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micke · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:28 am

I was very Inspired by Craigs Mullin's new piece when i did this one. I just loved the values on it.
I like doing hatching when painting, cause i think it creates an illusion of texture.Also tried not to have too much contrast. I will not work more on this, but please feel free to crit it!! I'll keep it in mind for next time!

Thanks,
Micke

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Jezebel · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:31 am

Niftilicious! - as always Micke.

-Beth

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dementia7 · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:33 am

nice work. It looks like a she....am I right? Anyways and Damn fine work on your website. VEry impressive. I wish I could paint or whatever. But afterall I am just an overpaid doodeler.

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

Pretty neat micke. The eyes look a little off for some reason. The pupils maybe? Her right side of her face looks a little wide too. Could just be from the way you painted it. Some of the strokes cause a slight distortion in the shapes. Like the pink value on the nose gets narrow and fades off to a side almost making the nose look crooked. I could be totally wrong and picking really hard as usual.

beekay- · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:38 am

damn... you're one of my fav's on this board micke ... very nice...

bk

Cos · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:47 am

whoa micke this is great man.. i think this is my favourite of your works ive seen so far. Very spoogetistic, great values. More like this!

Frost · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:48 am

(sigh) I feel like running away and crying in shame. This is very nice Micke. The lit side of the face seems wrong to me at the cheek level.. I love her Russian-slave-like eyes (?!) ...

Optical · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:58 am

ohh man.. excellent once again Micke... I love the expression and angle of this pic.. (as well as the the color and the...) I am so glad this forum has been reorginised i haven't drawn this many pics in so long! (mmmm inspiration..)

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"Bye bye Lets get high and ride Oh, how do we do these niggas But I'm not gonna cry I'm a Bad Boy killa Jay-Z die too Looking out for Mobb Deep Nigga when I find you Weak mutha-fuckas don't deserve to breathe
How many niggas down to die for me yea yea" - Makaveli

"Got my money in my pocket, finger on the trigger and I ain't taking no shit from no niggaz" -2pac

micke · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:59 am

Her!?
Damn, i guess i failed greately

I think i'll try to improve it a bit.

Noticed one thing. It seems like
this finished/in progress thing don't work.
I thought this one was finished, but you guys have very valid points so i'll go right back and try to fix some of them!

Thanks alot!

-Mikael

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burn0ut · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:01 pm

i really love this micke, i dont notice anything that jumps out at me as 'wrong' or anything missplaced, it just looks real tight, its cool how the nose jumps out of the picture.

and your right on the hatching is great.

anyways goodjob!

Ragnarok · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:03 pm

IMHO he already looks like a man, but the coat is strange. That's what makes him more femenine

Optical · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:16 pm

yeah man, not Brandon.. Jason Scott Lee... hehe...

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"Bye bye Lets get high and ride Oh, how do we do these niggas But I'm not gonna cry I'm a Bad Boy killa Jay-Z die too Looking out for Mobb Deep Nigga when I find you Weak mutha-fuckas don't deserve to breathe
How many niggas down to die for me yea yea" - Makaveli

"Got my money in my pocket, finger on the trigger and I ain't taking no shit from no niggaz" -2pac

ZenDrag0n · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:33 pm

Nice image. Love the colour palette. First they insult you by thinking its a woman, then they say they thought it was a self portrait as well. What does that say about what they think of you? haha Just kidding...I couldn't resist. I didn't think it was a woman. He does kind of look stoned with those half opened eyes. yes, I understand he's looking down, but it still amused me; maybe that haze is.....

Great image.

TheMilkMan · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:56 pm

Nice work ....

Anyways the expresion is killer . Sometimes just capturing an emotion in an expresion is a sign of mastery among artists. You must be doing something right !!

Optical : what's with your signature man are you from the hood...I don't think there are any in canada are there? Do you work at Bioware?..sorry just curious ...

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Kjetil Nystuen · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:43 pm

Respect.

I like this a lot Micke. It has a very nice atmosphere, great work indeed.

Er du ute av ditt kunstneriske vakuum enn�?

