Valerie Sofranko
Fine Artist, Special FX Technician, 2-D Digital Artist, Instructor and Actor
Valerie Sofranko Art
digital fine art, unique tributes & visual biography's, special FX work, museum models & paintings and more art!
unique tributes and visual biography's
These are digital one of a kind personal art tributes I made for friends and clients. This art work of Impressions or Visual Biography's is the result of as much information I can gather about the character and personality of the individual and create a visual image that best describes that person. They are priced accordingly with or without a frame. Please contact me for more info and I'll create a special occassion art tribute for that special someone you would like to honor. CLICK on arrows to advance forward. Some images may warrant clicking on the picture for a larger view and description.
Took a series of pictures of mannequins in the old Kaufman's building in Pittsburgh, PA. They all had a story to tell. Used a painting app and applied a texture.
Photo taken by me, used painting app and applied a texture
A black and white headshot of myself taken into Photoshop and distorted then adding a painting app with a texture I applied.
Took a series of pictures of mannequins in the old Kaufman's building in Pittsburgh, PA. They all had a story to tell. Used a painting app and applied a texture.
Photos and applied
textures
Photos I took of a sea of mannequins in the basement of the old Kaufman's building
in Pittsburgh, PA. Also included are photos
taken of myself and of Baja Mexico. Most of
these were black and white photos that I took
then applied textures thru a painting app
and also using photoshop. CLICK on arrows to advance forward.
computer art
These are computer paintings I did mostly from the late 1980's and 1990's. Included are black and white photos I took and enhanced with painting in photoshop. CLICK on arrows to advance forward.
Chris Walas's Gremlin sculpt, very detailed bust with paint scheme for us to follow.
Gremlins puppeteers on set
These were life size gas station pump puppets I made for a Chevrolet Geo commercial
Chris Walas's Gremlin sculpt, very detailed bust with paint scheme for us to follow.
special FX
Here you will find a few images from some of the feature films I worked on as a sculptor, painter, fabricator, fur master, makeup FX technician and puppeteer. These images are of myself and my work from Gremlins, Enemy Mine, Arachnophobia, Ghostbusters II, Back to the Future II, Joe versus the Volcano, The Fly and Nightmare Before Christmas. CLICK on arrows to advance forward. Some images may warrant clicking on picture for larger view and description.
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Mixed media drawing
Oil on canvas
Paintings & drawings
This gallery consists of oil paintings and mixed media drawings I did way back in the 1970's, 1980's and in the 1990's. The mixed media drawings are made on matt board, embellished with automotive glitter tapes, glitter glue, rhinestones, beads, acetate gels and pen and ink. CLICK on arrows to advance forward.
This diorama is actually about 25' long, it represents 1 drop of ocean water magnified and what you would find in it. All fiberglass models that we made.
I sculpted, molded and fiberglass casted what is the 4th stage of a Dungeness crab for the 1 drop of Ocean water diorama
Finished covering mechanisms, ready for paint
This diorama is actually about 25' long, it represents 1 drop of ocean water magnified and what you would find in it. All fiberglass models that we made.
Academy of sciences
The Academy of Sciences Museum is located in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The artists worked in The Academy Studio, this is where we built enormous life size and oversized models for diorama installation in museums. I worked as a Sculptor, Painter, model maker and Exhibits specialist. These were Natural History exhibits. CLICK on arrows to advance forward. Some images may warrant clicking on the image for a larger picture and description.