From illustrating to scratchboards
Ben Baret is a French artist living in Brussels. After a few years illustrating books, drawing comics, painting and engraving for exhibitions, he discovered NFTs in march 2021. Since then, he spends all his time creating NFTs. He’s mainly using scratchboards, a black panel that you scratch with a scalpel to make the white layer below appear. This medium allows to go very deeply into details, and the concentration required puts him in a kind of meditative state that he loves.
His most recent series is called « Restructured Portraits ». First, the portrait is drawn realistically. Then, it is split into different parts. Each part then becomes a different texture or element that relates to the personality of the character drawn. Finally, he engraves the scratchboard. Each piece takes between 40 and 60 hours of work
From illustrating to scratchboards
Ben Baret is a French artist living in Brussels. After a few years illustrating books, drawing comics, painting and engraving for exhibitions, he discovered NFTs in march 2021. Since then, he spends all his time creating NFTs. He’s mainly using scratchboards, a black panel that you scratch with a scalpel to make the white layer below appear. This medium allows to go very deeply into details, and the concentration required puts him in a kind of meditative state that he loves.
His most recent series is called « Restructured Portraits ». First, the portrait is drawn realistically. Then, it is split into different parts. Each part then becomes a different texture or element that relates to the personality of the character drawn. Finally, he engraves the scratchboard. Each piece takes between 40 and 60 hours of work
