Justine Florentino's Digital Portraits Retain Classical Painting Sensibility

Self-taught Filipino digital painter Justine Florentino creates portraits that emulate traditional painting techniques. Her process begins with sketching, anatomy, and value structure before layering color, shapes, and texture. The resulting works feature soft realism with detailed surfaces that avoid glossy polish, maintaining a painterly and human quality. Florentino focuses on capturing the stories visible in faces, working primarily in portraiture alongside character art and comic-related commissions. Despite using digital tools, her approach is rooted in classical portrait painting logic.