Bill Nye the Science Guy — Sharron Van Art

A portrait of Bill Nye surrounded by what I know him most for: His show, Bill Nye the Science Guy. I adored his show as a child and was honored to be able to draw an innovative portrait of him. I had a lot of fun in drawing this! His smile is infectious, and the piece is so whimsical I can’t help but smile when I look at it.

Can you spot the mini Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers?

Progress

With thumbnailing I started out with Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, and Bill Nye. I did a quick sketch of Nye with scientific items in the beaker. We chose that thumbnail.

I expanded the thumbnail to include a smoke cloud of the subjects he had on his show.

Here are my references and moodboard. It was just watching more Bill Nye the Science Guy than someone should in 2 weeks. I have not watched the entire show, and will make it my mission to do so. Am I going to succeed? We will let time tell.

I also found out that Nye had featured on Mr. Roger's show before, and that Bob Ross had a part in one of the episodes. I knew I wanted to put them in.

And then a few process photos for rendering...