[Chris Allison]

I started this pic about a month ago but got fed up with it for I couldn't get the likeness right.

Anyhows, I decided to have a play around with it last night and carried on today with some help of some of my mates at the #model_design mIRC channel

I'm wondering what I should do next with this image- I know that the likeness is halfway there but there are things that are stopping it from looking just right. I'm also not sure about whether I should put makeup and hair on him- I have seen that in some photos that MM is bald and has only black makeup round his eyes....

Anyhow's, any tips on how I should progress are welcome- I know that I still need to learn loads but with you guys' help, I should get better

Cyas

[Mr. T]

i'm far too sleepy to do a proper repaint so i just did a little one on the eye and the surrounding area. i remember seeing manson wearing light-blue and white contact lenses so i did one





thank you on this thread, reminded me that i want to do a portrait of him too
totally forgot about it

cheers

p.s. you should work some more on the top of his head

[Chris Allison]

Thanks for the tip Mr T- I had drawn the contact lense in on an earlier version but due to wanting to get the size and shape of the eyes just right on both sides, I copied and pasted the left eye so I lost the contact lense

I see how you've stengthened the lines round the eyes- It's really made a difference- I'll sort these changes out and post a reply either later today or tomorrow

Thanks again Mr T

[Chris Allison]

how's this looking?

I've changed the eyes to show more emotion and added the contact lense, tidied up the top of the head and finally added some makeup

I thought of adding hair to him but it doesn't look right on him- I know that MM's got a very high hairline which makes things worse lol

I'm not sure whether to work any more on this but I suppose it really depends on the feedback I get from you guys

Toodle pips

[Mr. T]

lookin' good, now add a neck?

ears would be nice too

[Chris Allison]

I got some really bad news.....

My pc was hit with a virus today which wiped my c://WINDOWS dir....

All of the artwork I've done over the last 3 months is gone too- it was in a folder that was on the desktop......

All I got left is the jpegs of the latest version

I don't know whether to carry on or not for I'm feeling really hacked off

Thanks for the advice on the art tho Mr T- I had made major progress literally just before all this happened (I had made the resemblence even closer by moving the cheeks up and narrowing the chin) as well...



[EDIT]This isn't exactly the final version that was done but you could see a bit more of where I was going with this pic[/EDIT]

[ April 02, 2002: Message edited by: Chris Allison ]

[Mr. T]

oh, man, that's really bad news

it doesn't necessarilly has to be a bad event tho- don't know how to explain, but you can make it a turnin' point. like, don't look back and focus on now and future. i really need to brush up my english.

[Chris Allison]

I've decided to carry on with this pic but I am going to do some major changes to it tho.

The eyes are still too big- gonna get rid of the makeup again too so that I can concetrate on getting the facial features shaped just right

Anyhows, I gotta reinstall photoshop again- toodle pips!

[TossMonkey]

Dude, why didn't you download a file recovery program? I deleted my UT directory by accident and lots all my custom levels, so I hopped on the net and downloaded a free recovery program and got all my work back.

Anyway, I like the pic so far and I hope you don't lose anymore work.

[Basement bound]

Don't be afraid to start all over. Not that it is not good. I have had a few images that I accidently saved flattened when I went and redid it I was impressed with things I solved by just starting over, very educational.

JA