Sijun Forums :: View topic - Character portrait (nothing special, but...)

Enayla · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 8:23 am

... I thought I'd show it anyway. There's something about her that I like

(Just a portrait of a character - that's why there's no background)

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sahripper · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 8:43 am

Wow, looks great, as usual. Only thing that looks a smidge wrong is that the tattoo or tribal type mark looks rather flat. It doesn't seem to fit the contour of the face... It doesn't look like it dips down all that much from under the eye, and up th side of the nose...Maybe that is just me seeing that though...Anyway, fix or no fix it is great and much better than I can do.

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mannyp · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:20 am

Wow,

Very nice. I love it. (No crits, other than to second the previous comment on the tattoo).

Cheers

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faustgfx · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:36 am

[what i said earlier]

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SporQ · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 10:34 am

i like the hands

SporQ

Spitfire · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 10:51 am

It's got glitters and sparkles.

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Kolt · junior member Member # Joined: 02 Jan 2001 Posts: 42

OMG!!!!!!!!! nuff said, hunh?

Kjetil Nystuen · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:36 am

Nothing special...? Show us something special then

This is one of my favorites from you Enayla. How did you do this pic? Did you use a reference? Hands are really good. The hair has some really, really beautiful colors. Nice ++

-Kjetil

El Caseron · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:56 am

Stored!

No crits.

Enayla · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 1:56 pm

sahripper: Eeep, yeah, I've noticed the tattoo problem now. Sadly enough, it's not on a separate layer. I'll see if I can fix it anyway (though not right now)

mannyp: Thanks

The tattoo will be fixed.

faustgfx: *beams*

SporQ: Heheh, thanks again

Spitfire: No kidding? *grin*

Kolt:

Kjetil Nystuen: Oooh? I didn't think it was /that/ good. The pose is inspired by an old Madonna picture as well as a picture I saw of a kid (could she have been ten years old?) but I didn't use an actual reference picture. I rarely do when it's just a portrait. (I'm amazed that you like it so much - I don't consider it one of my best... glad to hear someone does though

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El Caseron: Wheeh!

Solitaire: I'll fix it. Isn't it weird how you can become blind to your own pictures? I hadn't even noticed something was weird with it, but the moment someone pointed it out, I could see it immediately *sheepish*

sacrelicious: Heeeh... depends on the clock, actually. Only the digital clocks actually /show/ the 13:00-23:00 figures.

As to that portrait, I'm doing it for one of my jobs, so I only work on it during the weeks, not the weekends. It'll probably be updated again on Monday

Bradford: Heheh... I'm glad the hair I do is appreciated. I put down a lot of time and effort on the different hairstyles - probably /too/ much! *laugh*

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

Looks cool. I think it would look neat if you had like a sky or something in the backgroung.. maybe a litle moonlight around the edges.

SlightlyTwisted · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 2:42 pm

Wahoo, I still love this pic!

Everything I said before still applies, only more so. And you fixed up that wonderful hand, too!

*is still waiting for that gore drenched pic. although, with destractions like this, it's a very enjoyable wait.*

EDIT: Slapped the wrong emoticon into place. Idiot.

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AdezJ · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 2:56 pm

Very nice! =) as usually =)

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Solitaire · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:06 am

I've to agree with Sahriper - the tribal seems as if it's before the face not being part of it. The bent should follow the form of the nose cheeks.

sacrelicious · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:46 am

In Europe, a stopped clock is only right once a day.

What happened to the fiery, watery, portraity piece? Not that this doesn't rock; I'm just curious.

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Bradford · Guest Member #

the master of hair strikes again. i have started to think more of hair in my works ever since i started seeing your pictures.

very nice portrait by the way.

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faustgfx · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 3:47 am

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Spitfire · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 3:50 am

Aaaghhh!!!

*puts a brown paper bag over fausts head*

Dont.

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TheMilkMan · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 4:37 am

Gahhhhhhhh......ok...this is a nice image but why do people have to post there images at geocities...man that is the slowest image hosting service ever.....anyways ...nice work

Danny · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 5:10 am

VERY nice Enayla. This is probably my fave of the pieces I've seen you post here. The hair is great! (being a hair painting fetishist myself) Although I like the face, I think there are some things that have room for improvement. The whole eye region looks a bit flat. The way the eyes are placed in the face. The flatness of the forehead's a contributor to this I suspect. Anyway.. it's minor.

If you haven't fixed the tattoo already, it should be peanuts. Isolate it and play around with brightening/darkening it accoring to how the light hits the face. Right now it's all in one value. It might be of interest to place the tattoo in an upper layer, paint skin beneath it in the lower layer and mess around with some blend modes. See what that results into.
Now that I'm looking a little closer, some of your hairstrands appear to have faceted (flat) edges. Any particular reason for this? (slowness of the PS brush-engine?)
All in all a great image. Does it come any bigger? It'd like her on my backdrop for a while please

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Enayla · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 6:34 am

I don't even know if this looks better, but I'm just plain giving up now. Tired and sick of this picture

Chapel:

You're probably right. Maybe, just schmaybe, I'll get around to making a bg for her sometime... maybe.

SlightlyTwisted:

It's coming along just nicely.

Adezj: Thankee

*just blinks at faustgfx and Spitfire* ooookay....

TheMilkMan: Sowwy... it always works all right on my connection though

Danny: Oooh, lots of crits! I love that! And as to the hair and any flatness of it, *points to her ancient computer*, it isn't exactly heaven working on this machine

Large (There you go - bigger version)

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faustgfx · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 6:48 am

quote:
Originally posted by Spitfire:
Aaaghhh!!!

*puts a brown paper bag over fausts head*

Dont.

....??

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Jaymo · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 7:22 am

Wow, impressive! Weird materials, her hair looks like nylon, her eyes like magenta chrome...cyborg?

Merekat · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 7:33 am

Wow. Absolutely excellent! I am SO jealous of your hair-ability. ;} But, in a good way. Makes me get off my butt and work harder. ;}

How long would pieces like this take you? I get a little discouraged at times, for it seems the entire forum is constantly putting pieces up, and it takes a couple weeks after workdays to get something like my catburglar done. Where do you people find time to do this staggering volume of work?? ;}

Seriously, madam, how long do these marvelous illustrations take you? Keep up the great work! You are an inspiration!

shardik · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 9:09 am

i like the whole thing, especially the hair.. everyone else already mentioned the tribal... the separate strands of hair look like glass to me

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Seph|roth · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 8:22 pm

Well, this is one awesome piece of work. It looks simply stunning. As usual, you've painted the hair perfectly. Keep up the good work

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Senator · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 10:25 pm

Is it possible that someone can fall in love with a drawn girl from a picture?
lol

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jcterminal · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 11:27 pm

ugh. can we be even more CuteGurl v.2?
http://www.somethingawful.com/guides/forums/index-02.htm

you've been discovered Enayla.

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ToasT 01 · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2001 12:13 am

OH MY - its great - nuff said

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Trick · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2001 12:56 am

Enayla hello I want to say that I saw all your drawings and i have to say that they are superb. I must also say that you are a very generous person of your time and it is super to see people like you in the forum. I have one comment on your drawing, the color to the inferior lip seems to disapear compare to the upper lip is very contrasted.
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