madking & witness

portrait party in spaaaaaaaace! madking (portrayed above) and witness (below) take us there.

julie oakley & robin oakley

julie (portrayed above) may be unintentionally winning the current portrait party contest. she already convinced a child to draw her. her significant other, robin (portrayed below), sends her to the head of the pack with this portrait swap. it's his first attempt at drawing since he was in school.

teri c. & forever young

teri (portrayed above) and forever (below) participate in a weekly art challenge called Monday ArtDay. the challenge this was week was to draw a fellow participant.

thanks to the wasserman for encouraging them to share their drawings here.

julie oakley & xavier oakley

here's a proud moment: julie (portrayed above) convinced her baby boy, xavier (below), to trade portraits with her.

ryan white & france belleville

ryan (portrayed above) took another shot at his portrait of france (below). you can see his first attempts here.

craig thompson & jen wang

craig and jen crossed pens in portland but it was more of a party than a duel. jen drew craig (above) and craig drew jen drawing him (below).

Scavenger Hunt (A Portrait Party Contest)

the first portrait party contest went so well. i'm excited to offer another one.

i will trade portraits with whoever wins the following portrait party scavenger hunt.

contestants must complete a portrait swap with the following subjects:

a parent
a child
a sibling
a significant other
an old friend
a peer
a teacher
a hero
a stranger
an enemy

here are the details:

1. a portrait swap means that the contestant draws a subject and the subject draws the contestant. swaps won't be counted until BOTH portraits are submitted to the site. click here to share your portraits.

2. to be counted towards the scavenger hunt, be sure to include a sentence or two that explains who the subject is: a parent, a child, a sibling, et cetera.

3. i will trade portraits with the first person to complete all ten swaps. to take full advantage of the upcoming holidays, the deadline for this contest will be January 1, 2008. if no one completes all ten swaps, i will trade portraits with the person who collects the most swaps before the deadline.

4. when the winner is announced, i will contact you about trading portraits. when our swap is complete, i will frame my portrait of you (like this) and mail it to your favorite address.

if you have questions, just let me know.