Hank

I really got the urge to do a portrait of Hank Williams recently, so I got down to sketching out some idea's and tried to come up with something that captured some sort of feeling/look I get from his music. I've tried here and there over the years to work text into my illustrations, with mostly poor results, but this piece made me want to delve into really concentrating on the dynamic of the image and text and how to create a cohesive illustration utilizing the two.

Below are some preliminary sketches for the palette, text and the atmosphere I was trying to achieve.