in the Aesthetic Guide for the Dapper Man

The first illustration in the

Aesthetic Guide for the Dapper

Man is the Grand Wrist of

Wrists, the fortuitously named,

the one and only Wristi

modeling the young luxury

watch brand SevenFriday P2

watch.

The Thumbnails

With the Aesthetic Guide living on

digital I have the problem of making

the images fit 16:9 as well as 1:1. The

sketching phase allows me to play

with compositions that might work

well in both ratios.

I discovered with these sketches

that I couldn't have the hand

holding the wine glass and showing

the watch because the watch would

read upside down. That is a no-no

in the watch world.

As you are about to see, the wrist

ended up overlooking the party

instead of being a part of it.

The wine cannot be in hand so a

jacket sleeve is introduced to

suggest the involvement of the wrist

in the party.

Color Study

Pencil Under-Painting

As a guide for the painting the

under-drawing is created to define

shapes and to suggest general values

(lights and darks). Now, I can see the

painting and all I have to do is

complete it.

A Layer in Gold

The first layer of paint is daunting.

What if I get the wrong color? What

if I made a mistake in the drawing?

The pencil is sealed with the first

layer.

That is not the intent of the first

layer, though. The first layer is meant

to set the tone and the mood for the

overall painting. For the

SevenFriday/ Wristi painting I

wanted to bring out the golden color

on the dial of the P2 watch.

So everything begins with this color.

The Process

Aesthetic Guide for the Dapper Man

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