The Idol

I really love how dark the videos get by The Weeknd; so when I saw his name in the show credits I had to watch it! Within the first minute I was hooked. The opening scene with Lily Depp was so powerful! Having worked with models on photo shoots in the past it was so great to see her switch up her emotions to the break of tears.

I was immediately inspired to create some fan art! I wanted to emphasize the tears from the opening scene by using negative space. So I grabbed my Ipad, launched Procreate and went at it.

I wanted to create a pop art poster type illustration so I focused on Lily’s face and keeping the design simple. Once I had the sketch done and filled in with some color the illustration was looking more like a Misfits fan art than anything. So I knew I had to add some more details to make this worth while.

Not wanted to take away from the bright red I used some subtle blue tones to add highlights and dimension to her face. After all the highlights were added It still felt flat so adding some shading to the eyes and lips was necessary.

Once that was done it was time to airdrop this over to the computer and add all the final textures, overlays, and text.

Fan Art fin.

2 episodes down, I am loving this show. The story and character development moves at a great pace. The cinematography is just brilliant; and I am excited to see how dark this show gets (I will be disappointment if it doesn’t.) Thanks for reading!