From illustrating to scratchboards
Ben Baret is a French artist living in Brussels. After a few years illustrating books, drawing comics, painting and engraving for exhibitions, he discovered NFTs in march 2021. Since then, he spends all his time creating NFTs. He’s mainly using scratchboards, a black panel that you scratch with a scalpel to make the white layer below appear. This medium allows to go very deeply into details, and the concentration required puts him in a kind of meditative state that he loves.
His most recent series is called « Restructured Portraits ». First, the portrait is drawn realistically. Then, it is split into different parts. Each part then becomes a different texture or element that relates to the personality of the character drawn. Finally, he engraves the scratchboard. Each piece takes between 40 and 60 hours of work
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/618398e6742566677cfd063a/6183db06729a0c9b3284cec4_frida%20cag%20petit.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/618398e6742566677cfd063a/6183db1b09a985e02b9b4755_david%20petit.jpg)
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From illustrating to scratchboards
Ben Baret is a French artist living in Brussels. After a few years illustrating books, drawing comics, painting and engraving for exhibitions, he discovered NFTs in march 2021. Since then, he spends all his time creating NFTs. He’s mainly using scratchboards, a black panel that you scratch with a scalpel to make the white layer below appear. This medium allows to go very deeply into details, and the concentration required puts him in a kind of meditative state that he loves.
His most recent series is called « Restructured Portraits ». First, the portrait is drawn realistically. Then, it is split into different parts. Each part then becomes a different texture or element that relates to the personality of the character drawn. Finally, he engraves the scratchboard. Each piece takes between 40 and 60 hours of work
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/618398e6742566677cfd063a/6183db06729a0c9b3284cec4_frida%20cag%20petit.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/618398e6742566677cfd063a/6183db1b09a985e02b9b4755_david%20petit.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/618398e6742566677cfd063a/6183dc2ae5da26c14b36a0b0_FND1%20web.jpg)