Digital Portraits


I honestly believe there is absolutely no comparison when it comes to the experience of an original drawing or painting vs. looking at a digital reproduction or print.

In my "digirealism" work I test this hypothesis to the extreme by making work look as though it were digitally produced. And, I have witnessed a select few stop stare at this work trying to figure out what is "wrong" with this "digital work."  
 
Yet when the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil was released, I was first in line to see what drawing and painting digitally had to offer. And, I have to say, it is incredible!

When drawing or painting with traditional materials, you have to acquire and inventory them. They can vary in quality, and when using them to draw or paint it seems like the universe is conspiring against you preventing consistent results. In addition, charcoal sticks where and break while brushes need to be cleaned constantly for precise work. The old way is just hard and beautifully so.

When working digitally, the finite and constantly changing state of traditional materials falls away. You can just draw or paint without stopping, lying comfortably on the couch, for as long as your device has power. This is extremely liberating! And, as far as producing commercial work like illustrations are concerned I consider it to be most efficient.

I offer digital portraits because the medium is so precise, I can do things that are just not possible with traditional materials in a shorter period of the time. As a result digital portraits are generally about half the price of analogue ones and can be printed on archival paper, wood panel or canvas.