Billyboy

Love this, amazing stuff

WHOA !!!!!! this is SOOOO detailed and incredible, quick into my favorites it goes lollll AWESOME WORK

this is a great work.. I know he’ll soooo happy with this result!!!

Excellent work there Lisa.

excellent

LOL wow this is cool

Lisa, I just logged on and need a minute to get my breath back…

OK, done. And now I’m gonna try to describe as best I can the emotions that are running through me as I slowly take this in.
First of all, this is an event for me cause though others have done digital takes on my portraits, nobody has ever drawn me by hand. So amazing new territory. It kinda reminds me of the first major league ballgame my dad took me to (Yanks v; Washington Senators… so now you know how long ago THAT was!). I knew it was gonna be awesome, but I didn’t grasp the scope of the awesomeness till I was actually in that massive stadium and heard the first crack of the bat hitting the ball and felt the surge of all those spectator’s emotions when the first run was scored. So yeah, this is a major event. It makes me high and I feel like a totally infamous celebrity, and it feels so totally cool!

But what MASSIVELY amazes me is how you, without knowing me but for a few brief encounters on RB, managed to capture so many facets of my character in one brilliant masterpiece. OK, the spikes are a no-brainer (way cool how you did that!), but the brick texture on the one cheek… I don’t easily let people in deep. Lots of texture on the surface, but what’s inside is heavily guarded. The blues and purples and greens below the facial tones is my fascination with the melancholy… while the twisted and entwining branches backed by the misty star-filled sky is my craving for dark fantasy that wraps itself around me and pulls me into the night. Wow. Those brief encounters were even more connective than I’d thought…

Then there’s the eyes… Their true color is the mask, the blue is the depth beneath into which I seek the answers I will probably never find. On a lighter note, the red round the eye is simply my chronic lack of sleep… and somehow,, whether you know it or not, you got the fish thing. I’ve got a thing about fish. One fish, two fish… practice fish… Think I’ll take a sample of what you’ve got around my eye and stick it on the back of my car so everyone will know I’m a Christian. Or at least someone who digs fish for dinner 

Lisa, your art has exposed me. Friends and family will now know just how DARK I really am. And it’s about time. As art is worth a gazillion words, you have written a book. And one way or another, this piece will hang in pride of place in the Sanctuary in which I am now confessing to you my adoration of your soul, your insight, and your awesome artistry….

Which brings me nicely to the one thing I’ve not yet mentioned. My mouth. It’s real. Cause there has to be some part of this picture through which I can thank you in deepest sincerity for making my millennium.

Massive hugs to you… and a big long lick right up yer face!!
xo

Cool!!!

So very cool! :D

Excellent, can pick him a mile off, gorgeous colours!

fascinating work!

That’s funky excellent Lisa, and it looks like billyboy thinks it’s OK too, you really are a fabulous artist :-)

”...looks like billyboy thinks it’s OK too…” = understatement of the farken YEAR!!

Holy Cow.. to see his comment and your art really lifts my heart. Your capacity to feel your friends and draw them with such beauty and precision is heavenly really. I was smiling ear to ear as I read each of his notes of appreciation on your ability to reveal the magic that is Billy Boy. Brava my friend totally captivating work.

stunning work Lisa, fantastic image

Wonderful work!!!!

This is absolutely brilliant Lisa!

STUNNING!!!!!!
And really really FABULOUS work!!!!!!!

Great composition and it looks just like him…he jumps out of this frame…x

This is most awesome Lisa!! Now our BB is immortal!! :-)

amazing work xxxxxxxx

Killer job!

wow!!..this is amazing ..what a face ..so well done and the detail is wonderful!

Amazingly life-like, Lisa! :)

well done Lisa, you captured Billy for sure….........love it
xkc

Wonderful work Lisa

BRAVO!! BRAVO!! Whistling, clapping wildly! This is fantastic Lisa!!

fabulous!!!!!!!

