Rafi Ben Aharon's Blog

Live Portrait

rafiba — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:29:01 +0000

I started a new type of Sketch Group session in my studio, live portraits.
Here’s the first one, 2.5 hours with breaks, oil on canvas

Steampunk

rafiba — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:44:58 +0000

Live model sketch

Plugged In

rafiba — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:51:14 +0000

We are machine

programmed prior to use

to process information and to function

food is our battery, reproduction is our purpose

We are made to serve natures needs.

This is an image I had in my head for a few years and I finally got around to actually make it.
Painted in Photoshop, the original is 5k pixels in length.

Mobster

rafiba — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:26:38 +0000

Live model quick sketches.

Brainergy

rafiba — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:14:37 +0000

Last week I went to Body Worlds exhibition in Rome, with my sketchbook. It was fun to get a chance to sketch anatomy from the real world. I never really drew a skull with a brain exposed till now.

I figured I can have some fun painting it. Here’s a quick light scheme I had in mind, kind of an electric energy glow in the dark.

Here’s the original sketch and another sketch of an old man’s skeleton

Sketch Time Lapse

rafiba — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:14:00 +0000

I traveled to Italy for a week in order to catch one of my favorite bands, Incubus, live in Milano… and well, it was a good excuse to go to Italy!
My brother had an idea to make a time lapse while I’m sketching the city hall building in the main square of Siena. This was about half an hour, a frame every 5 seconds.
I added a tune from Incubus’s latest album to go along with the spirit of the trip.
It’s called “Originals”, from the album “If not now, when?”

Falconet landing

rafiba — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:56:04 +0000

Played around with the falcon girl some more…

Falconet

rafiba — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:40:54 +0000

Continuing with the ink looking style, here’s a character I had in my head of a feminine falcon woman…

Self

rafiba — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:04:34 +0000

I was messing around with a different style this week, so to get it started I grabbed a mirror and made this quick self portrait. What I like about it is that most of the shapes are pretty random, it’s not like trying to get everything right. So this gives the image some energy and flow. I like the thought that if I do this again it would never lead to the same result. You can feel the moment.

Dana

rafiba — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:12:03 +0000

I made this 2 hour digital portrait as a good bye gift to Dana, one of the best people I had the chance to work with.