the laughing cavalier (dig. painting)

[boykin]

still got some things to work out, but meh. getting warmed up for using real oils-soo expensive.

http://theboykinphilosophy.net/laugh_cav.JPG

[Ant4d]

nice. I like old style pics.
is it a WIP?

and I think you ment smiling instead of laughing and actually I really have to push myself to see him smile. maybe you should work more on the expression?

[boykin]

ya...its a piece by Frans Hals (i think that's his name). in the original he's not laughing either, he has a half smile-just as you see in my version. i still have some stuff to learn about painting (digitally and traditionally), appreciate the crit.

[pconsidine]

I really like the way you handled the body (the clothing and the lace, for the most part). The strong strokes in the figure's right-side sleeve are especially nice. However, the modelling on the face doesn't seem to be quite up to the quality of the rest of the piece. I find the color in the shadow on his face especially jarring. It reads too strongly green to me, and it could probably stand to be a slithgtly smoother transition from light to dark. Also, the hair seems a little light on the detail that you have elsewhere.

I guess I'd just say that the face needs to be unified with the rest of the body, mostly in terms of brush strokes, so that it reads as a single piece.

Just my 2¢.

[tegehel]

laughing? smirking would be more appropriate, no?

Nice details on the jacket.

Reminds me of a sketch I did a while back. I think the two could get along, whaddya think? :)

http://www.tegehel.org/graphics/newfolio/colors/dartagnanne.jpg