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Simon Gustafsson · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 2:16 pm

This is my second attempt at painting myself. I used a mirror. Would be happy for comments and critique. Spent about 5 hours on it....I think. Lost track of time. Inspiration comes to me mostly from Rembrandt, Jason Manleys IWD stuff (surprise) and all good pictures posted on this wonderful forum.

Thank You.

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Farwalker · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 3:04 pm

Wow, I am quite impressed with it Simon.

I really like how you used the darker shadows on the right side of your face.

Adds a lot more impact to the painting.
Keep it up.

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Jezebel · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 3:44 pm

Wow that looks great, I'm so jealous of everyone in this forum. I want everyone to stop drawing and let me catch up damn it! Hehe.. :P

I like how you used all the really warm colors, I imagine it probably shows something about your personality.

Very nice.

-Beth

tanis · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 3:56 pm

Cool Simon!

It's got that painters-from-the-past look & feel. I really like it!
Keep it up with the great work!

micke · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 4:38 pm

Simon, that looks truly fantastic

Great job with the colours like on the ear
and eyes. The neck don't look right in some way, but othervise from that it looks great.

-Micke

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Jason Manley · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 6:16 pm

very nice indeed.

good form...good use of compliments for the light vs the shadows (light toward the red and shadows toward the green)

very cool

If you want to push it a bit more then try introducing some grays (will look like other colors like blues and greens when you put them on that palette)

you could also get away with one more value in the light as well...but that may change the mood of your pic.

keep pushing...

more more more

I want to see more of these.

jason

Intuos · member Member # Joined: 29 Oct 2000 Posts: 182

Wow Simon, fantastic! I agree with Micke in that the neck looks a little "off" it seems to lack the value contrast that you've achieved in the rest of the pic.

Also, I really like how you've captured such a captivating pose of yourself.. it's almost spooky. Great work, you've improved leaps and bounds since I saw your last work. Keep it up my man!

-Intuos.

PS - God I miss my home

deranged · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 8:38 pm

Hey man! really nice! i like the warm colors used too! almost like yer sitting in front of a fire, very nice...

i like the shading on the eye socket too.

nice beard too :P

-dan

JohnGone · member Member # Joined: 12 Jan 2000 Posts: 133

That's really nice. I love portraits where half the face is dark!

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Isric · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 10:07 pm

Hey, you look just like my friend. Wonderful picture, very well done. You're gonna be big.

Plop · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2000 10:31 pm

Great painting. Very hard to believe its your second

You look very much like one very famous russian poet:

klaivu · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2000 1:31 am

Thats good. I like it.
But i think you look a bit like me ... because of the beard ?

GodChi · member Member # Joined: 19 May 2000 Posts: 77

wow, very cool simon!

Ramiranda · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2000 2:14 am

Great Job,Simon.In my real life i done portraits by money and this portrait is fantastic.I agree with Micke,the neck is not as well done as the rest.But the eyes are very good.
Where do you live?in a cave?(warm colours)

Simon Gustafsson · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 4:35 am

Thanks everyone.

Jezebel: hopefully it does =)

Tanis: I like Rembrandt =)

Micke: Ill pay some more attention to the neck then!

Jason: I applyed a yellowcolored multiplyerlayer afterwards. Maybe it killed the different skintones. I will do more =)
alot!

Intuos: spooky? =) the key to improvement is Patience. For me atleast.

Deranged: Im considering side-whiskers ala wolverine =)

Plop: he has alot more forhead than I do though =)

Ramiranda: Not a cave but almost. I live quite isolated on the countryside spending to much time with myself. haha, and I love it! =)

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simn

AKIRA_x · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 6:22 am

....the picuter is great...but how about a shave......mmmh.

AKIRA

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ime · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 6:52 am

great pic...bit too dark
yeah you look like a Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin when he was young... oh he actually always was young... he was killed on a duel...

Binke · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 7:50 am

niice sideburns

I like it Simon , but as I said on IRC, and as Manley pointed out, the picture is just screaming for some grays/blues/greens

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Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 9:43 am

Come on everybody! Let's gather around the cosy campfire! No wait! let's gather around simon's portrait! hehehe....I like the warm colours too maan! Grymma polisonger eller vad det �r! s�tnos hahahhehehe...

mattready · member Member # Joined: 12 Oct 2000 Posts: 114

damn man.....i dig the "glenn danzig" style chops.

Jason Manley · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2000 11:51 pm

your layer addition technique works well...dont lose it...but a few clean strokes of similar value color variation and subtle greens and pinks and blues (relatively...not thalo blue or anything...just bluer or pinker versions of the same colors) added on top of what you have would pop it to the next level.

Jason