NBA Legends
Did a little series of retired legendary NBA players. Complete painted in Adobe Photoshop with a full resolution of 5.000 x 10.000 px.
I reviewed a lot of reference material to find a characteristic look and composition for each player. The result is an unique interpretation of the different characters and no one on one photo reference "copy".
Here is a step by step progress of Larry Bird and some close ups of the final piece.
I recorded my screen during the process. So you can get a better feel of how I work over the whole image all the time.
