illustration: Gardiens du temp 01

 

The free show at the park near me this year for Montréal Complement Cirque was really fun and amazing this year. I was finally able to get reference photos for more drawings, though maybe not too many as I have been going to these things for a very long time I am not coming across acts I haven't seen  many times before. 

This one came out well I thought, the challenge is the pose of course as it's so twisted. I'll likely do more of him and at leaast one in colour. 

Illustration: Danseur Montréal Complément Cirque

 I isolated a dancer in a group from an old cirque presentation because, while the photo was pretty middle of the road, I thought that isolating a single figure would bring out the drama I saw on stage better. 

I used the New Krita 5.02 and was I happy with the update! Saving a project always took far too long and now it's rapid and doesn't slow down my work. While Procreate has been great on the iPad I missed the brushes in Krita and this took full advantage of them. I was able to mimic the pattern on the dress very closely - even the sparkly bits.

The dancer was male but the costumes were unisex robes with everyone wearing the same makeup so it it had a very androgynous feel to the dance number. I hope this gives that same feeling. I used to dread doing cloth when I started drawing and now it's something I seek out doing more of.