Nomi neo trad tattoo style portrait

this one started out as a watercolour piece. I finished in procreate because the composition was a bit out. Reference from the wonderful draw Brighton as ever. Model is the talented Nomi
Making and creating is my jam
this one started out as a watercolour piece. I finished in procreate because the composition was a bit out. Reference from the wonderful draw Brighton as ever. Model is the talented Nomi
This one I had in mind a particular thing, but it took a different path.
I was trying to emulate Christian Ward but I simply didn’t achieve that but I did get a nice portrait in the end I think. I was trying also to be loose with the paint.
I do like the state of mind I get into when painting…
The triangles came out well I thought.
Well proud of this one though, the largest and best non digital portrait I have done so far.
Model is Naomi Rufina from the excellent Draw Brighton archive.
This is some portrait practice I did in Procreate after doing Gabrielles tut to see if I could do it 100% without guidance. It turned out ok I think. The Model Sam is from the amazing Draw Brighton archives as ever.
I have spent ages on this tut and I finally finished it so I wanted to post IMMEDIATELY! I am really happy with the result of this tutorial I did from Gabrielle Brickey (@artworkbygabrielle on insta) it was a fantastic tutorial and I learnt so much about portraits, digital painting and procreate. Thank you Gabrielle! I think there is still a few things I could do better but it has given me the skills I needed to take forward two other portraits I have on the go. I can thoroughly recommend the tut (she has 40% on her store rn btw)