portrait in oil *updated 5.5 w/ drawings 4 years old*

[daarken]

portrait from class this week. kind of struggled with this one. let me know what you think.

http://www.daarken.com/FlashPage/Paintings/mark.jpg

[TENLLADO STUDIO]

Beautiful and elegance

[R_M]

The forhead seams a bit short, but knowing your work it's probably the other way around and it is the model who is weird! (hope I didn't offend anyone)

again, what school do you attend? it would be fun if you could show us some of your work prior to starting your studies.

[Rohan]

you make me wanna go get my oils out, nice job on this one. I like the progression from rough to detail. His jawline seems a little loose considering the way you handled the surrounding area, but I really like it anyway.

[behemot5]

cool work.... i'd like to paint as well

[jester]

Looks really good to me. I dig your work!

Jester

[MindCandyMan]

I love the play between the red and blue daarken looks awesome. The eye socket/area seems a little off though...the red underneath the chin and on the nose and ears is a really bold move in this portrait but I think it works very well. You are establishing a style. A style that I like very much!

[Tedsuo]

That's Mark, isn't it? Eden's boyfriend?

[daarken]

tedsuo: heh, yeah. they were actually both modelling at the same time. pretty funny.

mind: thanks. yeah, maybe you are right. how is that master copy coming along?

jester and behemot: thanks a lot!

rohan: yeah, i was getting tired -_-

R_M: i go to the academy of art college in san francisco. this is my 2nd year there, but im considered 3rd year from transfers. i went to school for a year before the academy doing computer programming at the university of texas at austin. okkkkk, you asked for it. here are some drawings i did right before going to the art academy, bwahahaha. i will regret posting these i know....

http://www.daarken.com/boards/cal.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/boards/hmntrgt.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/boards/pnom.jpg

[R_M]

Whoa the testosterone is everywhere in your old stuff! well my Wolverines aren't much better....:D

Looks like it's a really good school, cause your portaits are f#%$ing hot, considering the time it takes you to do them. Do you use any theory books, if yes which ones?
I ask because, even if it would be so cool to go to another Art school, that isn't really an option and I am very much on the selfthough wagon, and I want to learn what you are learning man!

[daarken]

r_m: haha, its always funny to look back at your old stuff. nope, i dont use any theory books. i just keep in mind everything i learn in class.

[Tedsuo]

Bahahaha that's hilarious. The lined paper is key.

That you went from that to recognizable portraiture in two years is awesome. Go Academy. :)

[michael see]

this is truely awesome..its been long ago since i last tried a portrait with water colours. havent tried on oils though.but arcrylic:)

keep posting man~would sure like to see more of urs

[carpal]

A big hell yes on the improvement. Thanks for posting those because it is great to see.

There are a lot of people who are glad you decided to ditch the lame computer programming.

And seriously, the improvement is insane. You must be fairly happy yourself. right?