Finally had a chance to work on some new stuff recently.

Series 2 focuses on a few legends... same format as the the previous portraits:

Here's a rundown of the steps involved in creating the large portraits.

Using various rulers, templates, french curves and some ballsy freehand work,

the basic frame(based on smaller sketches) is done with a fresh sharpie:

Here's a closeup of the framework:

Before rendering the large portions of black, the initial framework is given a little padding to make filling in a little easier:

At this point, it's just a matter of staying within the lines. Adding the edging first allows the final Sharpie layer to go on in one direction giving the final piece a sharp clean look:

Here the black gets a quick once-over with a Charpak marker to cover up any streaking.

The gold is applied freehand using a Prismacolor paint marker:

The photo doesn't really do the gold justice... it really glows when the light hits it.

This is how my week was spent and I couldn't be happier.

Losing my "real job" almost 3 years ago turned out to be a good thing. Rather than pushing pixels 
for the man all day, i've been lucky enough to pay the rent by selling stuff like these portraits. 
Each portrait (based on the sketches from a few posts down) are done with Sharpie &
metallic gold paint marker on Museum-quality display board and measure 11.75" x 34.75".

I've already had people asking if prints will be available and unfortunately it looks
like it's not gonna happen anytime soon due to a few factors. I am, however,
open to making new sets by hand for anyone interested(that's better than a print, right?).
I'm currently working on new sketches of other players -past and present -

to convert to this format. If you're interested, feel free to hit me up via email at
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