, Papa Roach , Jared Leto, Joey Castillo, Jason Freese, Gas Lipstick, Kerry King, M. Shadows, Margaret Cho, Sebastian Bach, Ian Scott, Lady Gaga, Ewan McGregor, Christina Perri, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus among others.

Kat has many tattoos: "my crazy life" on her back. A tattoo in honor of his mother on the scapula, another of his father's forearm and one of his sister Carolin. On his abdomen he has Hollywood tattooed in honor of his favorite city. He also has a tattoo on Nikki Sixx's shoulder that says I love you. In his right hand, on the fingers he has tattooed T.a which means True love always, the Heartagram and L.v.B. among other tattoos of his fingers. In the left hand he has the Heartagram symbolizing his favorite band with Ville Valo, L.A for Los Angeles and the ray of high voltage tattoo, his tattoo shop. In the two dolls he has tattooed "brother" and "sister" (in honor of his brothers). In the neck it has a flower that says oliver (the name of her ex-husband). On the left side of his face he has some stars, as well as on the eyelid of his left eye, because one of his favorite songs is Starry eyes by Mötley Crüe. On its right side it has three little dots and a lightning bolt. On his left shoulder he has tattooed the angels with other flowers on his arm. He has also tattooed the portrait of who was his friend and manager during the first season of LA Ink, Pixie, around his left leg made by Nikko Hurtado. She also has another portrait of Jessie James as a child, under the armpit, from a picture he sent when they started to leave.

Let's draw

First, we are going to mention the materials that I needed for this illustration:

• Mechanical Pencil.
• HB, 3B leads.
• Charcoal Pencil.
• Ghrapite Powder.
• Brush.
• Diffuser.
• A4 Opaline 135G.

• When making the sketch, I began to illustrate their eyes, they have a lot of black tone so I used the charcoal pencil to make them and the diffuser to fill and expand the charcoal.

• With the HB and 3B pencil I made the tone of the skin and also its shadows, in the same way I gave volume to the nose and lips. The darkest parts of the face illustrate them with graphite powder.

• Then illustrate the neck. Kat has a tattoo of roses on her neck, so I drew it first and shaded, then over with the brush and the diffusser I gave tone and volume to her skin.

• Kat's hair is black, I illustrated it with charcoal making lines that start from the root to where the light comes in, this time I did not use the moldable eraser to make hair shine but I did it manually.

• In these images they see the progress from an image on my computer.
  

• Finally it was necessary to make some adjustments, fill his shirt with graphite powder, make some lights and some loose hair ... And this is the Final Art:

I want to thank @sethlinson for this contest. These things always inspire me to do jobs that I like.

I hope you enjoyed this Post as much as I enjoyed doing it! Thanks for being here!

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