I was impressed by Kanye’s display of class at the MTV Video Music Awards the other day. As a result, I am jumping on the interwebs bandwagon with my interpretation of the man and his now famous quote, “Imaletchufinish.”
Process after the jump.
Starting out with the brain, and working my way down.
Now, this looks more like a college professor – I realized another drawing was required.
There he is, right on top of the professor – Kanye West!
Cyan all over the place.
A beautiful magenta shirt, what a handsome tie.
Yellow letters are all the rave.
Yellow on top of cyan makes an interesting warm shade of… green?
The blues.
And here is Kanye. You stay classy, I’ll stay classy, you know Kanye will stay classy.
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Brilliant! Great piece and process documentation!
@Ryan: Thank you for the RT and the comment, greatly appreciated. It’s interesting to put yourself in the shoes of a celebrity – everything is blown to great proportions, bad moments and salary alike…
Ah I love how you didn’t start over again after you drew a “professor” instead of Kanye. It gives a cool effect to the piece.
@Destiny: Thank you… I love the flaws in a picture, they display the journey, which is as important as the destination.
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