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I Create Celebrity Portraits On Used Vinyl Records With Colored Pencils
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I've always loved drawing portraits, and have been drawing portraits on vinyl records for about 7 years now.
I was originally desperate for an idea for my printmaking final and was listening to the new (at the time) Bayside album which had lyrics "the story of his life is etched into a vinyl". It gave me the idea of attempting to etch portraits into vinyl records. I grabbed a few from the second-hand store and tried sketching the outline of a portrait on one to see if I could design the etching that way, and now here we are!
I never ended up trying to etch them, and don't remember what I did for that final, but I'm pretty happy with the results right now.
It would be my absolute dream to make this into my career, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you want a custom record or any kind of portrait.
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Alex Turner
Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys! Such a talented, handsome man. My favorite <3
Lin Manuel Miranda
Bruce Springsteen
Been a Springsteen fan for years. This looks nothing like him.
I don't know who more than half of this people are.
I wouldn't expect you to! I'd only added the more recognisable ones to this but got an email saying they'd made changes to the post and now it's basically everyone I've ever drawn haha
Hi Melissa, about how much do you charge for a custom drawing? I need a Christmas gift, and this would be one heck of a great, unique, and one-of-a-kind items!
These are amazing! Can't imagine they'd still work if used on new, untouched vynils though. Which is a shame because picture LPs are a thing but don't always look this good.
Omg Mel that looks spectacular!!! I am also an artist but you are way better!!! Keep up the great work!!
aw thank you so much!!!
I don't know who more than half of this people are.
I wouldn't expect you to! I'd only added the more recognisable ones to this but got an email saying they'd made changes to the post and now it's basically everyone I've ever drawn haha
Hi Melissa, about how much do you charge for a custom drawing? I need a Christmas gift, and this would be one heck of a great, unique, and one-of-a-kind items!
These are amazing! Can't imagine they'd still work if used on new, untouched vynils though. Which is a shame because picture LPs are a thing but don't always look this good.
Omg Mel that looks spectacular!!! I am also an artist but you are way better!!! Keep up the great work!!
aw thank you so much!!!