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Ah, Venice; what a joy it is to get to see Adam there! There's something about that film festival that brings out the sweetest of smiles from him, once he warms up a little.
Having painted a fair few of Adam's red carpet looks, I noticed something while doing this one; I swear he wore that same dress shirt at the 2020 Oscars. This one has the exact same textured weave and the same black buttons, though that deeply black velvet bow tie is new. I don't mind in the least, it's a beautiful shirt, but I am amused that his midwestern frugal sensibilities might be at play even on the red carpet. That frugality gets defenestrated when you get to that insanely expensive watch though; it's a beautiful piece of work, and one we've not ever seen on his wrist before.
But the most beautiful thing he's wearing here is this smile; just look at him! Captured at some point during his run down the press gauntlet, Adam is grinning so hard that he's even rumpling his temples, the creases of his crow's feet running up into his hair. His eyes have nearly disappeared into those crinkled crescents, a sure sign this was a spontaneous moment between him and someone who said or did something he found very funny.
Adam's lips are pulled so wide that his cheeks are tugging the edges of his nares up and away, widening the base of his nose and curving the cartilage in his nose slightly downward, and his dimples are fully deployed to devastating effect. He's leaner than he was the last time we saw him clean shaven on a red carpet; those dimples don't run under his jaw to sweetly define a second chin right now, unlike when he was doing promo for "House of Gucci." The silver hairs gleaming at his temples are the same though, and I'm very glad to see he's still letting them shine.
Photo used for reference was taken by Stephane Cardinale on 31 Aug 2022 on the red carpet at the international premiere of "White Noise" at the 79th Venice Film Festival.
About 21.5 hrs of painting time. Those watches never get any easier to render, mostly because they are insanely, beautifully detailed pieces of art themselves; this one took a bit over 2.5 hrs.
Having painted a fair few of Adam's red carpet looks, I noticed something while doing this one; I swear he wore that same dress shirt at the 2020 Oscars. This one has the exact same textured weave and the same black buttons, though that deeply black velvet bow tie is new. I don't mind in the least, it's a beautiful shirt, but I am amused that his midwestern frugal sensibilities might be at play even on the red carpet. That frugality gets defenestrated when you get to that insanely expensive watch though; it's a beautiful piece of work, and one we've not ever seen on his wrist before.
But the most beautiful thing he's wearing here is this smile; just look at him! Captured at some point during his run down the press gauntlet, Adam is grinning so hard that he's even rumpling his temples, the creases of his crow's feet running up into his hair. His eyes have nearly disappeared into those crinkled crescents, a sure sign this was a spontaneous moment between him and someone who said or did something he found very funny.
Adam's lips are pulled so wide that his cheeks are tugging the edges of his nares up and away, widening the base of his nose and curving the cartilage in his nose slightly downward, and his dimples are fully deployed to devastating effect. He's leaner than he was the last time we saw him clean shaven on a red carpet; those dimples don't run under his jaw to sweetly define a second chin right now, unlike when he was doing promo for "House of Gucci." The silver hairs gleaming at his temples are the same though, and I'm very glad to see he's still letting them shine.
Photo used for reference was taken by Stephane Cardinale on 31 Aug 2022 on the red carpet at the international premiere of "White Noise" at the 79th Venice Film Festival.
About 21.5 hrs of painting time. Those watches never get any easier to render, mostly because they are insanely, beautifully detailed pieces of art themselves; this one took a bit over 2.5 hrs.
