First post: self-portrait

[Rictus Grin]

Hi gang, longtime lurker here.

Getting reacquainted with Painter and reading through Don Seegmiller's wonderful new book. Thanks Don! That book (and the awesome art I see on these forums) has inspired me to pick up the Wacom again.

Here's a self-portrait I did in Painter 7. Took about 2.5 hours. I used a photo as reference but didn't scan it. C&C welcome.

I'll post more a few more paintings over the coming week.

:evilbat:

http://darksharp.homestead.com/Selfportrait.html
(http://darksharp.homestead.com/Selfportrait.html)

[MindCandyMan]

The textures and edges look really nice especially on the back wall.

[Chewy Muntz]

the modeling and shading is done pretty well, but the whole piece is a bit too dark. I think if the background was a little lighter, it would make the portait staind out more. Like if you could see the contrast between your hair and the shadow behind it.

peas and grease

Chewy

[Vaarok]

Your face? My condolences. :D

The corner of the mouth shadow is a bit too long, and unless you're an alcoholic, the nose looks too red, like you accidentally mixed background color into the skin color rather than did red lighting.