Well, Walter White is dead and Jesse Pinkman is headed off to who knows where. It was a great ending to a great show. I wish I had gotten into it sooner, I may have been drawing these portraits for years and making nice side cash. These have been hugely popular in the past couple months. I sold a few singles then I was commissioned to do this set of six Breaking Bad, and the same client now has me on nine Sopranos actors. You can click these pics to see more detail.
I'm working on the fourth, fifth and sixth Sopranos pieces now for the next triple. I get one, sometimes two portraits done in a week. It's funny, my whole life I declined portrait work. I need the finished result to be very very close for me to be happy with my work, and for me at least, I need to use this particular technique on very textured paper to be able to do it without getting too frustrated. In the past I think I didn't realize that the size I'm working at and the texture were much of what makes it possible.
I think if I'm not commissioned for anything new after The Sopranos, I might do a nice set of The Walking Dead people.
Updated 12/10/13
Here's the second triple with Christopher, Junior, and Bobby.
And the third and final Sopranos piece featuring a few bad guys, Phil Leotardo, Johnny Sack, and Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero.
I'm being commissioned to do some larger, single piece collages for Game of Thrones next. Each family or clan will have about five portraits involved. I haven't seen the show yet but I suppose I'll have to get on that so I know who I'm drawing. I was glad to have finally gotten around to seeing The Sopranos. It was good, a lot of whackings, but I thought at times it could have been a little edgier. I binge watched this show also, like I did with Breaking Bad. Looks like Game of Thrones is next. There was nothing in any of my art classes about any of this miniseries crap. LMAO.
