Tattooed girl, oil on panel

[Tristan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/abreathlessone/Paintings/Portraits/courtneytri3.jpg

artist, Courtney Gustafson
8 x 10
Oil on Panel
thewhiteleaf.com

Courtney commissioned me to paint her and here's the result. i'm doing these 8 x 10 portraits for just $200 bucks because i don't want to get another crappy day job.

Mr Shawn Barber suggested submitting it to Communication Arts illustration annual

This painting was brough to you by a $2 brush set.

If you're wondering what that texture is I've used a craquelure technique. If you'd like to see the painting process sorta you'll find it here http://thewhiteleaf.livejournal.com/

Here's a detail Cheers!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/abreathlessone/Paintings/Portraits/courtneytri3detail.jpg

[TheDirtSyndicate]

fuck yeah, i love this, great job man

[Orifice]

Love it! good colors, and the tatoo is radly painted!:)

Hahah, $2 brush set, right on!

[Hazart]

well done!

[ElvisMcVegas]

wow, thats pretty great. I think you really managed to give the peice some mood. Only thing I would crit on is her lfet eye looks off, like its wandering further than the other eye. Bang up job though.

[j a k e]

Hey man,
Awesome that it's finished, looking real tight!
It's been great seeing the process too, talk to you soon.

[Hellblaster]

K, I like the kinda sadness in her eyes, great colourpick/hue-mix! Very alive. COMING AT YA'!

cheers!

[kaktuzlime]

Good piece, love the tattoo.

I think it's on the verge of being a bit muddy. The darkest shadows make it that way I belive. Looks too flat underneath her collarbone. Looks like too many speculars in her eye. That's what I think anyway.