Scratchboard Illustration of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - The Notorious RBG
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Time-lapse video showing the process of rendering by hand a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in scratchboard. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the sencond woman to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court. She also Launched American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Women's Rights Project. She was oposed to Citizens Untited. She died September 18, 2020.
Illustration and video by Michael Halbert
Note 1: I try to show my work process as accurately as possible. However, I do take some liberties with the editing of the videos. For instance, almost all my videos use time lapse to speed up the process. I would like to show an entire drawing in real time, but even my simplest drawings can take a full day--major drawings can take one to two weeks. No one wants to watch me draw for two weeks. Also, some of my edits are just for my own enjoyment. Video is a hobby for me, and I like to experiment.
Note 2: I call my drawing medium scratchboard, and it is. However, a more accurate description of my technique would be "pen and ink on white scratchboard." I work on white scratchboard, and I draw with pen and ink the parts that have a value of 50 percent gray or less. For areas that are 50 percent gray or darker, I block in with solid black ink and scratch in white lines for detail.
Note 3: I am showing how I work. However, although I have been an illustrator for over 35 years, there may be times when I am doing it wrong or not doing it in the best way.
Note 4: I am a commercial artist--not a fine artist. My work is meant to be printed. My clients don't usually care what my work would look like hanging on a wall. They only care what it looks like when printed in their ad, book, billboard, package, etc. Almost all the drawings in my videos have been used commercially.
Materials I use: Ampersand Claybord, white, 1/8 inch thick; Micron pens; Higgins Black Magic ink or Koh-i-noor ink; Scratch-Art knives.
Illustration and video by Michael Halbert:
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Sound: Library of Congress -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 2019 National Book Festival
Always fascinating to watch your process. This is another superior piece.
Wow.. Its so wonderful and creative.. Absolutely stunning.. Like it.. I m glad that I found your channel dear.. You are amazing❤❤
The typography is striking. Really cool piece.
I've been watching almost all of your videos and i was amazing. I'm just wondering how long did you practice and how you Lear that kind of style? Wow!!!
I've been a professional illustrator for over 40 years. I first started doing this style about 35 years ago when an advertising client asked me to do line drawings that would print well in newspaper ads. I used the art of wood engravers such as Gustave Doré as example of how to develop my style. I learned the style on my own by looking at a lot of wood engravings.
Amazing work! I have watched several of your videos. Is this kind of drawing called something? You are following the contours but it’s not called contour drawing.
I describe this style as scratchboard with a woodcut or wood engraving look.
@@MichaelHalbert1952 good to know! Thank you 🙏🏼
Hello! What kind of drawing desk with metal ruler you use?
Glad she is good thank god
bonjour , très beau travail . comment s'appelle votre ART ? merci ( hello, great work. what is your ART called? thank you )
It's done on scratchboard. It's pen and ink on scratchboard.
wow
How did you get the contour lines so even on the face?
With a tool called a "crosshatch tool." It was made by HAFF, a company in Germany. It was discontinued a few years ago. Used ones are now very hard to find.