Twelve paintings in and I still hear his voice in my head. OHHH, you believe in Samuel L. Jackson now, huh, bitch? GOOD, 'CAUSE YOU 'BOUT TO MEET HIM!
I particularly enjoy the scarf. That was my favorite part to paint.
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I reworked that cheek multiple times, I finally gave up and called this good enough.
To be fair, the photo reference is also a bit weird. Something about the lighting and how his skin got squished by the scarf, I guess. Keep it up, your Samuels are getting better at every iteration.
Thank you! I almost didn’t go with this image because of the lighting. It’s clearly movie lighting and not natural lighting which is hard to comprehend and paint. But I thought it would be a challenge and that’s what made the decision for me.