Creating a stylised male portrait

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Illustrator Evgeny Parfenov explains how to paint a digital portrait using techniques based on geometrical rules.

I create a diverse range of illustrations, but I enjoy portraits the most. As an illustrator, I'm attracted to Expressionism, particularly the work of Egon Schiele and Wassily Kandinsky. This style has certain features that appeal to me a great deal.

Pictures are extremely stylised, with deliberate deformation, and there's a tendency to render objects in flat areas and employ sharp, dissonant colours. This is the approach I try to use in my own work.

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