From beginning…
to end…
This portrait commission was so much fun! Cheryl is a longtime friend (we were on Livejournal together!) so I feel like I know her pretty well. Painting a portrait of someone you are friends with is totally different than someone new–I had a picture of the piece in my mind well before I even picked up a pencil to start.
Cheryl left most of the content up to me, but did mention that she was a Japanese and all things cute fanatic. Well, of course, that might be part of why we’re friends! I had to resist putting Hello Kitty peeping over her shoulder and opted for floating sushi and paper lanterns instead.
Want a portrait like Cheryl’s? Check out my revised portrait packages here. The holiday season is just around the corner, and I’m only taking a limited number of orders, so gogogo get your email on. xoxo
Jenn
October 3, 2011
This is so well layered, balanced, and overall adorable. One of my favorite commissions of yours yet!
Cammila
October 6, 2011
Livejournal represent!! I just met a friend in real life recently who was an LJ friend about 5 years ago, but we never met in person before. I find that it’s hard to explain to folks these days what LJ was like; the oddly intimate online relationships that you’re able to forge when you’re sharing longform discussions about your inner and outer life with a locked down group of maybe 20 people. It was a moment in time, for sure.
Anyway, I’m going to become a broken record with my comments on your work, but I really love how much dynamism you capture with these portraits. There’s a feeling of movement — I get the vibe from Cheryl right away.