Tiny Talk with Jacqui Oakley

I fell in love with your work via Dribbble, I believe, way back when that thing started (10+ years ago). Your portraits were stunning then and they’re even better now. Has your creative process for capturing someone’s likeness changed over the years? Thanks so much Ty! Really appreciate the kind words. My early portraits for Rolling Stone, Vibe and Spin magazine were all painted in oils and FedEx’ed to NYC to be scanned in their offices. This was over 20 years ago so things have changed a lot. These days I get hired to do a lot of black and white portraits which I always enjoy inking by hand. I love the tactile feel of paper and ink and getting away from a screen for a while. When colour is needed I now will scan the inks and colour in Photoshop. I find doing some of the process analog makes me feel a bit more connected to the subject, and I always appreciate the happy accidents and character that can happen when drawing by hand. What’s an unconventional thing—has nothing to do with…

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