F◎ursixsixさんのイラストまとめ

The work started coming.

At first, the interest was more in portraiture, rather than "my" style of portraiture. Still, the plan was starting to pay off.

Serena went viral on Tumblr.

Gambino on Instagram.

So I started developing the style more. I even experimented with non-portrait subject matter.

I continued experimenting.

Until finally I found the seed of something interesting in a portrait of Hillary Clinton.

It was not my most popular piece (for many reasons), but the key was that a lot of the positive response focused on the style.

I shared my journey on social and portfolio sites, which helped me hone in on what was working and what wasn't.

I created a series around the Hamilton cast that I'm proud of still. It had a good response. But I could tell that was more due to the subject than the art.

There had to be a better way.

I chose portraiture for reasons both practical and artistic.

As an artist, portraits had been one of the things I'd always struggled with

Practically, I saw that its many applications could mean steady work.

So I got to work. A learned fast.

A little over 2 years into going full time freelance, I found myself exhausted as I had spent that time pursuing every available opportunity to make a name and build a portfolio. It was a very chaotic way to go about building a career, but at the time I had few choices.

A closer look at the Corey Hawkins portrait I created for @topdogbway. https://t.co/OU7Wu8Xphf

I want to thank everyone who supported the last Happy Thoughts auction.

Congratulations to @braposo for the winning bid on the FATHERHOOD/MOTHERHOOD set.

And thanks to bidders @CryptoLothar @nightshiftc and @Sonsi_WAGMI who received the OG POWERUPS participation token.

Had fun putting together these derivs and me and @0xDannny's Akumus.

Thinking about taking on a few commissions. Would anyone be interested in that?