Commission portrait

Sonia Stegemann on Instagram: “Portrait commission for @vickigeracipiercings 💜✨ * * #commission #portrait #illustration #illustragram #illustrationartists #digitalart…”

Within this self-portrait, I am exploring the complexity of my seemingly simple thoughts or daydreams. I am contrasting my outer, bored expression with the chaotic, whimsical doodles in the background that symbolize my daydreams. This goes to show that even when I look unengaged on the outside, my brain is thinking a surplus of thoughts and ideas. I enjoy both technical rendering and free doodling, which is why I decided to combine them in an interesting way in this piece. This contrast…

The tight cropping and close focus on the face gives this portrait study of a young man a contemporary feeling. I like the intense immediacy of this close observation and the insouciance in his glance. I love painting portraits that give a vivid sense of an individual while conveying a mysterious, unknowable quality. This is a print of my original painting "Over the Shoulder Glance" which was created in 2019 in oil on canvas. The original painting has been sold. There is a slight luster to…

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A bunch of my favourite portrait commissions.

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American artist Robert DeJesus continues to transform perfect strangers' photos into anime versions of themselves (previously here) and we thought it's high time to look at his new character designs. "I got into drawing and Anime during high school," DeJesus told Bored Panda. "Dr. Slump and Akira were the very first manga I owned and collected."

A bunch of commissioned portraits from the past months.