During the month of October, I'll be working on a series of Celebrity Halloween Portraits using a variety of different mediums and styles. First up is Pamela Anderson as a Tired Medusa Zombie. Because some of my readers have often asked about my digital paintings, I thought I'd discuss technique in this post instead of poking fun at Pam. Besides, I like that Pamela is embracing her aging sex symbol status. I say pile on even more makeup, wear even more revealing outfits and go for even larger implants as she glides into her golden years. Pretty soon, they'll make stripper shoes with convenient velcro straps and adult diapers with sexy lace-up details . Oops, I digress. Using a Wacom pen tablet in Photoshop, I began painting multiple transparent layers of color over a scanned pencil sketch. Later, I added bits of texture for visual interest, spent way too many hours on her hair, and finally added a manipulated photo of a snake to the ends of her tresses, of which I then painted over. While I enjoy using real paint and canvas for most of my work, using technology allows for nearly endless experimentation....and a much neater art studio.
LOL! That picture is worth a thousand words :) Great post.
Posted by: Halloween Weddings | September 03, 2009 at 05:47 PM
wow, when if first saw the painting i looked so much painted by hand. I think it is even more difficult to draw this digitally.
i'm not sure what i can think about Pamela. She just uses her body to make a lot of money, although her best time is gone for a while.
And by the way it really looks scary ;)
cu,
Sebastian.
Posted by: Sebastian | January 14, 2009 at 03:32 AM
Hello there,
I am working for a TV show called Sound for the BBC over here in the UK. It’s a music and entertainment show.
We are doing a feature on Halloween this week and thought that your painting of Pamela Anderson is great. We would like to show this on our show on Thursday – would this be ok with you?
Do you have a high res still of the painting?
Many thanks,
Laura
Posted by: laura clark | October 28, 2008 at 04:05 AM
Sorry, but this portrait makes her look too good.
Posted by: QueenVelveeta | October 17, 2008 at 03:34 PM
The (snakes in the) hair are Brill-iant!
Posted by: Dr.L. | October 12, 2008 at 04:18 AM
Great work as usual. Thanks for the insight on technique.
Ain't Wacom tablets great! I have their el cheapo bamboo. I can't wait to get an intuos 3 and pass the bamboo on to my son.
Posted by: CPTWilly | October 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I dislike Pam Anderson with the best of 'em, but I almost feel bad for her here. I think she's just a really lost soul who fed into the hype of our society. Women like her sure never helped other women to feel that we could measure up, but wow, I guess I'm having a hard time finding humor in this.
However, I commend you on your talent for digital artistry and imagination.
Posted by: Jennifer | October 10, 2008 at 04:23 AM
THAT WAS A GREAT
.....BUT IT SCARES ME ,I DONT WANT TO GET OLD LOL
I LAUGHED HARD TOO AT THE VELCRO STRAPS ON STRIPPER SHOES.
Posted by: faye | October 10, 2008 at 04:19 AM
I fucking laughed when I saw this shit!!! That is too fucking funny! The idea of Frederick's of Hollywood's Depends. God, how I fucking laughed!!!
Posted by: Sweet Subversion | October 08, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Gorgeous! I love it. Man, she looks great here!
Posted by: midevil | October 08, 2008 at 09:16 AM
If only the real Pamela would spend as much time on her hair.
Posted by: Vern | October 07, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Celebrity Halloween. YAY!!! This is one of my favorite seasons for Gallery of the Absurd. Marvelous job with Pamela. Do you PROMISE to revisit this in 20 years and post an illustration of Pamela wearing the stripper shoes with velcro straps and adult diapers with sexy lace-up details. PLEASE!!!!
Posted by: Karin | October 07, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Utterly fabulous..
and thanks for the insight on the technique
beautiful job
xoxo
L
Posted by: ChaosbyDesign | October 07, 2008 at 12:34 PM