theres not enough self portrait threads here

[ryan mcshane]

im going to try and make it daily

from this month, im going to do one tonight maybe tooo

[a la bapsi]

go go go

[ryan mcshane]

yeeee baps

this neck is weird, i couldnt have enough time on it, had to eat, changed pose, etc, really annoyed me buuut i like the colors

[ryan mcshane]

in oils, the realisticer one is like A4 size
and the gestural one is huge

[Jamesy]

Lookin' GEWD ;)

[ryan mcshane]

thanks jamesy boy

really not liking how this threads goin
this sp was done quick, cleary, i captured the lighting alright and likeness, good enough

[ryan mcshane]

kinda happy with this
i like the style and color

[Oblivia Enna]

Love the one with the red light!

Super cool

[ryan mcshane]

thanks bro
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1114309&stc=1&d=1291380405

[Tesla]

The red light one is pretty cool! And I like the previous to last one too, nice style.
I like your use of colours =)

[ryan mcshane]

thanks dude
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i attempted to set it up like rembrandt lighting, with a lamp on the right and a white canvas on my left, to get the triangle thang and reflected light off the white canvas, it was fun to do but the colors and form are laaaaaaaaaaaaame

[Andrew Sonea]

Nice! Keep going with these, I can already see improvement.

A few things:

I think you are getting too caught up in textured brushes. I am of the opinion that one should use them only as icing on the cake when everything else is really solid. I believe Noxizmad uses pretty much only the standard round, and that is all you really need.

Values! I think in some areas the values are a bit off and it makes some areas look flat and others look weird like the hair (in which the highlights looks too extreme). I recommend a few done only in greyscale.

Anyhow, as I said keep it up--they are looking great.

[ryan mcshane]

thanks andrew, noxizmad's stuff is nice, but i don't want to end up like that! i'm going for more of a jaime/mullins approach, becuase i fookin love that style! texture brushes are fun too, and (like below) can have a nice painterly feeel which i dig. thanks though, will do a grayscaly next!
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stage 1, which looked cool
then i blocked it all in, left it blocky cause i overworked the last one and i learn enough from it and then got carried away with the bg brush haha

[ryan mcshane]

aaaaas promised

[fudgeloaf]

Looking good Ryanoir, soo many sp's how long are you spending on each? the colours your using look pretty good but a lot of them seem warped in certain ways, like in post 11 i dont believe you have such a tiny chin! haha lots of improvement already and im a fan of the custom brush too, just makes things more fun and painterly :)

[ryan mcshane]

haha your cool fudge, i dont know how long D: just until its finished i guess
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1138773&stc=1&d=1294465990
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1140623&stc=1&d=1294621105
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1151398&stc=1&d=1295700317
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1154506&stc=1&d=1296051659