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#IGFriendPortraits

I started drawing portraits of people from Instagram on March 26th 2013. The idea started as an excersise to keep me actively drawing. It immediately snow-balled into a series of people (most of who I will probably never meet in person) requesting that I draw them next. I have always enjoyed doing portraits, and social media has given me a never ending source of pictures of faces. Most of these drawings are based on "selfies", meaning a picture of one's face that is taken by one's self. I have taken something that is narcissistic, common, and disposable and turned it into a unique piece of a greater collective. Each piece stands alone quite nicely, but the true feel of the work is activated when they are viewed in close proximity with each other. Looking at a block of them is very similar to the layout of Instagram itself, a mosaic of color, texture, and personality. 
"Kevi the Great" 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Sara Bell" 2013. 11"x8 inches". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Disney Caite". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Beautiful Bailey". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Hello". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Party Animal". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Love Eyes". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Sweet Skye". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Zappa Fan". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Hair Bow". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Internet Selling". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Billy Babe". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Sober Cutie". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Fire Fighter". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Forgotten CHeese". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Forgotten Cheese's Wife". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Jazzy" 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Mary Saint Vegan". 2013". 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Tom Foolery". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Em & Sprout's Mom". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"The Bow Maker" 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Umbrella Neck". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Red Head Princess". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"M.M." 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Flakey Douche". 2013" 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Side Pony Tail". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Sexy Viel". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"V. Sexy". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Please Stop". 2013". 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Flamingo Vintage Candice". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. SOLD.
"Pretentious". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Hello Eyes". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Fellow Internet Artist". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Big Eyes". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Big Eyes' Little Sister". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Jake Trouble Maker". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Annie". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Her Name Starts With a D". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Mustache You a Question". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Lizzy". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Teeth". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Finland Lover". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Mod Goddess". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE>
"Childlike Empress". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
"Nora Vulcan". 2013. 11"x8". Ink on cardboard. FOR SALE.
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