PORTRAIT ARTWORK FOR FILM
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I created the original portrait artwork for Shane Salerno’s theatrically released documentary. The accompanying credits list my work under Xiaonan Sun.
View the creditsVICTOR SUN / XIAONAN SUN · THEPORTRAITART
Your portrait.
My drawing board.
I’m Victor Sun, the artist behind ThePortraitArt. I draw portraits from photographs, with an eye for the expression and character that make someone familiar to you.
When you commission a portrait, you work directly with me, from choosing the photograph to discussing the finished drawing.
FROM MY DRAWING BOARD
The drawings.
The work behind them.
A face, an expression, the light across a cheek. My work brings together charcoal portraits and films that let you watch them take shape. Here is a closer look at the work and where it has appeared.
A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO MY WORK
Portraits.
And the art of making them.
A selection of my drawings and the process behind them, from ThePortraitArt’s YouTube channel.
If the player does not load, watch the trailer on YouTube.
EXHIBITED AT RIPLEY’S
Two hands. Two portraits.
The “Ambidextrous Art” display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! shows my Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins portraits with a film of me drawing both at once, one in each hand.
Explore the exhibit imageYouTube featured ThePortraitArt as its December 2011 “On The Rise” creator. Read YouTube’s profile of my work.
AN ORIGINAL, MADE PERSONAL
Who would you
love to see on paper?
Tell me who you have in mind and why the portrait matters to you. We’ll discuss the photographs, composition and timing together.