David Tennant
David Tennant is a Scottish actor renowned for his versatile and compelling performances across stage and screen. Born on April 18, 1971, as David John McDonald, he gained widespread recognition for his iconic portrayal of the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British science fiction series "Doctor Who." Tennant's charismatic and emotionally resonant acting has also been showcased in various critically acclaimed roles, such as his portrayal of the cunning Kilgrave in the Marvel series "Jessica Jones" and his award-winning stage performances in Shakespearean plays. With his distinctive blend of wit, charm, and dramatic prowess, David Tennant has become a beloved figure in the world of entertainment.
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Doctor Who
Tennan'ts most popular series will always be 'Doctor Who', I thought to look at some images of him on set and somehow incorporate the way he dresses in the portrait as I need to make sure the portrait comes off as Tennant and not just some guy.
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Sonic Screwdriver & Tardis
I'm not entirely sure what the character of Doctor Who does but what I know is he uses a Tardis to move through time and space. The functions of a sonic screwdriver are based on its power over sound waves, radiation, wavelengths, frequencies, signals, and electro-magnetism.
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Good Omens
Good Omens is the only show I've seen Tennant act in, and I quite like how odd he looks. With the new season just out I feel it would also be easier to recognise him in his character.
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Snakes
"He was the snake that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, and thus his human form also has snake eyes, which he usually covers with designer sunglasses."
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Final
The first portrait ! I had fun thinking of different ways to stylise David Tennant, but I still wanted him to be as accurate as possible. I did in some ways avoid how his hair naturally looks in the reference and made it more larger and a bit more neater. I feel you can definitely tell this is the doctor more so with the background Tardis added.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, (born March 20, 1915, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, U.S.—died October 9, 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American guitar player and gospel and blues singer who was popular in the 1930s and ’40s. She sang traditional gospel songs with contemporary jazz tempos that she played on her electric guitar. With these performances she introduced gospel into nightclubs and concert venues. Her work influenced early rock and rollers such as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley.
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National Triolian Resonator Guitar
The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and resonator mandolins. The company merged with Dobro to form the "National Dobro Company", then becoming a brand of Valco until it closed in 1968.
To keep to the era she was performing in I had a look at what type of guitar she uses to make sure I can get the build of it right. There's a lot of details on these and it helps to visualise the colours of the guitar as all the references are in black and white.
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Coloured Reference Image
After choosing a rough sketch I tried to find the same reference but in colour and came across this image. This will help get the colours more accurate as I was unsure what the dress would actually look like.
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Final
Taking what I learned from the David Tennant sketches I wanted to proudly show Rosetta Tharpe as a guitarist! In the reference it's hard to see if she still has her mole or if it's covered up with makeup like the other images but i thought to still include it as it's a recognisable feature of hers. Even though I looked into the guitar she uses, for the reference it's build a little different so I tried my best to keep to the image itself. I'm pretty happy with the outcome, I did struggle a bit more this week to get drawing hence there's a little less compared to David Tennant.
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi (born November 19, 1917, Allahabad, India—died October 31, 1984, New Delhi) Indian politician who was the first female prime minister of India, serving for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term from 1980 until she was assassinated in 1984.
During her first year in office, she visited Washington, D.C., where she won substantial support for India’s weakened economy, and her subsequent visit to Moscow reflected the continuation of her father’s policy of nonalignment. Trying to defuse Sikh agitation, moreover, and as a reward for Sikh military service in the Kashmir war, she granted the long-standing Sikh demand of a Punjabi suba (state), which required partition of the existing state of Punjab but left its newly designed capital of Chandigarh as shared administrative headquarters of the new states of Punjab, with a Sikh majority, and Haryana, with a slight Hindu majority. |
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Final
After some feedback I was aware that the first initial sketch I began with looked more like Indira so I went back and worked onto it more in detail. I did find this one to be more trickier as my last two articles had been positive. Trying to share a negative within my illustration was a challenge. I added the blood to show how many people died during her time as prime minister but also the assassination that occurred. I tried not to make it too dark as I want it to stand next to the other portraits well and not look out of place.
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