"I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking."
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Still one of my favorite drawings, it's an old thing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It's always interesting to draw historical figures. I mean, old microphones, cigarette holders? Yes please! I was partially inspired by Phobs' style, but as far as the colouring is concerned that's something I was just bullshitting, and somehow it became my sort of "default" way of working - a nearly 50/50 combination of digital and traditional media.
He looks way to healthy here, but then again I was thinking more about the mental image average Americans during his administration might have of him, listening to his fireside chats.
Materials:
-Mechanical Pencil; Red (0.5); Graphite (0.5; 0.7)
-India Ink Pens (0.05; 01; 03; 05; 08; S; M)
-Paint Tool Sai