Stuff I made for the holiday seasons, The first pic 'Yuletide' was created to be a very "christmasy" portrait....  Poinsettias, hollies, red/green colour scheme XD I was feeling the spirit.

Second pic was a concept I wanted to portray for the new years: 'Rebirth'. Having a naked woman break out of her shell, she still has tattoo markings on her body because transformation isn't always absolute, We still carry some old part of us no matter how much we change.

Happy 2017 everybody!

Yuletide

Yuletide Closeup

This series stemmed from an old and discarded concept that's been lying dormant in my computer since last year. I struggled for ages to complete it, due indecisive direction aka overthinking!

Rosa

Rosa closeup

Lilium

Lilium closeup

Narcissus

Narcissus closeup

Btw I'll be selling prints soon! Here's my prototype. (forgive the grainy photo)

Hello!

New stuff here, nothing much to say about them though. These were fairly quick edits I did during my downtime while my kids are asleep.

Fragility

Fragility closeup 01

Fragility closeup 02

Second Sight

Second Sight closeup 01

Second Sight closeup 02

Cherubs are most commonly described as cute pudgy little babies with wings, but after reading the surreal otherworldy description of these beings from the book of Ezekiel, inspiration filled up! 

Cherubs seen by Ezekiel included: Four faces - That of a man, a lion (on the right side), and ox (on the left side), and an eagle; Four wings - Spread out above, two were stretched upward and two covering their bodies; and many eyes.

finish this tomorrow? hahahahahahahaha

I started this piece in 2013 with a huge burst of inspiration, and half way through it was a dud. I couldn't complete it anymore, over the years I tried to rework and reinvent her until today! This piece has gone through many phases before ending up like this! Strangely felt like a weight off my shoulders have been lifted after completing this!

Alternate BnW version, might print in a t-shirt

Thats my grainy eye staring into your soul! remind me to use a proper camera next time. XP

Hello!

Long time no post, I've been on the fence on whether or not this blog should still be alive. Keeping up a consistent online presence has always been somewhat of a challenge to me, I've thought about migrating this blog into a proper website, or just removing everything and just sticking to Instagram. But then someone on Pinterest had pinned my artworks via this blog and now I cant bring myself to delete it. :)

So at the end of the day I'll keep this place alive for the lovely people who find joy in what I do. <3 Sorry for the lack of posts, I hope to change that.

So without further ado, here's a new post after 5 months of mulling!

Luna

New works up! wasnt sure what was gonna come out of it actually. I started with the CARAMEL piece, which was a zoomed out image with her shoulders and torso, but I got stuck halfway not sure how to finish it so I cut her up and made CHALICE. After a while I zoomed in and realised she looked better composition-wise as a closeup face :)

Hi ya'll

I've decided to reset this blog. I've been planning to split my brand and separate my commercial work with my personal work. This blog will contain most of my personal illustrations & digital imaging projects instead.

But if you wanna browse my old blog its still around at: rachelmantiri.blogspot.com
My commercial portfolio can be viewed here: rachelmantiri.tumblr.com

cheers
-Rach

EDIT: Some posts from the old blog has migrated here.