One of my own unique styles of portraits that I have been creating for many years are my montage drawings. This portrait of Gilli is one of my absolute favourite montages, I thoroughly enjoyed drawing her. Read about the portrait below and see lots of photos of the drawing framed along with a video too.
Here are a few photos of the portrait prior to framing, photographed from angles with my pencils to help show scale. This is a good way of seeing my drawing in a more natural way and closer up in detail.
Vivian emailed me from Hong Kong to commission me to draw Gilli for her friends birthday. Vivian had taken many wonderful photos of Gilli using a digital camera and so the photos were very high resolution and wonderful to work with.
Vivian had specific ideas of how she wanted the portrait to look, so we worked together via email, creating a number of designs for the portrait until we hit upon the perfect compostion. This is a very personal service and with my cleints I like to make sure they get the exact desing they are happy with before I put pencil to paper.
The cat portrait was also accompanied by a bespoke handmade stand Vivian purchased for the drawing to be displayed on once framed. Scroll to view the photos! This was a wonderful commission to be part of and I thoroughly enjoyed drawing Gilli. If you would like a portrait similar to this of your cat, don't hesitate to drop me a line at any time.
Hi Melanie,
That is awesome !!!!! Thank you so much !!!!!
It looks perfect! There is nothing need to change.
Thank you very much for your help!
Best wishes,
Vivian
Hi Melanie,
The portrait arrived safely!
It is fabulous!!!!!!!!!
Thank you very very much!!!
I can't wait to give it to my friend, I am really excited to see her reaction.
But I still need to wait for the stand, and is still not her birthday yet, not for another week...
Best wishes,
Vivian
I also took some video of the framed pencil drawing when everything was completed before packing the portrait ready to send. I hope you enjoy watching it!
Vivian commissioned a wood carver to create a Lego stand for the portrait to stand on. Read Vivian's description below...
Hi Melanie,
These are the pics of the "stand"...I don't know if you have seen the "Lego cat" before....but this is based on that ...... The hands, feet, head are movable....like the real Lego....and is made of wood. Hong Kong house is quite small...I don't know you know this or not....(hahhaah).....so I decided to make a small one...... It has been my pleasure to work with you ! To create such a beautiful and unique birthday present !!!! Thank you very much !!! Best wishes, Vivian
If you have a cat that you would like portrayed in a montage style drawing, you are more than welcome to get in touch with me at anytime. Visit my contact page as I have plenty of ways to send photos and I can design something for you, similar to the portrait of Gilli at any time!