Saturday, June 11, 2011

Digital Circlism


What is Digital Circlism ? This is a modern artistic expression, a mix between Pop Art and Pointillism. It is made with digital tools says Ben Heine.

How does he do it ?

Before starting, he focusses what kind of project it is to understand the dynamic movement of the face. He applies each digital circle individually on a black
background with a sharp round brush in Photoshop CS4 (it could be any other graphics creation software). It is also essential to pay attention on the aspect of each circle (changing slightly the size and color for every circle is always better). That’s the difficult part, because there can be several thousands circles in a single portrait says Ben Heine . It has to be
done with harmony, according to the main lines and dynamism of the subject represented.

He usually makes bigger circles in the lighter areas of the subject and smaller circles in the darker places. This gives more volume and a 3D illusion. There is no limit, it’s a new technique and he think's there is much more to do with it.

Mad Hatter - Johnny Depp

This is the "circlist" portrait of Johnny Depp as seen in Tim Burton's movie "Alice in Wonderland". It took several days of work to make it... He digitally applied each colored circle on a black background.

The original version of this image is huge (11 000 pixels wide, 300 dpi).


Lady Gaga

The original version of the above portrait is huge (10000 pixels wide).
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