Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

The Dutch illustrator discusses his vibrant Fausto Coppi composition adorning the last edition of 2019

Cover Stories cover story Fausto Coppi Racing Rouleur 19.8


“From making portraits for a few years, I’ve found that some people just have a good head. Fausto Coppi’s has so much character.


“His nose is famous, but I think his eyes are also very characteristic – they really pop. So it wasn’t really difficult finding a good photograph of him to work from: almost every picture of him is nice.

“In this case, I decided to do a side-on portrait. I don’t know why I had the idea to make it en profil, I thought it would be good on the cover for a change.


“I start by hand, printing in a very low opacity and tracing certain shapes with a pencil. I print four different sheets – on one I trace the darker shapes, on another, I do those that are a bit lighter, and on another, the lightest shapes. Then I scan them, make it digital again and use Adobe Illustrator to fill the shapes and make them more geometrical.

 

“It’s black and white at first, then I search for the colours I’m going to use. In this case, I was browsing through Bianchi jerseys and started with that nice blue shade. The editors at Rouleur had feedback to use brighter colours [including Tour de France yellow and Giro pink – Ed] so I tried that – and the orange is a bit of my Dutch flavour.


“This assignment was more unique because of doing a double page cover too. I read up about Coppi and found that the Stelvio was his mountain. I thought I could use it in a kind of abstract way on the back cover, a nice shape I could add to the whole composition. I’m really happy with the illustration.


“I really like a recent portrait I did of Roger Federer (below), for the Dutch national broadcaster NRS. But so far, my favourite from my portfolio is one of David Bowie I did just after he died – even though my style has simplified a lot since then. But it worked really well and I still get a lot of good reactions from it.”


https://www.danielroozendaal.com/


Issue 19.8, starring Fausto Coppi: prisoner of war, Bjarne Riis, Tour de Suisse, pro cycling’s one-team men and Lorena Wiebes is on sale December 10 2019.

 

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Cover Stories cover story Fausto Coppi Racing Rouleur 19.8

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