TrophyTrofeo

This pose makes me think of achievement or victory so I decided to make him look like a trophy figurine without the stand or label. I was surprised to discover that it didn't take many layers to achieve the look I wanted of a glowing abstract male trophy.

Trophy

IntrospectionIntrospección

This work is trying to show the model in a more innocent reflective pose. I'm very tempted to make another version with angel's wings. Here he is contemplating life in a pure state as if he was sitting on peaceful clouds.

Introspection

Jorge 1 PortraitJorge 1 Retrato

Jorge, Jonathan's father posed for me for a couple minutes at the party on Sunday. It was the first time that I've taken his photo so he looked a little nervous. I hope he likes it. I'm really happy with both the color and antiqued versions of his portrait. The only difficulty was deciding how many wrinkles to keep and how many to get rid of. They can make a man look distinguished or old. I'm hoping you'll find him more distinguished.

Jorge 1 Portrait

Jorge 1 Antiqued Portrait

Genaro 1 - PortraitGenaro 1 - Retrato

Genaro is a young man and he loves to sing and dance however I wanted to give him a more serious dignified look in his portrait. He is wearing a white polo shirt and eyeglasses. I made three different versions, normal color, color with sepia, and antiqued: black and white with sepia.

Genaro 1 - Portrait

Genaro 1 Sepia - Portrait

Genaro 1 Antiqued - Portrait

Jonathan 2 - Portrait Jonathan 2 - Retrato

I did this second portrait of Jonathan in three different versions, one "regular", one with sepia on color, and the other is my antiqued style which is black and white with sepia among other changes.  My favorite is the portrait with a sepia cast over the color.

Jonathan 2 - Portrait

Jonathan 2 Sepia - Portrait

Jonathan 2 Antiqued - Portrait

Fantasy Fairy in the Woods 2Hada en el Bosque 2

If you remember a while back I made my first fantasy artwork which is my masculine male fairly. I did it because I was tired of miniature fairy people that were either only female or they were extremely feminine males typically very boyish looking even though they seemed to be adults in overall shape. I was also very tired of fairy people always in bright high-key light playing wind instruments or dancing. I really don't think that is any more accurate than saying that Americans are always eating hot-dogs and that Mexicans eat everything with chili peppers. Generalizations are just that so in my quest to break the mold here is the next two works in my Fantasy Fairy series with male fairy art.

Fantasy Fairy in the Woods 2

Here's my "antiqued" version which is sepia enhanced along with a few other details.

Fantasy Fairy in the Woods 2 Antiqued

Jonathan 1 - PortraitJonathan 1 - Retrato

Gerardo brought his brother (ok, half brother) over to visit yesterday so I took the opportunity to ask him to pose for some quick photos to make his portrait.

If you live in Mexico City, you can make an appointment to stop by and have me take your photo for a portrait or you can send me high resolution photos to use (contact me on Facebook or Twitter for my e-mail address).

Here is the first in the Jonathan series which is a close up of his face. I tried to keep it simple.

Jonathan 1 - Portrait

Estoy disponible para hacer retratos digitales. Si te encuentres en México D.F. o en el Estado de México, haz una cita para tomar tu fotos.

Fantasy Fairy in the Woods 1Hada en el Bosque 1

If you're a regular reader, you know I love to experiment and stretch my abilities and subject matter.  Considering how I haven't tried anything really new for a few weeks, I started this fantasy fairy image last evening and you'll see the most up-to-date version here.



This is my first attempt at anything fantasy or at drawing wings so please, if you don't like it, add a comment with a specific suggestion to improve it (give steps!). I used Photoshop for this, but I have Painter too.(lo siento, aun no no hay traducción para esta entrada)

If you're a regular reader, you know I love to experiment and stretch my abilities and subject matter.  Considering how I haven't tried anything really new for a few weeks, I started this fantasy fairy image last evening and you'll see the most up-to-date version here.



This is my first attempt at anything fantasy or at drawing wings so please, if you don't like it, add a comment with a specific suggestion to improve it (give steps!). I used Photoshop for this, but I have Painter too.

I Miss You Grandpa - Remembering Grandpa Christy Te Extraño Abuelito - Pensando en Abuelo Christy

I Miss You Grandpa

Today's artwork was photographed by my parents. I only did the post-processing to make it art and something to share in his memory. He died last year in February at the age of 90. This photo was taken just a few years before.

Te Extraño Abuelito

Mis papás sacaron la foto. Solo edite la imagen y puse efectos para que sea arte y algo para compartir de mi abuelo .  Falleció el año pasado en el mes de febrero y tuvo 90 años.  Esta foto es de unos pocos años antes que fue a estar con mi abuela Alta en el cielo.

Gerardo 3 Portrait

Yesterday afternoon I did another photo shoot with Gerardo. I got some great photos in the the late afternoon light filtering through this tiny house's third floor window. His face was a mix of light and subtle shadow. I was up until about 2:30 am working on this portrait. I hope to get 1-2 more from yesterday's photographs.  Since you are wondering, yes, his hair is shorter.

Gerardo 3

In this portrait he is curious or surprised about something I said so his eyes are extra wide open!

Extreme Self Portrait

This post is to show you why you shouldn't leave Photoshop open when you're bored. It really isn't a good idea unless you like crazy images. This image is inverted with blue-green and purple highlights and quite a few other filters adjustments and effects.

Extreme Self Portrait

New Self Portrait and Avatar

I decided it was time to finally replace that old photo of me pre-digital camera with something I took and post-processed myself. Here is my self-portrait which I'm also using as my avatar on social networking and forum sites.

Self Portrait

(if you want a print, you can get one at Imagekind!)