[Lunatique]

Vertigoblack- For dark skin, there's sometimes a purple sheen to it. Also, for some Africans, the concentrations of their skin pigment forms a highly reflective surface, and you get a lot of surrounding colors reflected off of it.

If you have any questions, just ask. I'll be happy to help anyone. I'm still learning myself constantly, and I wish someone would be my teacher!

madmouth- The reference was waaay skinnier. I already bulked her up a lot.

[Joachim]

Hey, very nice ! -if you didn't state it was painted with a palette knife, I would swear that picture was digital Btw, how the heck do you get such good scans of your painitng ? It's oil right ?

[GiTcH]

Joachim, I believe he painted it using the "palette knife" tool in Painter

[Ian Jones]

Joachim: Oils are really easy to scan... File > save.

[SystemId]

oog ;; *jeaously* I better not underestimate that knife tool now .. (I never use it) because obviously it has powers @_@ I think this is a crazy piece man! Especially the advanced hand pose/angle. I like that.

[[666]Flat]

This one is my favorite:


Yummy...

[Gimbal8]

This sucks. Absolutely horrible.

Not the picture, the fact that I didn't paint it...

Good job.

[Lunatique]

Joachim- Heheheh. What GiTcH said. "Digital" palette knife, bro. I haven't touched real oils for almost a year now.

SystemId- I used to only use the knife for roughing things up, but after this piece, I've learned to paint some crazy details with it too. It's so much harder to work with, but it gives you a nice spontaneous look that's unique.

Gimbal8- Thanks.

[Jezebel]

Beautiful image Luna