This is the second pic I have painted in Painter8. Took me about 3-4hrs. I painted it to get used to the app so that I can paint a pic for my match up against Camper :D
I only used the Loaded Palette Knife with a couple of different radius settings.
[img]http://home.netspeed.com.au/mlanham/Aria_Painting_01.jpg[/img]
The model is the always lovely Aria Giovanni :D
quote:Originally posted by Malus
Aria..... ah. [:)]
erm....?? Am I missing something?
There are people over at conceptart citing it to pieces, so that is really helping me out :)
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15476
I will start up on another portrait tonight. I can really use the practice. The palette knife is great for doing hair, but it does have a little problem (you can probably already guess it Makk). Since it is a long, thin shape, it changes the application of the paint depending on what angle you move the.. er... brush. Hence why the highlight of hair near her eye is really crisp and sharp, and the others are more soft and blurry. I will keep on trying though. I just have to wade through all my pics to find a good reference photo ;)
Painter8 rocks. I am really glad that I bought it now.
Thank you both for the kind words.
I meant she a beautiful women...don't know why that was hard to follow. [:P]
As for critiques well, the cheeks are missing alot of red (the blush line).
Her eyes need more silver on the upper lid, her nose seems to blend into the face too much, add more highlights to the side of it under the eye and just pull out some depth with some more defined shadows on her jaw, forehead, bridge of nose and chin.
Shes looking really good, alot like the model, keep it up man.
I thought that you may have seen some random photos of her on a porn site and not known who she was :p All good now though :D
Thanks for the crits, I really am enjoying them. I want to become as good as pos for this comp against Ben. You hear me Camper... your going down :shaking fist: :p Honestly, I am just enjoying the fact that this dual has gottin me back into drawing again something fierce. I am nearly always sketching ideas down on my lunch breaks at work. The bad part is that I am not really thouching any 3D stuff at the moment...
I will hopefully have another painting up in a few days :)
I like it :) Nice piece of work!
I agree with the nose blending in and theres a lack of cheekbone structure. Also (coming from a female)the eyeshadow doesnt blend that well the picture looks like it goes from a charcoal to a silver (but not sure could be wrong) and the overemphasis of the crease on the eyelid.
You did a good job - I'd take her home!
Thanks Chezza (sorry I can't help myself :P), it is always good to get a womans perspective on a pic of a woman. I have always tried to draw women to make women say 'wow. she is hot'. I have had some luck. It just didn't help going to a catholic school drawing this type of stuff :D
I think that I could have put a bit more effort into her eye lid full stop. Looking at it now, I can see that i should have smudged her mascara a lot more, as that is what actually is making the crease on her eye lid so prominent. I have learnt a lot and will make sure that my next effort is even better.
And don't worry, I would like to take her home too. Thank goodness that my girlfriend went overseas today and she wont read this for a month :p
quote:Originally posted by Aven
I want to become as good as pos for this comp against Ben. You hear me Camper... your going down :shaking fist: :p Honestly, I am just enjoying the fact that this dual has gottin me back into drawing again something fierce. I am nearly always sketching ideas down on my lunch breaks at work. The bad part is that I am not really thouching any 3D stuff at the moment...I will hopefully have another painting up in a few days :)
I hear you, you'll need all the practice you can get:p. J/K. I'm hoping it'll be a close match, I've been working my butt off so even if I lose it will still be worth it.
Aria..... ah. [:)]
Very nice job.