The Trainee

Patricia wasn't with us for long (one month actually), but that left more than enough time to complete a portrait. I think I should have made the hair a bit longer on the bottom left side of the drawing, but other than that, I think it is quite allright.

Mélusine

Done as a gift for a friend's friend, this establishes my position as baby-artist. No real new challenges here, but sometimes that's nice too. Mélusine is this little girl's name. I'm sure it means she's destined to do great things. :-)

Hail to the King

It's been a while since the last update. Well, more than a while, though I have a few updates planned now. This one was actually finished several months ago, but didn't make it up here until now because it was classified "top secret". It has now been published in the firm's legal review, a special edition dedicated to special member of our team, so I'm free to put it up here. I figured for once I'd do something a little less "dry" than the usual legal commentaries and I hope this portrait will manage to catch it's subject's true spirit.

The early years

Recently, when one of our coworkers' (that's you, Nicole V.) granddaughter was born, there was some pondering about what to do for a gift and it was then suggested that it would be really nice if I were to draw the baby's portrait. I did not fail to notice the motherload of the 'common' effort was resting on my shoulders, but what the heck. Results were satisfactory, although you won't really see it here, as due to lack of time, I had to make this scan on the work-scanner, which failed to pick up the shading of the clothes. The face and hand came out well though. On to the next!

Pimp My Charles

You'll have to click on the image for a closer look if you want to be able to see anything on this one. I have to warn you, the likeness isn't all that great. The expression is not a very easily recognisable one and I made it more difficult by hiding a lot of the face and head with the shades and hat. Still, faced with the choice of pressing ahead or deciding to 'bin' it and start something else, I opted to complete it since the fur texture was something I hadn't done before and it came out relatively well. This being said, if I never have to do it again, that will be fine by me...

Behind blue eyes...

Some of you may have noticed a certain repetitiveness in models lately. I must plead guilty as charged, though, in this case, it is purely due to circumstance. This portrait was expressly commissioned as a birthday present for the person who made the original. No, not the photographer, her mother! Anyway, I think this one's going to be the "definitive" portrait of Inge for now (and about time too, after all the past attempts). Almost a shame I can't keep it. Cross your fingers her mum will be pleased as well...

Le Cor(ps) de Kat

A return to a familiar model with lots of new challenges. This subject has lots of different textures and overall, I'm happy with the way most of them turned out, except that the horn itself is a bit too dark in places. On the other hand, the reflection of the room and the texture of the jeans are quite satisfactory. This preview picture is quite small, so I urge you to click on it to take you to a larger image. Alternative titels were "De Gehoornde Kat" and "Horny Kat", the latter probably putting my life at risk, so the wordplay on cor(ps) seemed like a safer bet. Of course, after writing this, all bets are off...