PORTFOLIO
The following works are a collection of client commissions and personal studies.
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This piece was an exploration of texture through a new style to break away from the focus of realism in my previous work. It felt necessary to experiment with texture because the model’s beauty could not be expressed through soft blends of color alone.
My first commission gave me the opportunity to work with a direct source of warm light. I used bold, red line weights throughout the drawing to give it a cartoonish effect while emphasizing the model’s animated and outgoing personality.
This three-piece commission was a fun mix of my earlier styles. I focused on drawing the most thoughtful looking photo with a realistic approach, avoiding defined outlines and letting the colors overlap each other. The remaining photos were drawn with outlines to give the playful expressions a cartoon effect to contrast the neutral mood conveyed in the first drawing.
This quick piece was part of my early series of works drawn in a combination of cartoon and realistic art styles as way to experiment with techniques and software. The comic and cartoon style has always resonated with me greatly since I had grown up reading comics while also creating my own.
It was a challenging but enjoyable piece to complete, and it is one of my first attempts at including a detailed background behind the subject. It is an expression of art within art. I chose to do this piece using a wide of variety of brushes to capture model Silvia Black’s gothic look to contrast with the light colors of the painting behind her. As a result, she is drawn the softest in appearance against the rugged textures within the scene.
The following light and draped cloth study was another test of my skills because of the dimensionality of a face under a veil. I chose to draw the red fabric and the face together as a single layer as if the model’s face was morphing out from beneath the veil. The color of the veil was fitting to portray the intended emotion and provide contrast to the accompanying elements of the piece.
This commission was to be a piece of wall art for a friend. The reference photo is a beautiful clash of items from two separate historical eras represented by the armor and the cigarette in the subject’s hand. It was from this observation that I went into this drawing with a painter’s approach. My intention was to make it appear as if it may have been a painting from the Renaissance era. I ended up with two finished versions of this painting: one with a golden halo and one without. To me, the original photo itself is a masterpiece, and I am pleased to have had the opportunity to paint such a magnificent photo.
