{"id":10134,"date":"2026-09-11T01:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=10134"},"modified":"2026-09-11T01:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:43:25","slug":"daniel-keene-silo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/09\/daniel-keene-silo\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Keene from &#8220;Silo&#8221; | September 11, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10135\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png 712w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watched the Silo S3 finale &amp; -penultimate episodes last Friday, and I loved these episodes so much, I&#8217;m still thinking about them days later! Because of that incredible finale (and penultimate episode), I felt very inspired to draw something from the show. I ended up starting with a few sketch thumbnails while figuring out what from the show I most wanted to draw, and the above is the result of this experimentation. This one isn&#8217;t a finished painting and is more of another &#8220;sketch-painting,&#8221; as I drew it mainly for practice, and without a developed idea from the start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because of that, this is one of those paintings that I changed my mind a lot while figuring out what I wanted to draw. I was mainly deciding whether I wanted this to be more line-focused or painting-focused. This caused the process to be quite messy, and less straightforward &#8211; which I think is represented better by a process gif instead of stills for this one:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10134 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch-process-gif.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch-process-gif.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10136\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10136'>\n\t\t\t\tProcess gif\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.002-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.002-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.002-web.png 712w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.002-web-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10139'>\n\t\t\t\tWIP frame &#8211; I do also like parts of this WIP, where he was looking like a vampire for a while.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have a developed idea from the start, which is also what makes this more of &#8220;sketchpainting&#8221; instead of what I would consider a more finished or polished work. It&#8217;s also why the background composition is a bit lazy &#8211; I had Ashley Zukerman, the actor for Daniel Keene, in mind while drawing this &#8211; but this is one of those recall + construction practices, so I was drawing this from memory &amp; imagination, and not from reference. (At least, for the figure &#8211; I did look up reference for the Pez dispenser!) <span style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\">The painting probably doesn&#8217;t resemble the actor very closely, which is alright because that isn&#8217;t the purpose of this study for me &#8211; it&#8217;s to see what the result would be if I tried drawing from memory, to practice my form and construction skills!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But because I was drawing from memory and imagination, I figured the character from the show might not be the most recognizable. I wanted to add some narrative representations from the show &#8211; the helix and center pillar of the silo are inspired by the show&#8217;s intro (which I love very much!). And, the Pez dispenser is an important object from the show. I hoped adding these would help convey who the character is, and which series he is from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The beginning thumbnails were sketching out a few ideas soon after finishing the season 3 finale last Friday. I wasn&#8217;t sure what I wanted to draw at first &#8211; I&#8217;ve loved the show for a few years at this point, but I&#8217;ve never tried drawing fanart for it before now. I started by sketching the tree (which I read may be a kudzu plant?) from the show, and then ended up sketching the character from the S3 finale which most struck me. More in the rest of the post:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Spoilers for Silo S3 &#8211; including the finale &#8211; below.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There are going to be spoilers in this section!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t continue reading if you haven&#8217;t watched the S3 finale!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still here, I&#8217;m presuming you&#8217;ve watched the finale. <strong>If not, I warned you!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The character I ended up sketch was none other than Troy\/Daniel! I haven&#8217;t read the books, and I did not see this twist coming at all. The penultimate episode of S3 had left me feeling the tragedy of Daniel and Helen&#8217;s final parting. To go from this ending to the start of Troy &#8211; what a brilliant narrative choice. The contrast between the sweet and wholesome &#8220;Daniel&#8221; with the cold, almost unnaturally robotic &#8220;Troy&#8221; was such a delight to see from Ashley Zukerman. This actor was apparently in Succession, but I didn&#8217;t recall his role while watching Silo &#8211; I&#8217;ve been enjoying his performance, but man, what a ramp-up with his portrayal of Troy. Wonderful casting and acting performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10135\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web.png 712w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2027.09.06-silo-daniel-troy-sketch.001-web-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watched the Silo S3 finale &amp; -penultimate episodes last Friday, and I loved these episodes so much, I&#8217;m still thinking about them days later! Because of that incredible finale (and penultimate episode), I felt very inspired to draw something from the show. I ended up starting with a few sketch thumbnails while figuring out what from the show I most wanted to draw, and the above is the result of this experimentation. This one isn&#8217;t a finished painting and is more of another &#8220;sketch-painting,&#8221; as I drew it mainly for practice, and without a developed idea from the start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because of that, this is one of those paintings that I changed my mind a lot while figuring out what I wanted to draw. I was mainly deciding whether I wanted this to be more line-focused or painting-focused. This caused the process to be quite messy, and less straightforward &#8211; which I think is represented better by a process gif instead of stills for this one:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More in the full post: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[940,941,942],"class_list":["post-10134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-sketches-and-studies","tag-daniel-keene","tag-silo-apple-tv","tag-silo-series"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/sketches-and-studies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sketches &amp; Studies<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"I watched the Silo S3 finale &amp; -penultimate episodes last Friday, and I loved these episodes so much, I'm still thinking about them days later! Because of that incredible finale (and penultimate episode), I felt very inspired to draw something from the show. 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