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thanks for the comments all
strange that most people seem to like the last one ( pretty girl syndrome? )I've been hesitating a lot posting that one. not my fav from far. good to learn it finally work ...

that's a cool style
I got a problem reading the left arm/shoulder as the light doesn't really seem to apply on it ( and to some extend, same goes to the tshirt ) as it does on the face . cool oranges ...

I've been doing a lot of studies recently - mostly portraits. these ones probably won't evolve into something more finished, they just been usefull to learn a few things . some image really lack any f ...

good exercice,15 mn each. btw the Sargent pages are a great reading. thanks . Can somebody recommnend a good sargent book to I can find online? hard to find them here...like the impressionism movement ...

thanks for sharing these technical tricks with us, spooge .

just a quicky done for fun. francis,I didn't read all your explanations about the gun, but it looks cool. that poor girl has got herself one hellof a strong left arm after carrying around that huge gu ...

I really like that one - the colors especially- the light on the belly and the right corner is spot on. the lack of contrast on the backlighted head is great . reminds me of that fatty kingpin charact ...

the first one is a vampire, the second one a pirate and the third's a musketeer, right ? my guess http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/ubb/smile.gif
very cool line work. I really like them.

I like the first one - really dig the colors there. just one though : maybe you could add more backgrounds/space around the characters as they're just filling the whole image for the mo ( if you plan ...

really like the dramatic light set on the face , mike. maybe you could wash out the red in the bottom left corner as it attract the eyes there for nothing. maybe more shadows projected by the cape (s ...

thanks for the comments all . it's funny to show around things that would have just stayed on my pc if this forum wasn't there. great place it is.

swampbug : yes I pick my colors directly - no dodge-burn ( I had no idea there was one before you mentionned it )
painter brush are doing too much work for you ? lucky man . Maybe you can try some cha ...

thanks guys
joachim : I took some pictures this time. it's less time consuming for the friends and also when painting in the past on the computer and from live model I found that the scene lighting wa ...

http://www.beet.org/forum/headstudy.jpg
http://www.beet.org/forum/meditation-piotr.jpg
http://www.beet.org/forum/spilledpint.jpg

I got some friends posing for these ones ( except the head study, from a catalogue )
they're all done directly in painter.
I'm into portraits at the moment
any crits welcome

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title DOESN'T say it all anymore really. more like a cold winter day in england, after a storm . photo was mine.
I though it wasn't enough to open a new threat so there it goes.
toast!: the site's c ...

hi spooge
no problem with the overpaint.
you got it right for the lighting of the face
and for the overexposed photo. we just did the shooting straight, no reflectors and etc
flat pure white on the ...

got to admit that the head turned up a bit rough, especially that light from the chin to the cheek.I finished it and uploaded it in the afternoon, when ambiant light was taking away all those contrast ...

title says it all really - an exercice from a photo taken by a friend this august.
model's danish, morning light's french.
all comments welcome
http://www.beet.org/forum/lindaprofile+2.jpg

I'll be posting original paintings soon .

mike, hope you don't mind me repainting like that your original post. great expression you did first. I starting tweaking over it and there it is : it's very autoportrait by rembrand, probably due to ...

mike : all done on painter - usually I would sketch on paper, but not these.
and I never tried photoshop for any actual drawings .just too used to painter. maybe I'll have a go at ps when you try pain ...

bubonic: the missing links: most of these I can't show yet for contractual reasons, see. and I know my site's frustating. should change it and update the art in january.
thanks all.

really really like your minimalistic palette of colors - you're getting more and more illustrative as each of your post now brings a story with it.
bt

I did those studies on painter back in 98- they were exercices, nothing more. I saw in Micke's site that he did one too, and I though that most of us must done the same at some point. so I'm starting ...

thanks for the comments. I remember that I started that line work as a test and only kept on with it because of her face. as why I used the same flat line everywhere then, I got no clue.
solitaire: m ...

tinusch : spot on. anyway this was done to be colored and never to be shown at a blackwhite stage...should have remembered that :-) As you said, the coloring will do the trick.

mike,I think your pencil works the best on that one.
you had a nice clean line on it, maybe you put too much shading when inking( my taste )
the hair : everything was said already with the silouhette ...

stupid me - here it is
http://www.beet.org/forum/bcsmall.jpg

found that one looking through old backups-
never used it, and didn't even colored it myself. 'though some people here migh want to color that one for fun.
it was a try at doing a cover with red what ...