Graduated from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and majored in Illustration. Currently living in Minnesota, creating portraits like the ones you see on this site.

If you want to see more work, or curious how you can get a portrait of your own you can find more examples and contact info on my website @

RealRisa.com

portrait illustration painting drawing

04/11/11

Featured On Conan Show!!

03/02/11

I wish...

06/13/10

I'm still here.

02/17/10

Work is posted on Kanye Wests Blog

01/10/10

I'm so Happy

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  Nicki Minaj

  Digital Painting of Nicki Minaj inspired by her song "Fly"

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  Adrian Peterson

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  Amy Winehouse

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  Ryan Tedder Portrait

  Drawing of lead singer of Onerepublic, Ryan Tedder. Inspired by their new single "Good Life"

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  Ben Gibbard Portrait

  Portrait of the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service. Two of my favorite bands. The imagery was based off many songs and music videos. He is very soulful in his music and speaks of the heart figuratively and literally. Since it plays such a big role in hi...

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  Portrait of Ami

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  Sia Furler Portrait

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  Badass's of Late Night

  Digital Portrait of Conan O'brien and Andy Richter.

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  Reggie Watts Portrait

  Reggie Watts is one of my favorite comedians! Not to mention a very talented musician. It was really fun trying to capture the silliness of Reggie in this digital painting.

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  Marilyn Monroe

  Digital Painting of an idol of mine. Marilyn Monroe

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  Eyedea Portrait

  Painting is in memory of Micheal Larsen, Known for his stage name Eyedea. November 9, 1981 – October 16, 2010 "In his 28 years, Micheal Larsen carved his initials indelibly in Twin Cities hip-hop history, inspiring countless people along the way with his feverish perf...

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  Kevin Love Portrait

  Made this Portrait for Kevin Love to Congratulate him for his All Star Selection!

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  Lady Gaga Portrait

  A mixed media Portrait of Lady Gaga.

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  Pharrell Williams Portrait

  A digital portrait painting to Pharrell Williams! One of my favorite artists! And the creator of this site! Hope you enjoy it.

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  Mike Posner

  Painting I did for one of the dope-est musicians out there: Mike Posner!

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  Self Portrait

  Self portrait inspired by my feelings of getting my heart "ripped out." Even though it may be sad, it's the start of something new. Don't know what God has in store. But I'll keep doing my work and we will see what happens. My first piece I've done in a while. ...

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  Norah Jones

  This Painting is all digital, I made it for Norah Jones concert she held in Milwaukee March 19th as a "Thank you" Didn't get the chance to give it to her though. I wanted to write something really corny on it like: "Thanks for bringing The Fall to Milwaukee" ("The Fa...

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  Mos Def

  This is a digital painting I made for Mos Def, and brought a 24x36 print to give to him at a concert Feb. 13th in Chicago with MF Doom. The concert didn't go very well, unfortunately, and Mos Def left very suddenly so I didn't get a chance to give him the portrait. But ...

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  Kid Cudi Portrait

  Portrait of Kid Cudi. I presented this to his crew before and after his concert on January 6th 2010. He received a large print before hand and after the concert I passed my copy on to the stage in hopes of getting it signed and soon after my pen and portrait had returned! ...

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  Rhymefest Portrait

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  Modern Day Cupid Chalk Drawing

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  D.A. Chester French

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  Seurat and a Jelly Fish

  For a class assignment we had to pair a famous person with an animal that some how characterized them. And for Seurat, a famous painter I paired him with a jelly fish because of their natural way of lighting up and their vibrant colors. Seurat would try to describe light withi...

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  Polar Bear in the Future

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  Pezzettino CD Design

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  Jessica Portrait

  Drawing made completely from small dots. This was one to a series of 6. All different part's of the body, this one focuses on the neck. Also, it was drawn on paper that I hand made from pulp.

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  Modern-Day Cupid

  Modern Day Cupid is inspired my Outkasts song "Happy Valentines Day"

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  Antique Farmer

  Portrait of my Grandpa.

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  Terrorism

  Spot Illustration for the word: Terrorism.

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  Portrait of Nicole

  Make up Artist

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  Nanhee

  Part of a Series of daily Portraits that I drew from oberservation. Each took about 45 min. More can be seen on my website: RisaMarie.com

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  Walrus Tee

  A walrus on a Shirt! Would you wear it???

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  Kanye Portrait

  This is a one hour Digital Portrait of Kanye West, one of my favorite Artists.

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  Self Portrait

  This is a Digital Painting of myself, I'm actually pretty new to digital painting. This is the second one I have ever done, and I expect many more in the future :-)