Today I start a challenging project. Above is a photo that a customer would like drawn of her mother and aunt. It was damaged, due to age, and had been digitally fixed some years ago. Her aunt is the young girl and if you look closely, you can see that her nose was missing at one time. The digital correction tried to fix it but did not get it right. I was ask if I could draw this photo and help fix her aunts appearance.
As you can see, it will be a challenge. One because this photo is hard to see, and two the girl’s nose is not hers. I asked the client if she had another photo of her aunt. She said that she did, but that it is of her when she is older. I replied by saying that the nose does not change much as we age, and that it could help. Below is the aunt a bit older.
I plan on updating my blog with the progress of this drawing. I feel a strong connection with restoring history. There are a few other vintage photos that I would love to put pencil too. Some of these photos are very small , but carry so much weight on the memory.
If any of you who are reading this have an older photo that is in need, let me know and I will see what I can do.
I can't wait to see how you resolve this.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great challenge! I really look forward to seeing what you do with this.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestions would be to find a child of similar age, and try to take a photo with his or her head in the same angle to use as a reference.
Is it just me, or is something weird going on with the baby's legs, as well?
Drawing a couple rough sketches of the face (and the baby's legs) would also be a good idea.