commission_cigarbox

[ COMMISSION. ]

im not sure how i did it, but i completed a commission for a painting this past weekend.

i received an email around wednesday/thursday to have a painting ($100) done by sunday. the present was for their cousin (male) who loves cigars, hot women, and was a fan of noah’s fine art (www.noahfineart.com). i figured if i could combine the feel of noah’s art with the cigar-box feel, i could turn something out to the client’s liking.

i had a very busy weekend, i had to paint around my schedule -

FRI:     8am-11am: painted before a business lunch meeting

4pm-6pm: quick paint before dinner, work, then bday at a bar

3am-4am: painted before bed

SAT:    11am-3pm: painted before class and working nightlife

SUN:    10am-2pm: finished the painting before it was due at 4:30pm

[ REFERENCE/INSPIRATION. ]

“the golden child” by noah fine art.

cigar box (google images)

i wanted to incorporate a female figure and the idea of seduction without being blatant. i also liked the cigar box labels, so i found a way to incorporate everything.

[ FINAL. ]

finished product.

“(cigarbox) inhale.”

8″x10″ - acrylic on canvas

$100 commission

[ DETAILS. ]

mouf.

birthday boy’s initials.

“hecho por asia” = made by asia .

label. (cop the signature on the side, haha)

label2. (cop the shameless self promotion, haha)

[ PRESENTATION/WRAPPING. ]

i figured my client wouldnt have the time to wrap the gift, so i decided to do it for him.

in the spirit of ‘being green,’ i created homemade wrapping paper

i found some balled-up paper in my closet (left over packaging i believe)

painted the paper with gold paint.

doodled on the textile = finished product.

detail. happy bday hsu!

detail2.

backside (cop the shameless self promotion part2)

fin! yayyyy! ~