Nathan Manire is a talented illustrator from New York — who creates what is best described as pixel paintings of celebrities — recently updated his site with new work including portraits of some of his favorite artists like Snoop Dogg, David Bowie and Hunter S. Thompson. I asked him to send me some pictures of his process and he kindly replied with these great shots above.
While Nathan paints he creates swatch palettes with all the colors that he uses for a painting. He scans the palettes and uploads them to his flickr account. It’s interesting how these lovely swatch palettes become works of art and can easily be seperated from the illustrations as a byproduct of the process.
Thank you Nathan for the insight.
