I’ve got four nephews. Three on my side of the family and one on Nizzibet’s side. I did a portrait of the one on Nizzibet’s side a few years ago when I sent out a series of postcards to friends and family around the country. He’s grown quite a bit since then and asked me to do an updated version.
He asked me to keep the outfit the same but to have his hands giving the ^^^ sign. I had to ask him to send me a photo of him demonstrating that. I have no idea what it means. If he’s calling for the destruction of Western Civilization don’t tell me.
Once he’d confirmed that I had portrayed his hand signs accurately I inked it up and then sent it to Photoshop for coloring. The white space around his hands was to make it easier for me to add the lettering to his t-shirt.
And there you go. Another young man out to make his mark on the world. And calling for the destruction of Western Civilization. Or something.
The angle isn’t as dramatic in this one, but it looks a lot better.
He likes this one a lot better too. He thought the other one made him look fat. Which it sort of did so I can’t really argue.