In an earlier post I discussed how Garry Colby created an oil portrait of Donald Trump – a different approach from his normal digital style. Obviously, painting on canvas is time consuming. In the real world we are well aware that clients want artwork created quickly due to tight deadlines. So…back to portrait illustration created digitally!

The stylized portraits of Barak Obama and Sarah Palin started with a pencil sketch and then a comp in acrylic. Final rendering was completed in Photoshop.

Using another approach for the portrait of Ron Paul – Garry created a sepia of the b&w sketch and “toned” the paper. Final rendering again completed in Photoshop. The advantage of creating these illustrations digitally? As opposed to a traditional oil painting – all of these portraits can be accomplished in 1-3 days!