Sufjan Stevens

This is a portrait of Sufian Stevens, done this summer at the Illustration Academy. 

His music being primarily "folk" I thought that having it in cut paper would give it that folky feel. Many of his songs are about the American landscape and certain cities and states. I placed  him in this "American landscape"( I tried). I made him like a giant, which is kind of a metaphor to the big sound of his music, and his pose, somewhat childlike because of his shy nature. Almost like the landscape is his playground for his music and experimentation.

It was fun and different from what I have done before, but there is something about this piece that I hope to keep in my work. 

I cut so many different types and shapes of everything that I could have made 4 of these pictures by the end of the week, haha.

Every piece was painted, cut out and stuck on. An enjoyable, but much longer process than I thought, but enjoyable nonetheless. Let me know what you think, comments, crits, etc. thanks!