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As you guys may have noticed, I’ve
taken quite a liking to these ink portraits I’ve been working on this year. The
latest two additions include a self portrait and a portrait of Bob Marley. My
self-portrait was long over due, I try and get one done about once a year and I
actually plan to do another one before the year is up. It was the first time in
a while that I’d done an ink portrait and instantly I remembered why I like
doing them so much.
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Drawing or painting with ink takes
a wee bit of patience and you have to work in layers, building the darks up
gradually. Watching this process is amazing to me because usually, in the beginning,
the portrait looks nothing like what I’d intended but almost miraculously, it
comes together with the right amount of shadow and highlight. I always finish
my inks with some free hand detailing which is by far my favorite aspect of
inking portraits. These little squiggles and lines are barely seen from a
distance but when you get close enough to the portrait, they reveal themselves.
These marks have become a part of my style and they are so much fun and give my
artwork such a cool look.
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The second ink portrait is of Bob
Marley and this one, I’m very proud of. I’m proud of every aspect of this
portrait from the drawing, to the inking, to the video (because the art doesn’t
stop when I put down the brush, it continues into my video compositions). I’d recently
sold a Bob Marley painting which was my favorite painting I’d done to date and
so I felt like it was only right to replace that with a new piece for a couple
of reasons; First, to see how much I’d grown, and two because I missed the
other painting ^_^. Nonetheless, this portrait and it’s video are awesome!
Check them out below:
