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Yvie Johnson

Portraits

Yvie creates digital portraits with software such as Adobe Fresco on her iPad. This allows Yvie the freedom to rest whilst creating and switching between interfaces.

A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson. The image is a female with long red hair wearing a blue shirt with rolled up sleeves, red and orange leaves are stuck in her hair, she is glancing to the left whilst holding her arms around her shoulders, her hair is whipped up and flowing to the right.
A digital illustration of a faded blue sky with a rainbow across the upper middle, with daisy flowers showering down. A white middle-aged female with long wavy red hair, wearing long earrings and large, thin, round glasses, is smiling with eyes closed, her face tilted upwards. A charming caricature.
Digital illustration by Yvie Johnson. The image is a portrait of the artist DTM dressed as a wizard. He wears a dark hooded top with a hooded cloak over that. Under his hood he wears a baseball cap with the text on the cap that reads: ART LIFE". DTM is a brown male with a dark moustache and goatee with a very long beard, the face and beard are lit up by a crystal ball that he is holding in his right hand. DTM wears glasses that are low on the face as he is looking down at the crystal ball. He also wears silver hooped earrings, and he is slightly smiling. Inside the crystal ball are three items, a dark feather, an ink pot, and a roll of paper tied with a ribbon. Around person are yellow stars. The background is a dark blue. The image is outlined with a purple border.
Digital illustration by Yvie Johnson of a figurative portrait of a person with very long curly red hair with a fringe, wearing a mustard tartan scarf wrapped around their neck, and a green top with a leaf-pattern. There is a red and white spotted mushroom growing on the top of their head. Their cheeks and nose are flushed red. Background is dark purple with a lighter purple around the person. Multiple stars can be seen in the background and on the person's hair.
Acorn Hat Digital illustration by Yvie Johnson. A woodland scene of two ‘amanita muscaria’ or ‘Fly Agaric’ mushrooms on grass. The left mushroom has a field mouse wearing long brown pants and a green roll-neck long-sleeve top sat with both its elbows resting on its knees and its hands holding up its head, as it gazes upwards to the person in front of it. It has a little acorn hat with an oak leaf coming from it. Its long tail is twirled and resting on the mushroom. The person sat on the right mushroom is a white-skinned child wearing a large apron hat with a large oak leaf coming from it. They have curly ginger hair and are gesturing animatedly with their right open hand whilst their left hand holds open a green paperback book. They have two front teeth showing and they have a gap between the teeth. They are wearing a hip-length mustard anorak with a hood, brown leggings and red ankle boots. The background is a dark sky filled with stars.
Digital illustration of a female with long purple-blue hair, wearing green glasses, small rainbow ear studs, and a shell pendant that sparkles. She is looking at the observer and has a slight smile with an open mouth so her upper teeth can be seen. She is wearing an oversized red and white speckled mushroom hat on her head which has flowers on the right side. She is holding a large sunflower up in her hands as if she was smelling it. She is wearing an orange short-sleeved roll-neck dress. The background is green foliage and green-tinted flowers. There is a rainbow that appears at the top of the image.
A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson, with a thin teal border. The image is a female with long wavy hair tied back in a bun, wearing large round glasses, a roll-neck long-sleeve top under dungarees, wearing wellies. In the front pouch of her dungarees are a selection of pens, pencils and paintbrushes. Two pin badges on her dungaree straps, one is the Libra icon and one is of the letter Y. She is sat on the grass leaning against a log, knees up and resting a book on her knees. A tear is rolling down her right cheek. A mug of hot drink is steaming next to her, the mug is sat on a pile of books. Variety of plants around her. Background is dark, with hanging lightbulbs and stars above her. The words “Peace beings in me” is floating above the book.
A digital illustration by Yvie Johnson. The image is a female with a short fringe, wearing large round green glasses, with long curly hair under her green pointed hat, wearing a collared blue shirt with puffed-up sleeves. There are three green geckos, one is in her hat, one on her left shoulder and one inside the pages of the book. She is glancing up to the left whilst holding open a purple book in her arms, there are stars coming up from the book and in her hair and above her head. She is smiling with stars on her cheeks. The image has a blue border.
A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson, of a female with tanned skin and very long curly purple hair flowing around her shoulders. She is wearing a brown and teal patterned and ruffled dress with an open collar and with a ribbon tied in a bow at the waist. She has a long pendant with a blue forget-me-not flower in it. She wears a flower crown of branches and leaves and sparkling blue mushrooms. She has dangling butterfly wing earrings. Her eyes are the same purple as her hair, and she is smiling gently with a closed mouth. There are lots of sparkles around her. The background is like an old page of paper.
An image showing a young teenage boy sat on a rock in a field of flowers. He is wearing an iron pot on his head. He has red hair coming out from under the iron pot. His clothing is medieval with short sleeve armour. He has long boots that come up to armoured knee coverings. He wears a collared tunic with a rope tied around his waist. He holds a bunch of flowers in his left hand, and his right hand is reaching out to a butterfly that is glowing inside a bright orb of light and sparkles. His eyes are bright and his mouth is agape. Behind him is a vast landscape with mountains, trees and a fairytale castle on a rocky outcrop. To his left is a large old tree with two wooden signs nailed to it. The top sign reads: “CASTELL” which is Welsh and translates to “Castle”. The wooden sign below that has an arrow pointing towards the large castle in the distance. The sun is setting on the horizon so the sky is lit up with oranges and pinks.
Digital illustration by Yvie Johnson. A portrait of a woman in a countryside facing forward as her body comes around the side of a tree. Her left hand is holding the tree trunk, which curves up the side of the image and frames the top of the image. She has very long flowing pink hair swept over her right shoulder. She wears a floral crown of yellow, blue and pink flowers with green leaves. Her hair is plate around the top. She is wearing a long cloak hangs from an owl brooch around her chest. There is a twig of lavender attached to the cloak. Her upper body is covered in a long-sleeved ruched roll neck shirt, as well as a pinafore that attaches around the waist and flows over her large pleated skirt. In the background there is a blue sky with fluffy clouds. Rolling hills with ploughing lines. Large established deciduous trees on either side of the image in the rolling grassy land. At the top is a roll script with text that reads: “BLOSSOM”. The image is outlined in a blue frame. There is anon overlay of grid lines as if the image has been drawn on a sheet of grid-lined paper The feel is medieval.
A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson. The image is a tanned skin female with long dark brown wavy hair held back in a bun, with lots of hair tendrils flowing around her head. She is wearing a teal open-collar top with an abstract leaf pattern, and beads of white pearls around her neck. She has a flower crown with a variety of red, white, pink, orange and blue flowers and leafy foliage around it. The flower crown comes down over her eyes so that only her nose, cheeks and mouth can be seen. She is wearing droopy gold earrings. The background is like an old sheet of plain paper.
A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson, with a thin purple border. The image is a female with short brown bobbed hair, wearing a red roll-neck long-sleeve top and a flower crown. Her right arm is holding onto her left shoulder, and two digits on her right hand are pointing upwards in a v-sign. Variety of yellow and orange styled-plants and foliage around her, against a blue sky background.
A digital illustration, by Yvie Johnson, with a thin white double border. The image is a figurative portrait of a brown skin female with green eyes and long dark hair wearing a nose ring, long yellow earrings, eye make up, she is surrounded by large and small flowers and leaves. She looks deep in thought.