Frederik Plesner

"Vincent & Jules" - Illustration by Frederik Plesner.

"Eternal Sunshine" - Illustration by Frederik Plesner.

"Laura Palmer" - Illustration by Frederik Plesner.

"Travis Bickle" - Illustration by Frederik Plesner.

"Theodore Twombly" - Portrait of Joaquin Phoenix by Frederik Plesner.

A good friend of mine told me about a beautiful dream she had and it inspired me to make this. (The drawing also worked as a test of patience as the hair took a ridiculous amount of time to complete...)

"Frank Underwood" - Portrait of Kevin Spacey by Frederik Plesner. 

I wanted to capture the grungy and gritty look of the film while still keeping some bright colors in the painting. It ended up being a really macabre portrait of Pitt and Norton. Much more macabre than the reference photo I shot of myself holding a yellow party balloon for reference on the hand pose. 

Last week I saw the awesome movie and I have been working on this drawing since. At around 15 hours of drawing it’s my most demanding painting so far. Details take time but they’re so much fun to paint.

2.5 hours in Photoshop. 

This one ended up taking a lot of time to complete, but I'm really happy with the way it finally turned out. My original idea was to paint it in colors but it looked so sweet in black and white that I decided not to mess with it. 

Work in progress... Trying out some new brushes I made. The aim is a more rough and painterly look on this one. 

Some practice in photoshop ended up being my first completed digital painting. 

Work in progress of Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in Orange Is the New Black. 

Enjoy!