Lorna Alkana

Eco Apothecary – Portrait of Danielle Bray and her Potions

April 29, 2013

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The Stop In Station in Silver Lake is a new and developing co-op that is filled with the type of people I want know…and draw. (Cafeina Galeria – Hot Mess Vintage – Saint of Me – Eco Apothecary) This is a portrait of Danielle Bray, the owner and mixing-mama (sexy-scientist?) of the Eco Apothecary. I’ll take you through the process…

I added an exciting gradient behind Danielle and her bottles.

This following is without the gradient:

I added a glow to the blue bottle in Danielle’s hands because I felt it got a bit lost in all of the other colors. At first I struggled with how much to draw and leave out. After I figured out how I wanted to use lines (for the bottle and face details in particular) I added the Eco Apothecary name (which is Danielle’s font). Per request, I created a wooden frame, which was super fun to draw. I played with emboss, shadow, and grain to create a wood feel. I did some copy/pasting for symmetry.

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eco apothecary 16x20 website+signature frame test

I like the way it turned out! What do you think?

5 responses to “Eco Apothecary – Portrait of Danielle Bray and her Potions”

Allyson Mellone

April 29, 2013 at 10:32 pm

I really love what you did with the image! There is a new dimension of life and movement :)
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April 30, 2013 at 3:52 pm

[…] Station” which includes the vintage store, a coffee shop/art gallery (Cafeina Galeria), the Eco Apothecary (which I recently drew), and Eden Condensed. If you’re in the Silver Lake area you should […]
Lobster McGee

May 2, 2013 at 11:21 am

I love how you made the crescendo of bottles!!!!!!!!! Really cool effect!!!

(I’m not sure if “crescendo” is the right word)
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May 3, 2013 at 3:00 pm

[…] This is one of Danielle’s beautiful bottles. […]
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May 3, 2013 at 4:03 pm

[…] Station” which includes the vintage store, a coffee shop/art gallery (Cafeina Galeria), the Eco Apothecary (which I recently drew), and Eden Condensed. If you’re in the Silver Lake area you should stop […]