So I've been thinking about opening commissions to earn a bit of extra money before I go traveling. But the problem being I don't really have any examples! So I wanted to ask you guys to send me your interesting portrait photos for me to practice with and get some examples going.

You have to be willing to have the photo and the painting displayed in my gallery, and I would also appreciate it if you would answer a short few questions from me when the painting is done. There's no guarantee I would ever get around to your picture, as I have no idea how many people will send me one. I would prefer them to be high res also, not a tiny grainy web cam pic.

Things I would like to see - interesting angles, interesting poses, interesting lighting or interesting facial features, but these aren't necessary as if I'm taking commissions, I will be painting whatever the client wants.

Send your pictures to laurenelisefriend@gmail.com

I will post here when I have stopped taking pictures.