Born into slavery in the West Indies in 1761 to a woman named Maria Belle

The theme of this week seems to be revisiting my old work and creating better versions.

I’ve been wanting to recreate Elizabeth I using a different portrait for a while.

Jane Grey is a subject I’ve been wanting to tackle for a while, but there weren’t contemporary depictions of her to work from.

So many requests for Suleiman lately! This is my first portrait from a profile view which I actually enjoyed a lot.

Friday bonus post! A lot of you asked me when I posted my original Cleopatra if I could make her with curly hair.

Mumtaz Mahal was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

Akhenaten was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh born in 1380 BCE that reigned circa 1353–1336 BCE.

Wanted to do a little bonus update post today, because I make some updates from time to time on older works

Nzinga was a figure whose name I recognized but I didn’t know too much about