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balistic
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Had a photo of this gal wearing a hat she got at Disneyland (I think its the one the evil queen wore in "Sleeping Beauty") and thought it might make a cool quick fantasy painting. I'd post the ref, but I want to get her permission first. Anyhow, the photo was just used to get a likeness, and the pose and lighting here are radically different.
Its no Jason Manly, but I think I've improved a bit since those first experiments I did in painter. There's definite proportion issues with this one . . . I think the shortness of her arms, and the ambiguity of her torso contributes to a slight "midgety" feeling . . . I mean, she's only 5'3" in real life, but I think I've made her look about 4'6" here 
Comments are welcome . . . I'm primarily a 3D guy, but I'd love to get a lot better with this 2D bidniss.
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Joachim
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:04 am |
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Looks good ! I like the colors!
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Justin Kramer
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:33 am |
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yeah, nice colors. Minor crits: the hand could be a little bigger, and the tip of the nose looks kind of flat--maybe add a bit more definition? Good work regardless.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 1:02 pm |
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| I think it's really nice to, i like the non-soft look to it. Nice style. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 2:32 pm |
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| I like this. The girl looks real cute! I'm gonna try some rough style stuff. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 3:13 pm |
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Haha great image...Alot of atmosphere...She has a great smile. Keep up the good work!
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balistic
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 12:26 am |
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Thanks guys.
Justin: I agree about the hand . . . hands, especially female ones, are something that have always been a stumbling block for me. I need to just sit down and do some hand studies and get over it already.
Love your work, BTW.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 12:55 am |
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Real nice.
Perhaps some defintion and some smoothing over. That really gestural fast past technique is great but maybe some more solid worked area's could soften the mood. |
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balistic
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 2:59 pm |
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Thanks guys . . . I like working loose because its so different from the anal-retentive hyperrealism I go after in my 3D work. I once saw a book about a school of painters called the Bay Area Figurativists that had a big influence on the way I paint. They used these broad, expressive strokes and color fields . . . something about that style really appealed to me.
And yeah, she's cute as hell 
BTW, I just updated with my web site with a few traditional pieces . . . its ancient stuff though . . . haven't painted in a couple years.
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