Faces and stories
Portraits, illustrations and speed drawings explore the expressions, attitudes and details that make every subject unique. Each piece aims less to reproduce a photograph than to reveal a presence.
Cyrille Silvestre
About
Designer, illustrator
and portrait artist.
My journey
A perspective shaped
by design.
Trained as a designer, I work across communication, visual identity and web design.
This visual culture shapes my artistic practice: composing, simplifying, finding the right contrast and revealing a personality in just a few lines.
Drawing is my passion, and black and white is at the heart of my work. The absence of colour is not a limitation but a space left open to the viewer, where everyone can project their own emotions, memories and interpretation.
Gesture and material
The line is direct, spontaneous and precise. Markers, Posca pens and ink become the tools of a visual world where shadow, light and texture tell as much of the story as the face itself.
A bespoke creation
Every portrait begins with an encounter, a photograph or a story worth sharing. I create original pieces to celebrate a person, a memory or a meaningful moment.
