Recent portrait commission · Society of Figurative Art

Recent portrait commission

Just shipped this recent posthumous portrait commission of Denny. This was a tough one—working from a photo with bad lighting and resolution that was a little too low. The client also asked for some significant photoshopping, which always makes things much trickier.

This was one was good for me in setting boundaries with myself—I always spend longer on portrait commissions than I should financially. I noticed some issues with the values right before shipping, and I let myself let them go. The client had already given an enthusiastic thumbs up, and it captured Denny's expression well enough and some of his personality. That's more important than having perfect values.

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