With a twist on some of the most classic Lynchian characters and props, a Spanish illustrator brings a modernist style to a revered television show and director. Mercedes deBellard whisks fans of David Lynch's seminal dramatic series Twin Peaks to the original glory days of Detective Dale Cooper's investigation and his professed love for a highly superior cup of coffee. deBellard creates meticulously-drawn portraits that employ both analog and digital techniques.
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The process derives from illustrating with pencil and then applying saturation and hue with Photoshop. "This way," shares deBellard, "I have the best of traditional [methods], like the texture, and the best [of] digital, like the brilliant colors."The artist, who is based in Madrid, studied art at University of Granada—an institution that stirred her to become an artist full-time. The artist's tenacity carried her through to a slew of national and international clients in editorial and advertising capacities. "At the beginning," the artist admits, "it was quite difficult, so I was working as a waitress for many years. I always was drawing in my free time. I did a blog with all the work I had [completed], and that was how I started to receive my first professional commissions."
Detective Dale Cooper from the program, 'Twin Peaks'
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