Vince Low is predominantly known for his ability to create both realistic and cartoonish designs featuring celebrities, icons, animals, font … his artistic abilities are endless. His latest collection of art work, ‘Faces’, features the portraits of famous celebrities, but with a twist.
Instead of using one pencil skill, the generically used one, to form a textural and realistic canvas, the artist uses a technique he calls ‘scribbling’ to form these portraits. Okay, so when you hear the word scribbling you might associate it with the childlike creations of an infant attempting to colour within the lines, but you would be greatly mistaken to underestimate the artistic technique that Vince Low has decided to endorse.
He uses the pencil rashly, not tracing the original photography continuously with his eyes, but closing them and producing something so pure and accurate that we could almost mistake the imagery for photography itself….if it weren’t for the scribbles. The collection features the faces of well known celebrities, including- Leonardo Dicaprio, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp and Rowan Atkinson.
The Malaysian illustrator and character designer has complimented previous works with his latest collection, ‘Faces’ demonstrates the reigning ability throughout his art but his consistent progression.