Morena *updated 05/03*

[dcox]

based the face on a reference snap of Morena Baccaran from Serenity (she's hot!) and just wanted to keep exploring Painter. feel like i'm just starting to get on top of it, and this has alot less compromises than the last few pics i've posted (Rocky posters and a Jessica Biel study). anyway, hope you like :}

[xzacto]

WOW... 0_o that's amazing!


truly inspired here. thanks for posting it.

[evolutionofshaun]

Beautiful! I love Morena!

[lumar]

people like you are making things like this, and im getting angry at shading my spheres and columns... sigh

[mehran]

simply amazing, the impression on her face is very well executed....

[V.S.]

Oou, mooree...

[rodrigo!]

i really like it man tho id love to see you fully develop more variety of soft and hard edges around the hat, hair and clothes

[Chingwa]

This is beautiful. Nice and loose, however I would like to see a little bit moredetail surrounding her face, not just in her face.

[Mr-Joe]

Hi Dcox,

I saw your rocky paintings a while back, those were really great and this one is pretty amazing as well, I looked through your blog, you have some really nice work. The hell girl piece is really funny. I'm curious which brushes you have been using for your paintings in painter?

[Badaboom]

I think it´s very well executed, but I don´t know much about Painter, so I just guess the process you´ve followed. Anyway, very nice "natural" effect. I´m also new with Painter and I´ve not found the way to use brushes in the same way I use them in PS (I mean, the sensibility of the preassure and so on), how do you manage with them?

[masque]

nicely done, but the indistinct back edge of her nose (and to a lesser degree the off-side cheekbone) keeps drawing my eye, because all the other features in that region are much better defined. the mouth is particularly sensuous (perhaps to be expected given the ref, one of the most beautiful women i'm aware of).

[sve]

Beautiful, very graceful and enjoyable, I wish you smooth out the lips and eyes a little , they looks like they cut out more than feature of he face... I think the thin line of the edge of her hat should be sharper than details of her face.. will give softening to her personality and to the whole painting as well.
Victorian woman, very cozy, very feminine, very light, very submissive. No bitchiness of a modern woman with her ambitions...
Yours looks a little like like woman of our days in Victorian costume, in my opinion. Still beautiful though.
Feel free to ignore my words.

[Looped_Warrior]

Oh so Amazing...

[Rascar Capac]

she looks great...oh...and so does your painting ;)
your painter pieces are getting better each time

[rogfa]

great job, man. this is really nice.

[Lukias]

agreed.. thats friggen beautiful! (maybe a couple of slightly colder tones and more visible strokes on the face would help it from being a touch flat).
Just my meagre two cents!

[sourgasm]

really beautiful. my only problem is with her teeth. a bit too simplified.

but, damn, that's gorgeous.

[Eric Gerhard]

Bring'em more!

[Pigeonkill]

Lovely!

[vintagebleach]

beautiful, i do agree that the teeth need to have alittle more form

[mattbyng]

stunning work. beautiful

[RES]

Now that’s the bees knees! It’s a nerdy question but which painter brushes did you use for this beauty?

[dcox]

thanks for all the compliments and critiques: definitely want to explore using a larger variety of soft and hard edges and also more tones in the face.
mr. joe, badaboom, res: i've just been using a few brushes -- the acrylic captured bristols, both the wet and dry palette knife, the large square conte (16) for blocking in, and a large blender for building up the facial planes. is that enough info? just send me an email if you need more detail.

here's another one -- Winter Morena.

[dlnewsom61]

Beautiful! :0)

[nickatnite]

Really beautiful work here, I really like the winter one. Though morena looks a little chubby in the face, it's definatley recognisoble as her, what a babe...

keep it up,


Nick

[davekang]

I know this could easily turn into a meaningless comment but I would love to see this on a real canvas!
The way you paint clearly reminds me of traditional painter friends I have.
Don't get me wrong, it is beautiful as it is! I'm just bugging you because I would like to have a piece like this on my studio wall.
Keep em' coming and make us happy!! Cheers

[deltron05]

Wonderful work .......Absouletely fatastic............suscribed! lol
D.

[Automatic Kafka]

Those Artist's Oil brushes are pretty sweet, arent they? I dig your colour composition.

[dkounios]

very nice work

[dcox]

thanks guys! dave -- totally understand, but feel free to email me and i'll send you a file you can print from. here's a few sketchy ones, to wind the thread down. thanks to everyone for there comments -- i'll be back with more stuff soon :-)

[drawntofun]

I love illustrations with period costume and illustrations from earlier eras. - Have you checked out American Art Archives at http://www.americanartarchives.com/artist_bios.htm. I love all that J C Leyendecker stuff (http://www.americanartarchives.com/leyendeceker,jc.htm) and his brother Frank was no slouch either.