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by Brian Skinner

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Digital Portraiture by Brian Skinner

Manhattan Group Publishers is pleased to offer the following service. Beginning with a simple line drawing, sketch, or photo, the artist creates a richly textured original artwork which incorporates elements from the background, occupation, or interests of the subject.

 

The Mask Series

In the Mask Series, the male face is rendered in a variety of textures expressive of different sculptural media: clay, wood, ice, tile — even light itself. The final realization in this series became the album cover for the European techno group Electronic Image.

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The Male Image Series

The Male Image Series is an uninhibited celebration of the male form in a variety of homoerotic contexts from the mild to the more extreme. The first three compositions are the result of a collaboration between artist Brian Skinner and Chicago photographer Frank C. Failing, — three distinct interpretations of a young male model. At the other end of the spectrum are the two Dream Blankets, Druid's Rapture and The Pool of Narcissus, and a simple sketch of two clasped male hands.

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The Chris Series of Male Images — Photos ©1999 by Frank C. Failing — Digital Interpretations ©2001 by Brian Skinner

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Digital Portraits

The following images show a few steps in process of creating a digital portrait. Beginning with the black-and-white head shot of New York City actor and musician Anthony Chase Fountain, the photo is cropped, colorized, and texturized, the final version rendered as a mosaic image.

Anthony's portrait was later incorporated in a full-body sketch that was then turned into the quadtone (four colors of ink) image that provided the inspiration for Dream Blanket No. 24 — The Pool of Narcissus.

Additional, more conventional, portraits may be viewed here: Formal Portraits

Dream Blankets •• Masks •• Male Images •• Fort Tryon •• The Cloisters •• Works-in-Progress •• Catalogues
•• More of What's New •• Events & Exhibits ••

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LIST OF GALLERIES

LIST OF CATALOGUES

For Series Catalogues & Price List, follow the red links.

To view the other series of Giclée Prints, follow the blue links.

Dream Blanket Series

Mask Series

Mask Series Catalogue

Male Image Series

Male Image Series Catalogue

Fort Tryon Series

The Cloisters Series

Price List

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