Timothy B., an East Bay Area artist, received a call inviting him to share his creativity on a national stage this Super Bowl weekend. The Oakland artist wanted to get this just right, but had a very short deadline. “This is my first time or second time using poly cloth,” he said. “This took me about a day in a half to create.” But Timothy B. admits he almost didn’t think it was real when he was commissioned by someone he had recently met. “I didn’t know him that well, so I thought the project was probably too good to be true,” he said. Before beginning, he talked to die-hard Bad Bunny fans. “I just asked them for their input,” he said. Then it was time to sketch. Timothy b. Chose to go with heart-shaped sunglasses for Benito Antonio and admitted the entire assignment was not his typical work. “My style is a little more realistic you know so at least when it comes to painting portraits so trying to dial it back was a challenge for me,” he said. “I decided to add a bunch of paint to give it more texture and some more splatters and stuff.” The artwork will be used as an backdrop during an NBC interview with Bad Bunny. ...read more read less