Hello and welcome to my website where I create various types of portrait art from your photos. Being an Australian portrait artist in Brisbane I do most of my work in my studio at home. I've been working in the creative industry for well over 15 years whether it be as a graphic artist, web designer, creating tattoo designs or various other fine art projects.
One thing that stands out to most people seem to like is the attention to details within my graphite drawings and the ability to improve it from the supplied reference. However, I don't work with just one select medium, I also use many others that I've learned and applied in previous adventures during my journey as an artist. While the website is only new, I've been commissioned to many various jobs throughout my life.
I was born in Australia, lived all my life in Australia with my partner and two children plus extended family whom I'm very lucky to have supported me in my journey for all things art related. I love Australia and proud to be called an Australian, however, I wish to one day travel the world and explore different cultures, lifestyles, and FOOD.
Why do I do custom portrait drawings & art?
I benefit and take a lot of pride in the work that I do, not just for financial reasons but for my own well-being. It's my own self-made therapy where I can either get away from life's ever-changing stresses and challenges unconsciously resolving them during the process of creating time-consuming pieces.
I love hearing the stories about the subjects I draw and get a lot of requests to create custom portraits of family members that have passed. I get satisfaction & take great pride in doing this type of portraits & focus all my attention on making sure the final result is something that will be treasured.
I do my utmost to capture the essence of what the drawing needs to portray such as a character's smile, squint of the eyes etc anything that makes them unique. I've heard multiple times from people I've worked with say I evoke emotion for the person viewing as I'm able to not just redraw a photo of the person but capture a bit of their soul.
That's my goal to not just be a human printer but to improve on the references supplied and create that unique one of a kind portrait that you will enjoy for many years.
While I do mostly people portraits, I also enjoy drawing pets, dogs & horses which seem to be the most common requests. It comes as no surprise but drawing hair & fur for me is relaxing when drawn stroke by stoke layering each strand repetitively. I'm rather flexible and capable of creating combinations of pet & people from multiple photographs.
History of portraits done by Daniel Parkyns
In the past, I've been known to create tribute portraits drawings of famous actors and other artists that had passed away that I admired at some stage of my life. During my downtime, I will continue to create these in the future. Here are some popular pieces I've done.
Tribute Portrait Drawing of Robin Williams by Australian portrait artist Daniel Parkyns
