![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
You'd think he'd just look like a drowned rat, but somehow adding water makes Adam's smoulder even more intense.
For a while it was pretty common for photographers to get this man soaking wet during their shoots; just off the top of my head I can recall a lake, a swamp, several rainstorms, and at least two bath tubs. At some point they stopped doing the sexy edgy shoots and switched to staid Serious Actor ones, and it really has been our loss, though I'm sure Adam doesn't miss it one bit. Anyone who's ever had to try to escape the clinging embrace of a wet pair of jeans knows just how uncomfortable street clothes are when soaked.
This particular shoot had him doing just that; having been completely submerged while fully dressed in a filthy-looking bathtub, there's a series of photos of him as he strips off his sopping wet jeans, dries off, and puts himself back together. This moment was most likely immediately after he stepped out of the tub; in the full photo, which I cropped closely for Artist Reasons, you can see he's still wearing the jeans, so wet they're shining, while perched on a closed toilet.
He's whipping his head back and forth, tossing the tangled tendrils of his hair as he tries to shake the water off, like a dog after a bath; the speed with which he's moving means his hair and features are blurred, though the rest of him is in better focus. That tank top, transparent thanks to the water, reveals what very fine muscular form he was in at this point, having filmed THE LAST JEDI in the spring, and then LOGAN LUCKY a couple of months before this. Just look at the strong arch his wide shoulders make, the thick ropes of his trapezius muscles emphasizing the depth of those hollows above his collarbones, and the rumples of the muscle fiber bundles in his right deltoid, which is tensed as he counterbalances with his arm.
Photo used for reference taken by Steven Klein on 1 Nov 2016 for an article in Interview Magazine dated 28 Nov 2016.
About 12 hours of drawing time, give or take. It's taken me 5 years to be brave enough to try painting this one, so I'm pleased to have finally found the courage to brave the blur.
This is the 150th (!! [right? I can hardly believe it myself, and I painted all of them!]) portrait in a series that I started on a whim 5 years and 11 months ago; little did I know that first, sketchy, 1-ish hour exercise was to be the beginning of such a life changing venture. That, by pursuing a long term, in depth portrait study of my favorite actor, I would make some of the best friends I've ever had, become a published book cover artist AND a published writer, and end up finishing not just one but THREE marathons.
Thank you to every one of you who's ever resonated with these and let me know how they made you feel through comments and kudos, and, depending on the platform, respectful reposts and reblogs; that positive feedback loop of fandom joy makes the most incredible things possible.
For a while it was pretty common for photographers to get this man soaking wet during their shoots; just off the top of my head I can recall a lake, a swamp, several rainstorms, and at least two bath tubs. At some point they stopped doing the sexy edgy shoots and switched to staid Serious Actor ones, and it really has been our loss, though I'm sure Adam doesn't miss it one bit. Anyone who's ever had to try to escape the clinging embrace of a wet pair of jeans knows just how uncomfortable street clothes are when soaked.
This particular shoot had him doing just that; having been completely submerged while fully dressed in a filthy-looking bathtub, there's a series of photos of him as he strips off his sopping wet jeans, dries off, and puts himself back together. This moment was most likely immediately after he stepped out of the tub; in the full photo, which I cropped closely for Artist Reasons, you can see he's still wearing the jeans, so wet they're shining, while perched on a closed toilet.
He's whipping his head back and forth, tossing the tangled tendrils of his hair as he tries to shake the water off, like a dog after a bath; the speed with which he's moving means his hair and features are blurred, though the rest of him is in better focus. That tank top, transparent thanks to the water, reveals what very fine muscular form he was in at this point, having filmed THE LAST JEDI in the spring, and then LOGAN LUCKY a couple of months before this. Just look at the strong arch his wide shoulders make, the thick ropes of his trapezius muscles emphasizing the depth of those hollows above his collarbones, and the rumples of the muscle fiber bundles in his right deltoid, which is tensed as he counterbalances with his arm.
Photo used for reference taken by Steven Klein on 1 Nov 2016 for an article in Interview Magazine dated 28 Nov 2016.
About 12 hours of drawing time, give or take. It's taken me 5 years to be brave enough to try painting this one, so I'm pleased to have finally found the courage to brave the blur.
This is the 150th (!! [right? I can hardly believe it myself, and I painted all of them!]) portrait in a series that I started on a whim 5 years and 11 months ago; little did I know that first, sketchy, 1-ish hour exercise was to be the beginning of such a life changing venture. That, by pursuing a long term, in depth portrait study of my favorite actor, I would make some of the best friends I've ever had, become a published book cover artist AND a published writer, and end up finishing not just one but THREE marathons.
Thank you to every one of you who's ever resonated with these and let me know how they made you feel through comments and kudos, and, depending on the platform, respectful reposts and reblogs; that positive feedback loop of fandom joy makes the most incredible things possible.
