I painted this crowd of people for use as an image map that could be repeated across the terraces of a stadium background. I was trying to keep the clothing detail fairly loose so as to avoid obvious repeats when the image was tiled, and so I was painting it wet into wet acrylics, with quite a heavy dampening spray from the water filled airbrush.
By heavily wetting the already fluid paint with the airbrush, I made the pigment particles spread and settle into the grain of the illustration board, yielding an effect exactly the same as if I had used chalks.
The difference with using acrylics was that I could glaze over these “chalks”. A lovely accidental discovery, and one I have often used since.
Here’s a pretty extreme close-up:
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I would like to use this image as a background for a piece in a dance concert we are running in just a few days. Any chance of being able to use it? It would be for a graduate student concert. Thanks for thinking about it.
Russell
Russell, thanks for your courtesy in asking. Please use the image as you see fit. I cannot find the original file now, so as to offer you a higher resolution version.
Have a great concert!
Hey there,
Would I be able to use this picture as a background for a poster I am designing for Law Week, here in Australia?
I don’t know if that request is too.. out there? But I may as well ask?
This is a great image. I would like to use this image as a background for some stadium graphics I have created. May I have permission to use it? Many thanks.
Jeff, I’ve sent you an email.
I would love to post that picture on a game board that I am making for school. And that would be a good idea of a crowd. May I have permission to use it?
@Jamie-Lynn: Thanks for your courtesy in asking. You could always follow the instructions in the post and paint your own version!
Good luck with your school work.