Surprisingly the completion of this piece went faster than I thought, (36 hours) Enjoy. Animation portrait process of Mercedes from New York.
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Feature in Retro Lovely Magazine
Special thanks to Michael, Desi, & Edson for considering my work to be the first modern pinup artist featured in their magazine RETRO LOVELY (Jan 2012) also featuring Playboy's playmate of the year 2011 Claire Sinclaire on the cover and centerfold. Thanks guys.
A year in portraits.
A look into 90% of the portraits commissions made for my clients through 2011. Happy New Year.
Featuring
Ana, Fadila, Yoli, Samara, Jane, Alyson, Sivan, Jennifer, Christina, Jane, Miss Feeny, Lucia, Ana, Jae, Carmen, Zoila, Elda, Tush, Bebe, Lola, Ela Family, Kelin, Tina, Shownine, Jessica, Vintage Vandalizm, Tessa, Jamie Principle, Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper, Betty Chantel, Brittany Kaye, Tonya Thomas, Carmen B, Tabatha, Michelle, Chena, Anki, Charlotte, Miranda, Lauren, Samantha, Nicole, Myrna, Lily, Marilyn, Boos Bakes, Charity, Delancie, Sol, Rene, Brooklyn, & Melanie.
Lilly Bee Pinup
I was commissioned recently by one of my fans to come up with a design and illustration for her business. She wanted a sexy bumble bee complete with antenna and stinger basing it on an old pinup illustration called "Spilled Ink" by Joyce Ballentyne. It's a classic pinup art piece of a sexy pinup is creating art, yet having an "oopsy" moment and spilling ink. My client also loved the reinterpretation I used of great pinup master Enoch Bolles style of faces. She also requested a boombox with the Lilly Bee c haracter jamming out to it. Here is the end result.
Portrait of Amanda "Poppy Scarlet" Coban from the UK.
Vampire portrait of Bebe Bellamont
"Mother & Child" portrait of Antionette and son.
See real life Antionetter ---->HERE
Portrait of Elda Garcia - Owens
See real life Elda ---> Here
I transformed Elda into a classic Pin-up while honoring her heritage giving her an indigenous tattoo of the native "Taino" indians of Puerto Rico. The symbol is known as the "Sol of Jayuya" a town on the island still possessing many ancient petroglyph carvings, as well as adding urban "graff" stylings I love mashing together.
Curios about getting one made? =)
Portrait of Yolie Love part 2
Babes Broads Dames & Dimes #62 Portrait of Sivan
Pin-up portrait of Jane F.
Babes Broads Dames & Dimes #60 ANNE SARY
Portrait of Sara
Portrait of Chloe from Australia.
Sketch #53 "Samantha SamSam" - Babes Broads Dames & Dimes
Online shop overhaul
Yes I know. This past year my online shop has been caca. I have finally been able to spruce it up a bit an add some new things including facebook online shop integration. I am pretty excited about it although it's still a work in progress.
Enjoy
https://riceandbeanz.myshopify.com/
Sketch #47 "Laurizaida" - Babes Broads Dames & Dimes
Sketch #45 "Nickolette" - Babes Broads Dames & Dimes
Sketch #44 "Dawnie" - Babes Broads Dames & Dimes
Sketch #43 "Ceri" - Babes Broads Dames & Dimes
Ceri of SnarlHair.com