Aboriginal Digital Drawing Yanomami Venezuela

Hello my dear Steemians, in this opportunity I bring you my last illustration, this is the face of an aboriginal child belonging to the Yanomami ethnic group, located between Venezuela and Brazil, with a population of 30,000 are the most numerous isolated ethnic group in South America, 70% is in Venezuelan territory and the other 30% is in Brazil, reside in the rainforest.

The theme that I have chosen, is for my taste to everything concerning the aboriginal cultures of the region, authenticity, a lifestyle attached to nature, very different from the lifestyle of the West. Their crafts, their gastronomy, their struggle to rescue the Amazon jungle, is what has motivated me for years to develop an artistic style that identifies me with the region. Thus, the consumers of this art will be able to appreciate the beauty of South America cleanly in different ways.

In the step by step you can see that I make a sketch to guide me a little, usually I do not use a sketch, but this time I saw some aboriginal portraits which inspired me, the piece was made in two steps, I divided the face in half and began to define features such as eyes, mouth, and details of the face. Then I reflected that half to compose the face completely and continued with the hair that was perhaps the most difficult part of the illustration.
In the course of the artistic work I was defining which combination of colors and accessories to leave or to put, to cite an example: in the sketch appears an ethnic makeup that I decided not to put it because it would recharge the image, and at the same time I added two feathers of parrot, ornamental characteristic in the aborigines Yanomamis.

I hope you liked my presentation. Thank you for appreciating.