Listening to Blackbird Blackbird and Jamie XX, and making illustrations of interesting and good-looking boys... this one's face features are inspired by the british model Robbie Wadge (not copied, the illustration is original).
This first came as a concept illustration for Miles, one of the characters from a story that I'm working in, but finally turned into a black and white (ish) digital painting...
Hope you like it, I find myself really confortable working with this particular style.
This is SO GORGEOUS! The pink lighting from below is such a beautiful touch! And so high-class the way the face is very defined and the torso is almost sketched in broad brushstrokes! It's too much, I'm going to feint *thud*
And really nice character!
Congrats