Brilliant work!

Hey Lisa, looking at all these comments, one thing I never mentioned was how close a resemblance it actually is. Last night I went to the mirror and pulled the same face, then went back to my monitor… yikes… think I really scared myself this time!!!
xxooxx

well, I’m sc-sc-scared!
great creation. Did I mention being sc-sc-scared?

This is a wonderful interpretation of Bill, you’ve hit the nail on the head. I love the small spot on the end of his nose which you’ve left pink, it’s adds a small comic relief to what is otherwise a very accurate depiction of Bill. I like that you left his “real” – he’s kissed the Blarney several times and Bill, without his mouth, would be lost for wards! Brilliant work.

Ooops, that’s meant to be ” . . . left his mouth “real” . . . .

... lost for WORDS?
Yeah, right…

And yeah… the pink on the end of my nose…
That`s just from getting repeatedly slapped!!

Yeah! :-))

hm?very interesting, this billy boy/how long has he been out of??,i like the primalll scream effect, i,m sure he feels better after it is let out?,,and he can get untangled from the woods he was running through,but why was he running at all/?was he/bashful?and did not want to be drawn?what ever? you did a wonderful job on this gentleman, love your wild art that makes your model so happy too hugs funkyface hope all is well

Wow. Don’t think I’ve ever been called a gentleman before. Kinda puts a whole new perspective on my naughty puppiness.
Walt, yer art is amazing and I’ve got this intense urge to hump yer leg!

Lisa, rolled up newspapers just make me wag my tail!!!
:-)

What an entertaining portrait. You’ve created a “funky” feel to it. Love the way you’ve entwined billyboy in the branch and stylized the image so strongly. Gives me a sense that billyboy is part rebel, part crazy man. : >) – with apologies to billboy. : >D Thanks for sharing it with us.

Still waiting for the next one using this style :)

this is amazing what a fantastic drawing of BB, awesome what more can I say.
Rich.

gorgeous.. so interesting and really catch your attenton! great work !

Billyboy – guess who? During all those years that I raised you I thought I knew you inside and out and now along comes an artist and I am thinking – did I miss something???

Of course you didn`t miss anything… it`s just that as you well know I always looked bad in photographs, so fortunately lisa came along and made me look GOOD!!

All my love to you, and on behalf of Lisa (I`ll explain this to her as best I can…), thank you so much for this treasured comment!
xo♥

Whew! That’s a relief! All my love to you too! ooooxxxx

Lisa, your art work is incredible. Guess we all have a bit of mystique in us. BB takes after his father in wordiness and mischievousness too!

This is so totally cool! I’ve seen the original pic of my father-in-law….its a very imaginative and creative piece. It has a look and feel to some of Dali’s pieces. Keep up the good work!

wow! such an amazing portrait xxxx

Wow! Awesome work. Saw it in the VAVoom blog!

Lisa, your incredible talent is breath taking! This is so amazing – Bravo!!!! XX JD

This is awesome, what a unique style you have. :) Solar

so cool…beautiful work!

This is cool, very well done Lisa!

you are such a creative person! this is lovely – he must be so grateful to have been immortalised by you in such a striking way. awesome work

increadibly cool!!!!!

Those Blair Witch branches still scare the shit outa me…
¨.)

Nope. But IT’s tried to hang a sheet over me several times…
And now you bring my attention to it again, they DO look like chicken feet. First thought yeah, leave it to Rhana to bring chickens into it… but it makes me wonder… do maybe YOU have a thing about chickens? Like I’ve had chciken with cucumber and the two like go really good together…

OK, I’m leading you away from the point here, which is… every time I look at the original hanging in my sacred space, which is a totally unhealthy number of times a day, it reminds me of how awesome you actually are Lisa. Solid gold embedded in shimmering crystal. I truly wish for scrumptiously beautiful things to happen for you for making me smile so many times.
xo:-)

This is fantastic!!!