PenToolArts
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Announcement
Hey Everyone! I am a Digital Illustrator and College Professor of Illustration.
My students call me SENSEI. That's what the Red Letters up above say...
I specialize in Highly-Detailed, yet Stylized Portraits from Motorcycles to Cosplayers.
Announcement
Hey Everyone! I am a Digital Illustrator and College Professor of Illustration.
My students call me SENSEI. That's what the Red Letters up above say...
I specialize in Highly-Detailed, yet Stylized Portraits from Motorcycles to Cosplayers.
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Melinda on Apr 9, 2021 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsLove it! The artwork was superb and the quality of the sticker itself was great. My brother put it on his water bottle and it looks awesome! Perfection was inevitable!
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Vampurrra on Mar 12, 2021 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsAwesome sticker; heavy duty with crisp, clean colour. I will return to shop again! 🦇
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Kathy on Dec 2, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsVery nicely made sticker with vivid colors. Shipping was quick.
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Laura on Oct 29, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsThe stickers look great! My son loves them. Chris was nice enough to throw in a few extra. Well worth the money!
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Vampy on Sep 18, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsIt is an amazing sticker, looks just like the picture! Will be buying again from here definitely!!!!!! Chris is super nice to deal with*
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Matt on Aug 19, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsThis is great! Very happy with this purchase.
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Kyle on Aug 17, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsLove these high quality card stock trading cards! Please make season two soon!!
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William on Aug 7, 2020 Shipped to: United States
5 out of 5 starsAwesome collection of cards my wife loves them
About PenToolArts
ARTIST STATEMENT
My name is Chris Nielsen. I am an Associate Professor of computer graphics courses. My specialty is using the digital medium of the computer to create visual art. I have a Master of Fine Arts Degree (1998) in Illustration from California State University, Fullerton.
My personal emphasis is in the subject of portraits ranging from illustrations of Pets, to Motorcycles to Friends and Cosplayers.
With all of my portraits, I work exclusively in Adobe Illustrator. My work is completely made up of flat-colored shapes... lots and lots of them! I DO NOT work with any types of filters or special effects. I like the process of developing a realistic look in my illustrations with totally flat colors and abstract shapes.
Although all the portraits I create are based on my own reference photographs, my creative process is to go deeper into the reality you and I see and define a New Reality in the digital medium I use. I define the Visual Style of my Vector Illustration work as “Stylized Photorealism”.
My visual works are not interpretations of the reality I photographed. They are not literal copies of the subject in the scene. No... instead, they take on this New Reality from the fact that I am constantly breaking up continuous tones into a much more graphic, shape-oriented means to conveying surface details. My New Reality does not exist in the world that the camera can be used to capture.
My shapes and color changes and subtle additions here and there are strictly from the way my eyes see this New Reality... a New World of imagery that I can share with the viewer. In other words, through my work I am saying - “Welcome to my world.”
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Chris Nielsen
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My name is Chris Nielsen. My specialty is using the digital medium of the computer to create visual art. I work exclusively in Adobe Illustrator. I like the process of developing a realistic look in my art with flat colors and abstract shapes.
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Short Run Posters "a printing service"
Nashville, TN
Short Run Posters is the premier site for Digital Artist who work in the larger 18 X 24 Format and require Low Print Runs. They Print on 80 lb. Coated Cover Stock Archival Paper... which means exceptional durability, acid-free and long-lasting.
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I gladly accept returns
I don't accept exchanges or cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: