Daniel Farke
The painted Daniel Farke portrait for The Square Ball — Sargent-ish oil looseness done in a digital workflow, from the cautious-optimism phase of his Leeds rebuild.
About the Project
Daniel Farke — the German who turned up at Elland Road with a Norwich City Championship title on his CV and the not-at-all-daunting job of rebuilding after Bielsa. A digital portrait for The Square Ball, drawn during the cautious-optimism phase, before things got complicated. This is the painted version: oil sensibilities run through a digital workflow, chasing that Sargent-esque looseness without ever having to clean a brush.
Not to be confused with The Gaffer, which is an entirely separate magazine about entirely different gaffers.
Open any figure to inspect surface, print detail, and framing more closely without losing the overall sequence.
Sequence note
The closing plates are intended to read like a print-room pass: object, surface, and image held in sequence rather than treated as isolated uploads.
Process: Sketch to Final
