The young Dinosaurs of Avignon after Picasso - WIP stages

Stages of WIP on the 'Picaso' dinosaur illustration

This digital illustration is based on a famous painting by Picasso, named “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon”, painted in 1907 at the start of the Cubist movement. Dinosaurs have replaced the nude human figures in this pastiche, created in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' during March 2021. The photo above shows three stages of the creation of the illustration. In the first panel is the initial rough drawing, done on a small sized (pixel) document. It is not traced off the original painting but redrawn, as the dimensions of the original work was too constrictive and needed to be longer length ways to accommodate some dinosaurs. The second panel indicates where colours have been roughly applied, based on the original painting, with some details being indicated. At this stage the document is still only at a small size. However the final panel shows the final, finished illustration which had been enlarged from the small document to one which is 6000px on the longest edge, and then repainted to a higher standard with details added. In addition the colours of the figures have been tinted to reflect different dinosaur colours, rather than the flesh colours in the original Picasso painting.

The dinosaur illustration can be seen in detail by following this link.