Simón Bolívar has been one of my most requested works, right up there with Cleopatra and Mary, Queen of Scots. So glad I finally got around to researching and creating his portrait. Bolívar was amazing, known also as El Libertador, he was a Venezuelan leader who led what are currently the states of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire in the early 1800s. He later became the president of Gran Colombia, a state which included present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. During his campaigns, Bolivar rode over 123,000 kilometers on horseback, which is 10 times more than Hannibal, three times more than Napoleon, and twice as much as Alexander the Great.
Stayed tuned on the Patreon account for a quick tutorial on the Curves tool in Photoshop and how it is one of my most integral tools for recoloring and creating these images!
Left Portrait: Public Domain, Right Portrait base: iStock Photo. Information source: Wikipedia.
