Once I had a basic feel for the image I drew out a faint template of what it would look like in structure.
I then used the calligraphy brush and texture to change the design and give it real structure.
I used a different set of brushes for smaller details to make everything fit together neatly.
Something seemed to be missing from the photo so I thought I would draw a new era hat on.
Which gave the work something it was originally missing.
I then added the colour and darker tones in.
Once complete I thought it would be interesting to merge both the photograph and the illustration together to mix the elements which ended up looking quite cool.
I then got an interesting idea of mixing a element of the illustration and photo together so it looked as though everything Matt touched turned into creativity.
A kind of forcefield.
These are the images I sent to Matt just to gain feedback and have a firm understanding of what he wanted to take further and how.
