Alex Ledante
The title means rebirth, which is a good title for a Dia de los Muertos piece. I wanted this one to be much more traditional and feature more of the symbolism associated with the holiday, as opposed to my usual approach, which is just to depict a woman in catrina makeup
I also wanted to have a high contrast value scheme, as befitting the longest night of the year. This solution required a sharp rimlight to separate the figure from the ground. I also decided on a warm, rich palette to indicate crepuscular lighting
#1 release version
#2 rough sketch
#3 underpainting / POC
I was just playing around with the concept here and stopped when I realized the composition was off and that I didn't like her makeup. So I fixed her pose and changed her makeup to recall marigolds, as mentioned earlier
The abstract background was just a placeholder at the time but I liked it so much I decided to keep it in the final version
This is amazing and one of my all time favorites! She definitely belongs up on the wall…
This would look nice hanging on your wall
What a amazing one.
I’m glad you like her, because nobody else does…