Enrique Bernal He is a Mexican artist who makes drawings by hand, using the graphite technique. Enrique’s drawings are usually portraits of women.
These drawings are very well made, they are portraits with mixtures of different techniques. On the one hand you can see parts of the drawing where the portrait has many details that are very realistic.
Other parts of the portrait are made with pencil stripes. This technique is used by the artist in the hair of portraits. But for some reason that does not make the drawing look bad, on the contrary, the portrait stands out more using the mixture of techniques.
But the above is not the special thing about Enrique Bernal’s work, what makes them unique is that he adds glitters to his portraits. But that does it through digital techniques.
Enrique uses an app called Medibang Paint, to add glitters, which try to mimic the light projected by the Neon bulbs.
Hand drawn portraits, with digital glitters
Enrique Bernal’s steps to create one of his portraits are as follows; Of course, he first makes the drawing by hand. Then he takes a photo to edit in the Medibang Paint app.
After you finish adding glitters to the drawing, you export it and share it on your Instagram account.
The great thing about all this work is that when you look at one of the portraits, you cannot notice that it is digitally added brightness.
The first time I saw Enrique’s work, I thought I used colors to create all the brightness in the drawings by hand. Then I discovered that I added them through a program.
If you want Enrique Bernal to make you a personalized portrait, you can get in touch with him, through a private message. From what I read in the comments of his drawings, drawing a picture is not expensive.
We must take advantage that the artist is not so recognized and followed, to acquire one of its pieces at an affordable price.
And if you do not want to acquire a drawing or do not want to make a personalized portrait, you can follow a young Mexican artist on Instagram, that way, you will somehow be supporting him.