Day 13 - Digital Download

I said I'd never return to digital painting, but here I am. I've never painted chrome or liquid-adjacent metal and wanted to do a study before using up my paints. Also I was listening to Michael Jackson at the time, and that heavily influenced the outcome.

Digital painting in Procreate.

Once downloaded, this image is completely free for you to use according to the CC0 1.0 Universal license.

Original prompt: Photorealistic editorial photograph, full body head to toe, of a nearly eight foot anthropomorphic machine man with 1970s Detroit soul. Face: dark aged bronze, handsome Black features - broad nose, full lips, high cheekbones, sculpted bronze mustache, rivet lines along jaw, calm heavy lidded smoked glass eyes. Hammered dark iron afro with wide pewter temple streak. Ribbed dark steel neck, welded seam. Articulated bronze hands, knuckle joints, gold ring. Wears aged 1970s soul groom's suit: ivory silk long jacket, wide peaked lapels, high waisted wide leg trousers, cream ribbed turtleneck, thin gold chain with brass planet medallion, cream platform boots. One shoulder leaned on dark wood window frame, hand in pocket, chin lifted, calm gaze. Decaying 1970s Detroit parlor: peeling plaster, cast iron radiator, treadle sewing machine. Dull satin metal patina. Kodak Portra 400, 50mm f2.0, shallow depth of field, soft window light, film grain, muted ivory palette, 8K.