Digital (Vector) Custom Portrait Of Family Member
This is a digital painting (sometimes referred to as vector art) which I created from a photograph I shot of my niece Rachel. When I do a portrait like this, I first reduce the photograph to lights and darks. Then, using a digital tablet and Photoshop, I draw geometric outlines of each area of light or dark on separate layers. When that's complete and the layers are working together and I'm happy with the likeness and the feeling of the piece, I begin adding color. Color is kept pretty naturalistic, of course, except that I sometimes take liberties with the colors of the clothing and the background. Each portrait, if it goes well, takes a couple of days to do. The finished portrait is 13"x19" and is printed on heavy stock with archival inks for rich color, detail and long life. It's shipped rolled in a heavy-duty tube and is ready to take to the framer's.
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ABOUT ME
I've been working professionally as an artist for 35 years, but I've actually been doing portraits for longer than that. I began doing pencil portraits when I was still in high school, and over the past 45 or so years I've done hundreds of portraits in pencil, acrylic, and more recently, in digital form.
ABOUT MY WORK
Portraits are just one part of my work. I'm a fairly versatile artist, creating landscapes, figurative work, and abstracts, as well as the occasional graphic-design assignment. I'm good at many things because I've spent many years learning and refining my craft, doing my best to maximize the talent I began with.
Although portraiture is just one aspect of my work, it is my favorite. Faces have always been my favorite subject, and the one I'm best at.
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