Portrait Sketch

All of my portraits have a lot of shading, so this was an attempt at as little as possible. Done in 2011.

Portland Metro Scholastic Award

I won the Silver Key Award for my portrait! I entered this just for fun [I'd only recently heard about the competition before the submission deadline], and was ecstatic to find out that I'd won an award! This competition is held annually in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.

Splatter-paint

Here is the finished portrait! I took my inspiration from a photoshoot from ANTM [Thalia], but changed her expression and shifted her face a little. I also made up my own splatter paint pattern. One idea I've been throwing around is using actual splatter-paint...I'm not too sure how it'll turn out but it should prove eventful!

Finished Portrait!

Here is the finished portrait! I apologies for not posting earlier, school started and I've been busy with loads of homework and volleyball. Hope you like it! [This is the first of a set of 3 commissioned work]

P.S Like my new design? =]

Color Portrait - Sneak Peek

Sneak peek of the color portrait! I'll post a picture of the final one when it is done [probably in a month at the rate I'm drawing]

Oh Dear...

my camera is lost and all the lovely pictures I took to post up here are stuck on the memory card in my camera which is gone. =[

so instead, here is a picture of a nigerian girl which I drew in 2008...enjoy! [again, same stupid scanner problem]

NOTE: I looked at a picture while I drew this, but the photograph is the property of it's owner. When I drew it it was not for commercial purposes or profit and I made a few modifications to the picture. I am currently searching for the original website where I found it, and will post it once I do.

[B/W] 1/3 Portrait - 3rd block

Hello again!

As you can see I worked on the portrait again, though only for 30 minutes so far. I've found that it's easiest for me to work for around 30 minutes, take a break, then come back to whatever piece I'm working so that I can see any flaws and just look at it from far away to see the contrast I worked on while up close. I worked on the arm, sleeve, and part of the collar this time, as well as made the face less chubby. Clothing is hard, and I can't seem to get it right! Any comments or critiques are welcomed!

Total Time: 1 hour 20 min

[B/W] 1/3 Portrait - 2nd block

Worked on the portrait some more today, you can see that I made a few changes here and there when I was filling it out, the nose got a little bigger, the eyes a little smaller... I still have alot of work to do however, with all the shadowing, tweaking, and polishing that the face still requires. That's not even counting the rest of the photo. Hopefully, I'll be able to get this done before break is over!

time so far: 50 min.

[B/W] 1/3 Portrait - first step

Here is a picture of what I've done so far, the outlining took me the most time because I drew it too big, then too small, then too wide, etc. There still is a big chance it will change again, but only with small tweaks. You can see the eyes are still 2 dimensional, the nose has a foundation but still needs a little more.

time so far: 30 min.

New Work

I'm starting a new black and white portrait, and this time I'll be uploading photos as I work!

I'm also trying something new where I record the amount of time I work on it so that I can get a feel for how long I spend per piece.

I'll be posting pictures soon, but here is the original photo! [It's going to be a set of three black and white portraits - done on request]

Asian girl portrait

here is one that I drew last year of an asian girl.

I'm not really liking how the scanner washed it out, but it's the best pic of it I have so far until I upload a better one