I'm planning to draw Michael in my style but i'm trying to figure out how should i draw him. should i draw with his vitiligo or without it or with his vitiligo spots showing? i wanna stick with a perfect way of drawing him. i know also depends on which era i draw him in but i wanna stick with a look so i don't have always change his look.
how did Michael wanted to be drawn?
If we're talking about how Michael
wanted to be drawn, I think, judging by paintings of himself that he had commissioned, he liked to be shown as a
saviour - someone with strength, nobility and valour. He also favoured fantastical, legendary, fairy-tale situations..... and scenarios from history.
So for example: a pied piper leading others to utopia, a brave knight on a white horse, a leader at a round table of great minds and personalities from history and pop culture, someone who is clearly a scholar and a thinker. In my opinion, he would like to be drawn
without his vitiligo, as I think that caused him a great deal of anguish and emotional pain - he went to a lot of trouble to hide it as much as possible.
If we're talking about how we ourselves would like to see him drawn, I personally love drawings which seem to show his
inner spirit; the sparkle in his eyes, the playfulness in his nature and his
softness. I guess I'm looking for his inner beauty, rather than anything in particular on the outside, but of course I accept that's very difficult to show in a drawing.
Most artists seem to focus a lot on the 1980s.....I'm more interested in seeing other time periods illustrated - even if it's just to create greater balance. For example, the
duality of vulnerability v/s angst of the late 1990s - early 2000s would be very interesting to see, in drawings of Michael.
