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mime
November 5th, 2002, 07:54 PM
Instead of doing my SP today, my girlfriend wanted to pose for me.
(i posted it also in the SPOD thread, i'm sorry if i wasnt allowed ...)

about 40 minuts pose, and some more after tweaking in painter.

http://erhnam.free.fr/glad1d.JPG

comments and crits are welcome
JoshuaTheJames
November 5th, 2002, 09:43 PM
i think it look beautiful so far...wish you put more to it.

great job.

-Joshua
Chris Noeth
November 6th, 2002, 07:09 AM
The eyes seemed closed but when you take a longer look they seem open... weird! Have not seen something like that until yet. Great!

- Chris
zak
November 6th, 2002, 07:15 AM
thats nice. what did you use before topuching up? nice texture too
Palm
November 6th, 2002, 12:24 PM
She seems a bit depressed. You better chear her up.:p
Nice pic.:D
amphex
November 6th, 2002, 03:50 PM
Beautiful portrait...I love the emotional depth you captured.
I wish there was a bit more detail in some parts though..
Grooveholmes
November 7th, 2002, 08:04 AM
Originally posted by Chris Noeth
The eyes seemed closed but when you take a longer look they seem open... weird! Have not seen something like that until yet. Great!

- Chris

Wow yeah, he's right. Yer Girlfriends creepy dude.
mime
November 7th, 2002, 04:39 PM
ANd you look like stephen king ... THAT's creepy =)


thanxs people for the comments. She was almost sleeping during the pose, thats why the "depressed mood"

And I posted it here because it is finished for me, i dont really think it needed more, i wanted to keep some of my initial strokes to keep the "life" and i wanted some sort of simplicity, the only thing i did to have a more finished look was playing with some grain.

@zak : its standard basic round tinting brush in painter, blend with a low pressure and apply paint with higher pressure.
negativespace
November 7th, 2002, 07:58 PM
I like the mood. How did you get those subtle textures?
Grooveholmes
November 7th, 2002, 08:00 PM
I don't really, just my crappy self portrait because i can't draw.
mime
November 7th, 2002, 09:01 PM
I used the "express texture" function in painter7
i tweaked it for a while until i got something i wanted

but this function only works if your pic is black and white, for a color pic i dont know yet how i would achieve this kind of texture, i dont really like the "apply texture" function, but with a lot of tweaking and some custom paper it might be possible to achieve something good.