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Enayla · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 7:34 am

So... if you don't like my character portraits, you don't need to look =P

This one is a bit darker than my usual portraits... And I'm sorry about the time it takes to load it - damn tripod seems SO slow today (and it's the only place I can access from here).

Kind of pretty, isn't she?

[ May 21, 2001: Message edited by: Enayla ]

SlightlyTwisted · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 7:40 am

Kind of? Kind of?!?

You already know my thoughts on this... I'll keep thinking them for a long long time.

r3koil · junior member Member # Joined: 03 Nov 2000 Posts: 26

The darker type, my favourie type. This is excellent and it contains all the aspects I love.

I love the fan and the purple tones. The hair/flowers are just brillent.

God I love this picture and yes she is pretty.

Good work.

Jezebel · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:12 am

I think this is one of the best portraits you've posted in a long time... maybe even the best. It's probably my favorite. Painted gals with smokey eye shadow just always look so cool to me. How come when I wear smokey eye shadow I look like a crack whore?

It would be interesting to see her male counterpart.

Beth

v1510nAry · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:17 am

Why o why Enayla, are you so modest, I would boost a little if I were you

Amazing Hair and flowers

, but nose looks a bit off

Great Work

Seph|roth · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:18 am

Enayla, you are SO good..
Ill be honest, im totally jealous of your talent..I really have nothing bad to say about this, its simply gorgeous...
Take me under your wing and help me become half the artist you are !

agent44 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:26 am

yes darker, but cooler, too.
is "cooler" a word?

AdezJ · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:55 am

very good as always

swampbug · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 9:03 am

Bootful! I think if you took a break from just headshots, and medium shots you could explore more options. Find new creative venues. I'll stop using big words. I'm bound to really screw one up here.

Good work!

Bjorn · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 9:10 am

Oh.
my.
GOD!

One word: Exquisite.

*throws his dreams of art in the bin and tries his hand at writing instead*

Da Bjorn

Suburi · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 9:21 am

Enayla .... I love you! XD

Axl · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 9:24 am

Nice to see some darker work from you.
Very sultry.
Small comment:
Her lips look fat to me unless her mouth is meant to be slightly open but I don't see any teeth.

Awetopsy · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 10:16 am

Holy Cow.. Awesome work Enayla. Just beautiful. I absolutely love the flowers in her hair.. this is simply gorgeous..

Socar MYLES · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 10:41 am

This is my favourite one yet. It's got much more impact than your usual work--not any insult intended to your usual work, of course--but this particular one has an arresting graphic quality which I really like.

A couple of minor crits: The shape of the face seems a little odd. The left cheek (HER left, not our left) seems to go down towards the chin at too sharp an angle compared to the curve of her forehead. This results in her face seeming very slightly squashed, and her chin seeming flat. Also, I think her nose is a little skewed, as well--I think we'd be able to see a little more of the left side of the nose in this position.

Don't be offended, though--I really...REALLY love this.

Luci · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 12:36 pm

w00pish! Enayla Returns! Oooh, I was having my withdrawls for a second there I hope you know Enayla

This is a gorgous peice. I can't get over the wonderful amount of detail, especailly in the Face, Eyes (Those are YUMMY eyes.. Mm.. Don't ya just wanna.. okay, now I'm infactuated..), and the hair with the flowers, and the .. ohh everything! It's just stunning.. I love this so much- And I hope I can get more, There is so much feeling in this, Moodiness that you have conveyed, it is just beautiful...

Thank you Enayla for gracing the boards again

I wish to see some morrre!!!

Thank you again-

-Luci

Gimbal8 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 12:37 pm

Keep painting beautiful women and I'll keep staring at them affectionately.

I love your portrait work. Humans are accutely aware of minute little things about the human face. Expression and emotion can be such subtle things. And it is easy for us to identify flaws or abnormalities in the human face almost on a subconscience level (probably something developed partly due to the mate selection process, but this isn't animal behavior class so I need not go into that here). Anyway, what I'm saying is portraits are difficult to do well, imo, and you do them very well on a consistent basis.

schabe · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 12:51 pm

very nice picture. and the darker, the better

and yes, she is very kinda pretty.

DiXter · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 2:57 pm

quote:
Originally posted by Socar MYLES:
This is my favourite one yet. It's got much more impact than your usual work--not any insult intended to your usual work, of course--but this particular one has an arresting graphic quality which I really like.

A couple of minor crits: The shape of the face seems a little odd. The left cheek (HER left, not our left) seems to go down towards the chin at too sharp an angle compared to the curve of her forehead. This results in her face seeming very slightly squashed, and her chin seeming flat. Also, I think her nose is a little skewed, as well--I think we'd be able to see a little more of the left side of the nose in this position.

Don't be offended, though--I really...REALLY love this.

Yes, i like it too!! Very pretty Enayla, and I just love the way you use different colours for the skin in your portraits..
But theres something wrong with the shape of her face.. she seems to be a bit flat..
The nose and the mouth doesn't fit with the angle of the eyes.. hmm.. sorry, my english isn't the best..
But don't take this the wrong way, I still think this is one of your most beautiful portraits ever..

shahar2k · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 3:21 pm

awesome work enyala, where's the accompanying story though? she seems like a gypsy queen or something

Akolyte · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 3:31 pm

Ack! More awesomely painted miniature fairy infested hair women! So kickass, I just dont like them fairies so prominent in the hair ;p

visual myriad · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 3:45 pm

Wonderful. For some reason, I thought of Stevie Nicks as soon as I saw it (not sure why- isn't she blonde)? This is very striking. Her face looks almost porcelain I would only suggest maybe just easing off on the dodge when rendering the hair. The highlights might look nicer a little softer. I really like the contrast against the more graphic and stylized fan. It's working really well :-)

y0 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 5:03 pm

gosh enayla, i love yer style...its always dark, and yet it glitters heheh its cool, keep up the good work...

Enayla · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 10:34 pm

Wow, lots and lots of replies =)

Thanks, everyone. I honestly didn't think she'd be THIS liked, but I'm glad that you people prove me wrong. I just woke up so I'm too tired to give everyone individual responses... but... I can see what's wrong with her face, now. I'll really try and see if I can fix it today.

I wanted her to have an original nose, but I ended up putting it in the wrong angle... and I'll soften the line of her cheek. As to the hair... I don't use dodge. Not for the hair at any rate. So I can hardly have used too much dodge, can I?

(Edit)

Most actual, real women look awful with this kind of makeup - except for on pictures. I don't know why, but dark and smoky eye makeup like this often just looks... tacky... while on picture it can look really sweet.

As for the story behind the woman in the picture... She's a courtesan. The best paid courtesan you'll ever find, but one nevertheless.

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Ax0 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:35 pm

uantara mera!!! Cose guano uantara meeeera!
Ooooh, Maria uantara meeera!....

Heh, the lyrics don't go just like that...
but that song just popped to my mind when
I saw this.

Awesome pic. As always.
Really love that hair.

Taking serious thoughts about starting a spanish singing career.

Freddio · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:47 pm

Very cool indeed

one thing (may have been said) the perspective of the lips is a tiny bit off..

KiNgStiNg · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:51 pm

WOW....that is just frigging stunning

Enayla · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 1:13 am

I've tried to fix what had been suggested =) Thanks everyone!!

(just hit reload, I saved over the old picture)

NukleoN · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 1:18 am

BELLISSIMO!! I love it.

Very beautiful woman too...

NukleoN

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