One of the first illustrations of Ray's I saw was a piece called Drown:

It's a fantastic painting and I fell in love with it immediately.
Recently, I asked Ray if it would be OK for me to digitally recreate Drown using my digital art technique. He said yes and I went to work.
I did a side-by-side recreation using photographic sources and manipulation in Photoshop:



I don't think my recreation hit all of those qualities but it was fun to recreate and to pay homage to my favorite artist.
Thanks, Ray!
