Hi. I am Mihai: artist, painter, illustrator and I'm bringing my talents to Steemit!

in introduceyourself •  8 years ago 

Hello all,
I just joined steemit and I'm looking forward to bringing my work here.
Some things about myself:
I paint/draw or a version of it since I was 5 years old but in the last 6 months I'm completely obsessed with portraits, human form and expression.
Most of the time I work in ink with a nib, graphite pencil or watercolors. I do experiment with other techniques but nowadays days these are my favorites.
I wanted in my first post to contribute with an original work for steemit so here it is:


Yeap, it's @dantheman!
This took about 1 day to finish.
A little about my process:
People rarely have enough time to pose for me the 2-3 hours I'd need them to [ understandably ] so usually I just take a bunch of photos and use those as references.
I portrait my friends, my family, friends of friends. Anyone who looks interesting and is willing to be photographed from all angles.
The process can be pretty laborious, with 10 to 30 photos for each portrait, photos I study intensely before and during the actual drawing. The more photos I have the best I can make the portrait "stand out" and closer to life.
A line on page is not a line, it's a suggestion.
This portrait of Dan was not easy to make given I had just a few photos I found on the internet. It could have gone better if I had more photos, or at least higher-resolution photos but I am satisfied with the result.
I wouldn't have put it up if I weren't, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, which in art can be a heavy cross to bear.
What do you think of the portrait?
I've noticed that people post photos of themselves so here's one with me and the date:

My plans going further:
I hope that I can contribute weekly or so with my work around here. I was thinking to portrait more steemit users.
IS anyone interested in that? If so, please comment and maybe add a photo of yourself. As I said though, you'll have to send 20 good selfies if I am to do a good job so mind what you're getting yourself into!!
OK, fellas, that's my introduction.
See you around,
Mihai.

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Welcome on Steemi! Aweome introduction post! Awesome drawings! I love them! Awesome idea! I would be interested to know if you'd be willing to draw me for some Steem Dollars! Private message me on the official Steem chat! https://steemit.chat/ I have the same name as here.

wellcome

Welcome @mihaiart! Some good looking strokes there man! I like to see more of your work. Do you use a tablet or old fashioned pen and paper?

thank you man! usually I prefer pen & paper cause it's more personal, I have a tablet but not too happy about it :)) it's ok for fast work and of course, undo always helps :)

What tablet do you have? I want to buy a Cintiq 13HD. I had a tablet without a screen, but I was also not happy about it.

now I have the intuos pro, it does the job but if will buy another tablet it will most likely be the cintiq 13 :)

Nice artwork

It is pretty cool work @beenasty , this guy is talented.
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Looks like I got some competition here for art!

Neat doodles man! welcome to steem!

@calva upvote a fellow artist for me

thanks man!

LOL, that's pretty good. I instantly recognized it from the thumbnail. Although it looks like a slightly more Russian-ized version of Larimer. If you're taking requests for next one, I vote Doge.

Thanks for bringing and sharing your talent with us @mihaiart!

Amazing drawings. I'd love to see more of your drawings, paintings, and illustrations. Maybe a post featuring​ your work?

Thanks!

buen trabajo.

welcome @mihaiart! I see your talent over here. I bought a cintiq 13HD to do some paintings but I agree that painting in paper is more personal like you say.

OK, i'm not artist but i think you guys have enough steemit artist to do a drawing/painting challenge like the photography challenge to which I have been submitting entries.

very nice,welcome to steemit
@mihaiart

That looks great man! You are super talented.
I hope you continue to post your stuff on Steemit.

thanks, that is the plan :)

Hi! Great works! You are really talanted. And that's just pen and paper. Wow!
Good luck in your work and in Steemit!
Please, read my post too: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@knyaz/hi-steemers-my-name-is-igor-knyaz-and-i-ll-be-35-in-two-weeks

👍welcome @mihaiart , great sketch...

Very talented, great work mate:)

thanks mate :)

Nice drawings!

As an artist maybe furthering this idea would be beneficial to you. Take a look at this proposal if you have the time Decentralized Steemit Marketplace

I like your work. Very sculptural. Upvoted & followed <3

You're so good with arts .
Im still wonder what im good at :/

thank you. everybody is good at something, just do what you like and you will find it ;)

Don't feel bad, you got company, alot of people ain't good at anything.

welcome to steemit @mihaiart

You gave me the inspiration to upload my own art here!
Thanks and keep up the good work!

Feel free to check out my debut post :)))
https://steemit.com/art/@martaxrodriguez/illustration-process-pics-and-video

This post has a Fresch-Koolaid grade level of +/- and viewing ease of oo%. This puts the artistic level on par with Charles Schulz and Stan Lee.

P.S. This is an ironic joke
If you don't (duH) understand the joke.
Then please don't downvote.

Staggeringly draw!! Nevertheless tints grey better pass a mood than color...

Great I'm gone follow your art. I'm also going to post only my original work. Feel free to check my art and leave some comments. Steemit needs more art and visual content.

incredible artwork, thumbs up!

thank you :)

Very cool, glad to see such interesting and talented people on Steemit!

What people that create art content are you following in steemit? Comment on this post with sketch. I m gone follow you and your art.

These are great drawings! Is the first one in pen & ink?

thanks! yes, nib & ink, the dip nib is more flexible than a pen nib and allows thickness variation

Good picture @mihaiart

Your art is very nice, I hope you stick around (and seems that you will).
Welcome to steemit!.

These are great! I like your technique. Welcome! -from one artist to another
Looking forward to seeing more :D

Nice work great that you are joining.