Ape on the Moon

The best in contemporary illustration and animation

  • Home
  • About
  • Join
  • Login

Nigel Buchanan’s Skilful Play with Light and Characteristics

March 12, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Nigel Buchanan’s Skilful Play with Light and Characteristics

There’s a depth and richness to Nigel Buchanan’s illustrations, his use of light giving his portraits a very real-feeling presence within the scenes that they occupy. While Nigel uses dramatic shapes, placing slices of shade across their faces, the mix of this with subtler, more delicate treatment of light and colour creates a really interesting […]

Filed Under: Character Illustration, Digital Illustration, Painting, Photoshop Tagged With: digital, drawing, face, Figurative, Nigel Buchanan, Portrait

Search

Facebook  Twitter  INSTAGRAM (1)
indispensable illustrator course
Get Illustration Clients

Top Posts

Ana Jaks' Generous Pattern Combos and Graphic Forms
Exuberant Colours in Inky Illustrations by Katie Vernon
Jay Keeree's Animated Experiments with Form, Texture, and Pattern
Puzzling Together the Bizarre and Wonderful with Pierre-Paul Pariseau
Nicole Xu Talks about Bringing Watercolour Techniques into Her Rich Illustrations
Tape, Pencil and Resin: The Art of Brooks Salzwedel
Fun Animations in Stripped Down Palettes by Amélie Tourangeau
Maximum Pattern in Inspired Collages by Nick Liefhebber
Creating a Unique Style through a Thoughtful Process with Anna Wray
Sergiy Maidukov Talks about Time and Materials in his Process

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2018 Ape on the Moon