Paintings From Photo

Here are Josh and Amanda in process:

Here they are after the Battle of Salamis:

Looking better than the Persians did . . . .

Then I decided to add a finishing touch of Green Mushy Stuff, just ’cause:

Ta da! Not the most brilliant painting I’ve ever done, but considering I’ve been going through an artistic dry spell these last four weeks or so . . . .

Another moody shot of my lair. It’s nice to be painting a bit again!

Now that I’ve finished the portrait commission, I have also started a few new paintings. Just little ones to help me further develop my acrylic technique, but thought you might like to see them in process:

Yay roses!  I’m going to work on the red one a little bit more before my first student of the day arrives, ’cause I won’t get a chance to play with them this weekend.

Josh & Amanda

Why commission an artist? Well, there are plenty of reasons, here are some situations in which you may require a custom picture:

Perhaps you are an author, or roleplayer? I sure am! I find it nice to have a picture of my character to better help depict him or her to others. Or maybe there was a certain story you enjoyed and you would like that scene put into illustration?

Custom artwork also makes great personal gifts for friends and family.

Or perhaps you have a story, website, or other personal project that you may be working on and would like an illustration or graphic for it? I can do that too!

We ran and survey for “why commission and artist?”, and here are the top answers:

1) Because he/she is talented.

2) Because he/she is a friend of mine.

3) Because I love to have original drawing about my favourite characters.

4) Because I love to help people live from their art.

5) Because of their style or skill.

6) Because he/she is famous.

Today, we reached a milestone in SEO for this portrait painting website.  We came up ranked number 10, first page, for the first time, for the generic keyphrase, “portrait paintings from photo” (without quotes). Results will vary from day to day, and should improve in the next couple of days due to this post.

~Bob