Portrait that I am doing of my dad for Christmas. This holiday I wanted to make everyone in my family a very special gift, so I decided to depict each member as a bizarro more sophisticated version of themselves. Ultimately all of them will be placed within oval shaped frames to hang or place where they choose within their own home.
Portrait I made that mirrors a portrait Craig Thompson, one of my favorite artists, had done years ago. But in his version, he had illustrated characters expanding out of his sketchbook in a real photo of himself. I decided to illustrate the whole thing as a dedication/tribute to his artistry, and hope to deliver it to him at his book signing on September 21st 2011 at the Harvard Book Store. Hope he likes(d) it!
My contribution to Gemma Correll’s “What I Wore Today” blog. This is pretty much what I wear everyday, sadly. At least people can recognize me by my appearance, and scent :(
And here is the colored version of me getting punched so you can really make out what is blood and what is my face. Take note, there is in fact a tooth in the spatter and the lack of one in my mouth. This is a typical morning for me in Boston by the way.
An older self portrait that I had stored away and just seemed to have rediscovered.
In order to take a break from doing the children’s work, I decided to have my hand at doing a portrait. Not one which represents my appearance, but rather my feelings and undisclosed inner sanctum that only seems to shine through within my art, and even then it’s just the tip of the iceberg. This portrait, “Embodiment of Self and the Reflection of Doubt” gives visual representation to what naturally occurs in my imagination. There’s a very faint hint of anything resembling a classic portrait, but I feel that it is more true to me than a clear profile. That which lies on the surface merely conceals the truth from within, and this is that shadow of doubt that resides there. I plan to add color and texture as soon as I can, but until then I wanted to disclose the pure black and white ink drawing, which is a whole world apart from the digitally colored piece.