-Kjetil

Solitaire · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:54 pm

didn't read the whole thread (time,time,time :/), but I thought it was you, right? With a kind of Anorak or sth like that.

I like it very much - it's exactly the kind of style I'd like to apply to my recent work (another gasmask), but I think it's hardly possible :/.

I am not sure with the nose - perspective thing - can't explain it really but look from the noseholes (expr?) up to the tip and then compare with the nostrils! This tiny error gives the impression as if the bridge of the nose is drifting to his/your left.
But as I said I am not sure.

...hope that helped (if right)

Binke · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:34 pm

AHh I hate you

It looks really really cool.

I think its the lips that makes he look like a her... and possibly the jawline & eyebrows.

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Anthony · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:38 pm

I like the end of his nose. It doesn't have the crosshatching you always use.

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Frost · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:40 pm

Micke: Just got home now... and I was thinking about your pic on the way here...

In fact, there's nothing wrong with the pic. Fixing anything up to 'make it look more like a man' would only make it stick to a stereotype. It's great as it is. We don't all have the same traits, and definitely the picture is awesome... I can't see anything wrong with it as far as anatomy goes (of course, I don't know crap about anatomy and faces...so).

Light · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:51 pm

This rocks. It looks like a dude I knew from Sweden. Nice atmosphere and shading.

Cuddly · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 9:29 pm

Very nice!

Put some old bi-plane goggles on top and it's look like a World War I ace pilot... got that threatening, aloof look.

PuckDewd · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 9:45 pm

*edit* Comparison photos of Micke and Jason Scott Lee pulled by Micke's request

(Sorry Micke)

I love the palette you used in this Micke, and the cross hatching just adds that much more to a really great painting.

-Puck

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spooge demon · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:05 pm

Looks nice micke!

Anything I would say falls far into the �personal preference zone.� They are so small I don�t even have words for them.

Hmm....I think there is too much contrast and little secondary shapes that give too much information. Yea, simplify it more! Loose more edges.

Ex, cast shadow area on forehead under cap, lotsa bounce around the mouth. The cast shadow of the earflap on the side of the head could be modulated both in hardness top to bottom but also show the form of the cheek and jaw.

Keep on going on this one, but not more detail, less

Gecko · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:00 am

The subtle changes of color in the face make it beautiful.
Compared to spooge's pic this doesn't have as much going on, ie. the fragile roses and lighting added a lot to the mood. Your pose also implies the guy (guy!!) being a little threatening, even if the eyes look very relaxed.
Very prominent (that might be the word im looking for) forehead.

The cross-hatching is a good idea, and distinctive of you. I might not have anything special I'm aiming for with this, it's more like I'm pointing out what i see.

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

The funny thing is I thought it was a pic of you at first micke, but since you said that you were inspired by spooge's pic I thought you might have been trying the same subject. So I just kinda assumed it was a "she".

Cos · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:07 am

well to be honest i thought it was a self potrait. I just thought mebbe he shoulda took the towel off his head first

Hey micke, would you show your inprogress steps on how you made this (if u still have them). I'd like to see that.

Optical · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:08 am

haha, kinda off topic.. but hey Micke... you know how you said your dad looks like Bruce Lee? (or just that one pic someone did..) you kind of look like Jason Scott Lee. the guy who played Bruce in Dragon

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"Bye bye Lets get high and ride Oh, how do we do these niggas But I'm not gonna cry I'm a Bad Boy killa Jay-Z die too Looking out for Mobb Deep Nigga when I find you Weak mutha-fuckas don't deserve to breathe
How many niggas down to die for me yea yea" - Makaveli

"Got my money in my pocket, finger on the trigger and I ain't taking no shit from no niggaz" -2pac

Waldo · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:22 am

Very nice, Micke. I too thought it was perhaps a self-portrait due to the structure of the mouth (wishing I had lips

). You said you wanted to keep it low contrast, but I'd be curious to see what the highlights would add if they were bumped up a bit.
Just a thought...

Great job!

tayete · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:26 am

You are the man Micke!

Frost · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 12:29 am

(Sorry Micke! Must be the lips or something..)