In my last post about my birds painting I mentioned that I was working on a hipster monkey. Although that was the initial idea it turned out to be more of a monkey-man than a hipster monkey really. I had all these ideas of giving him a t-shirt with some slogan like ‘monkey is the new donkey’, ‘I liked bananas before it was cool’ and I even considered ‘RAH RAH BANANAHAH’.
In the end I felt like all these texts would distract too much though and I left my monkey quite simple.
I think I spent at least 3 hours just on the little space within his glasses. Sometimes it is quite a struggle to get something exactly right, especially when it comes to eyes.
This painting is my favourite one so far. I am not quite sure why.
(Also, while I am writing this post I just realized that the portrait looks an awful lot like the current picture of myself in my sidebar. See for yourself! haha)
Hope you are having a great week!
Haaa he does look a bit like your picture. But he is super cool! You got the eyes just right! xxx
ReplyDeleteI know! haha. Not sure if my subconscious is telling me I'm a monkey or not :p
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ReplyDeleteI love this so much! So cute!
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So cute!!!
ReplyDeleteSo stinkin talented!
ReplyDeleteYour monkey is excellent. It is funny how similar the painting is to your sidebar photo!
ReplyDeleteI really like that *in-progress* gif! You have some serious talent! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! In my next post I added a video to give the 'in-progress' part even more attention :)
DeleteThis is wonderful! Seriously!!
ReplyDeleteHaha so cool and cute! And the eyes looks wonderful!
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This is awesome!! Man, I wish I could paint!
ReplyDeletehe is amazing, i think the eyes really draw you in!!! your attention to detail is amazing and your technique is photo realistic :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really amazed at how you are pushing yourself........I'm gonna go do some drawing.....thanks for the inspiration <3
Yay! So happy that you are going to draw too! Sometimes we just need to make the decision to make a little time for drawing/painting. Hope you are having fun with it!
DeleteI love this one. That giff you made of the process is amazing. I love his little glasses.
ReplyDeleteHaha I like making gif's :) Thank you
DeleteI am in LOVE with this monkey! I am happy to have discovered your blog (thanks to Loulou from Toronto)! xx
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Thank you! (She wrote such kind words about me) Glad you decided to visit!
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