[Phire]

Well i've been working constantly fiddling around with the methods in Dhabih's tutorial. I must say the original sketch was excellent to work with. I resized the original Sketch (Which Isn't mine By the way, cant sketch with a mouse) to 1600x1200 and started that way, resized it down and use a sharpen filter and added "Screen" to it so it made the colors more vibrant. I must say it was a real bitch trying to smudge in that resoultion, it was lagging like crazy on my 433 128mb ram. As you can also see i didnt get to finish that leaf decoration on her head.

Anyway here's the finished picture:



And the original sketch, i couldnt read the name on it :P:




[This message has been edited by Phire (edited January 26, 2000).]

[Oscar Alexander]

Looks nice, even though some parts look a little too 'drawn', such as the lower lip and the leaves in her hair. If I was allowed to give you some constructive advice, I'd say:

• Darken the eyeballs a little (a bit too white).
  
• Lighten the left side of the forehead, cheeks, nose and shoulder.
  
• Apply hightlights on the leaves (dodge-tool set to 'hightligh').
  
• Use the sponge tool on the lower lip (slightly).
  

Try it, post it. I hope this comment was of any help Once again, nice work!

[Kewldezigns]

Very nice start on your picture. I agree with what Oscar has to say. Keep up the good work and post the finished product when you're done. Can't wait

[micke]

I agree with Oscar too.

Nice work there!

-Micke

[Mongoose]

You are definitely improving -- keep it up!