For a brief period of time during my sophomore year of college, I was part of a project that created the portraits for SMU football players’ playing cards. I was assigned to two players, and spent lots of time talking to them to get an idea of their personality and how they should be portrayed. This player loves hunting, fishing, football, and country music, and I wanted to portray his dominant personality. I used markers for precision and control, and watercolor to create a wash of his two favorite colors.