"DESIGNMUSIC" - hethe

[hethe]

Hey there. This is a painting I just finished for a coffe table type design book themed "DESIGNMUSIC". It's being put together by nervousroom and will be published as soon as they find a publisher. I decided to mix the theme around a portrait of my wife and I. I didn't use refs for this one, I guess for a couple of reasons: I was stupid and would've saved myself some pain, I wanted to give a more rounded impression of the two of us than using a ref would allow me with my style, and again, I was stupid. Because of that some proportions are off (I fixed as many as I could without destroying the painting) and the lighting is completely arbitrary. It's got a dynamic quality that I really like though and it's a far step above my last couple of painting I feel. So, enjoy and feel free to share your wisdom.

http://www.hethe.com/forums/frequency.jpg

sketch (http://www.hethe.com/forums/frequency_sketch.jpg.gif)
rough (http://www.hethe.com/forums/frequency_rough.jpg)
hi-res (http://www.hethe.com/forums/frequency_hi-res.jpg)

PS I updated my portfolio and have a new site up that I call my 'studio' where I have updates and random crap. :D (hethe.com) (http://www.hethe.com)

.hethe

[ljefe]

wow nice. ichabod crane there is creepin me out. maybe continue your turquoise at the bottom to spice up the gray, plus counteract the power orange up top?

[thomasaurus]

this is seriously my favorite piece of work I have seen in weeks. I love the tones and proportions!

[Rockhead]

Wow this is an awesome piece, I really like this, I agree with Jnorish in saying this is one of the best pieces I've seen on here in a long time. I checked out your site too, very nice, you do good illustrations, and by that I mean that they really tell a story, its not just a picture. Good job, the only comment I would have is to echo ljefe in saying that all the orange at the top might be a little distracting, but its minimal. Good job. On you website I like the pic of the guy hiding up in the tree.

[pstraub]

I am very fond of this as well...good stuff

[lowpolymatt]

very nice, great site....was all the paintwork done in photoshop?

[eezie]

I was silently wondering if your banner was from a big actual peice you had or if it was specificly something to threw together just for the banner.

This is great, I dig the elongated anatomy ALOT.. reminds me a little bit of Justin Bua's stuff. A lot of that has to do with the rusty/earthy pallet you chose too. This is really sexy tho. If you like, added some graphic designy mumbo jumbo or something at the bottom i'd TOTALLY but a print(s).

lovely. keep freakin it playbwa.

[strych9ine]

Very nice... the crazy anatomy works here very well.

[BluePencilArtist]

Wow, very nice piece. I like girl's shirt and you did great job on shading...:beer:

[hethe]

Thanks guys. I'm glad it's working for the most part.
Ya, I used photoshop7 for it. I dig that program and my not so fast computer digs it over painter. I'll be selling prints soon. This thing is 25x25cm. Oh ya, Justin's work gets me going for sure.
:chug:

.hethe

[wayfarer]

wonderful, genious. I´m so in love with this piece :eek:

[daspetey]

hethe, man this piece is great. your new site rocks! beautiful clean design, clever interface and great pieces housed within. ive been digging your stuff for a while, and i have been frantically checking your old site to see when it would come back online, so im glad this one is up.
now im off to right-click-save everything on there!
-pete
www.daspetey.com

[I.was.ink]

Very inspirational man. The overall mood is great. The odd angle of the floor looks creepy, but it fits nicely with the theme.

Post more if ya got em!

[Phuzion]

I love the appearance of a limited pallette even though all the colors in it. Really nicely done, and great mood. Peace

[Yaseck]

Man.. You've got long arms and legs...

I like the colours very much.

[Chewbacca]

your wife is hot!

[jca]

rreally really cool and your wife is hot like he says :P

but only thing that really bothered me was the shadowing on ur shirt near ur chest.. it looks like u got boobs because of the way it reflects.. maybe just fix the highligh so it doesnt look like that part is stickin out. nice work mang

[vital-k]

nice work! i see where jca's coming from, but only after i read the comment.

[Ant4d]

this is very cool picture, so well painted. keep em coming.

[hethe]

jca: holy cow! I do have boobs! I'll fix that guys ...

ljefe: that's a good idea to bring in some more turquoise to balance the !!POWER ORANGE!! up top.

Everybody, thanks for the kind words. The only other thing, and I'm kind of undecided on this, is my choice to have an abstract background. One one hand it's fun to me for it to just be about the brushstrokes and patterns but on the other hand I want the figures grounded maybe. I guess grounding us in the picture though would alter the pose a lot. I drew it like we're floating. Just something I'll think about next time.

.hethe

[wassermelone]

Beautiful!
I love the elongation =D

jca: "Bob had bitch tits." =)

Odd thing is it actually reminds me of a piece I was working on (and never finished). It sorta has the same tones and elongation... although it is definetly not as good =P

-toasty =)

[Rusty Red Robot]

That picture is fantastic! Enough said!