http://redtiestudios.com/blog Illustrated Portraits by Red Tie Studios, read our news and see what projects are progress. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michele Pagano's illustrated portrait was finished at 12"x18" as a thank you and goodbye gift given by one of his Ph.D interns. What a unique gift! http://redtiestudios.com/blog/finished-portrait-michele-pagano/ We made some changes to the details in the composition for the portrait of Michele Pagano. The first set in red, the second in green, and the final drawing in black. This is now ready to to be cleaned up and painted with comic book colors. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/michele-pagano-update/ Brittany's illustrated portrait gift was finished at the large poster size just in time for the goodbye party at her company. The final artwork is set off by a bright color scheme which carried the theme of having fun in California. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/finished-portrait-brittany/ We drew different versions of Brittany, hoping to capture her personality through reference photos taken by Eddie Vasquez. These finalized drawings are going to be compiled into the final artwork for the portrait. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/brittany-drawings/ This illustrated portrait was a going-away gift for a coworker that was leaving to pursue opportunities in California, where she is from. She has a very fun, high energy personality that we wanted to show.The rough sketch was done knowing that we wanted the portrait to fit into a typical ... http://redtiestudios.com/blog/portrait-brittney/ We were contacted recently by Ph.D. candidate David Frescas from New York, who wanted to give the gift of illustrated portraiture to Michele Pagano, award winning scientist, and his research instructor.We love working with people who know what they want just as much as the ones who leave us completely ... http://redtiestudios.com/blog/portrait-michele-pagano/ Worked on Maddison's face and finalized the tone and lighting, we are very happy with it now! It got increasingly more exciting to work on it as we saw it all coming together. Be sure to visit the portfolio for the finished portrait of Maddison. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/finished-portrait-maddisons/ 30 minute value study. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/value-study-djp/ Another one over an hour. Trying to capture the essence of what makes a person instantly recognizable in a portrait, and doing it quickly. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/color-study-av/ This one took over an hour, I wasn't satisfied with how the likeness was coming along at the 30 minute mark, so I kept working on it. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/color-study-ms/ Stopped at half an hour on this color study. I think the likeness came out really well for the short amount of time spent on it. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/color-study-of-jmp/ Practicing some speed painting with emphasis on likeness, this one took just over an hour. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/color-study-of-tony/ It's important to always keep your skills sharp by using them constantly and challenging yourself repeatedly so that you can grow. Here is a quick 20 minute study of us. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/quick-study-of-us/ For Tanner and Cara's portrait, we started out formulating the theme through details in the costumes. Using their photo as reference, we changed elements of their original pose to create a more intimate embrace. We built the steampunk theme into the portrait knowing their interests in that subject. This will ... http://redtiestudios.com/blog/tanner-and-cara-line-drawing/ Tanner requested a portrait from Red Tie Studios to act as a creative interpretation of his relationship with his girlfriend Cara, for an anniversary gift.This is a study done from a source image sent via email that was necessary to understand Tanner's bone structure; an understanding that will be applied ... http://redtiestudios.com/blog/tanner-study/ Maddison's portrait is building some values and color. Her green eyes are so captivating and framed perfectly by the dark red hair. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/maddison-painting/ We took that original rough sketch of Maddison's portrait and created a clean line drawing to place all of the details of the painting and finalize the composition. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/maddison-line-drawing/ Maddison requested that her portrait be deep in color and mood to represent her introspective nature. We got to work right away sketching a scene that spoke of magic and mystery. A place to be perfectly alone and meditative. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/maddison/ We are celebrating the launch of the new Red Tie Studios company website! We hope you enjoy all of the additional features and information available on commissioning your very own Red Tie Studios portrait. http://redtiestudios.com/blog/welcome/