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DALE STEPHANOS: BREAKING BAD

October 4, 2013

Dale Stephanos’ riveting portrait of Bryan Cranston as Walter White for Entertainment Weekly was done on a very fast turnaround in the midst of all the “Breaking Bad” series finale hype.

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Dale, a huge fan of the series, explains, “I usually only do a few thumbnails, but the series finale hadn't aired yet and we didn't know what was going to happen in the story so I tried to keep to general themes in the series.”

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“After settling on an idea I did a (little) tighter sketch, got the thumbs up and spent a good part of the weekend finishing this piece while watching the Breaking Bad marathon out of the corner of my eye.”

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“I tried to touch on some of the familiar themes in the show while keeping the image simple. The blue background refers to the huge Southwestern sky, which along with the landscape is a major character in the show. The cracks and textures in the blue refer to the Heisenberg meth that Walt created. The skull is a tip of the hat to Gus as well as the many people who died because of Walt.”

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Tags: Dale Stephanos, Magazine, Portraits, Work Process

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