The three things I keep when I redraw a face
My own face was the first one I redrew. The photo wasn't even mine, my parent picked it.
What kept it mine wasn't the style. It was three small facts: the clear frames, the braces, the way the afro sits. Those are the person. Everything around them is a costume.
So that's how I work now. Before I draw anything I write down the three or four things that are unmistakably them. Then I draw around those. Not the vibe, not the pose. The things you'd clock from across a room.
If you send me a photo, I tell you what I see before any money moves. If the face doesn't come through in what you gave me, I say so and we stop there.
One photo in, one redraw out. 48 hours. $25 by card, one revision. Write to [email protected].