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Curtis · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:35 pm

one of my first digi paintings, i am horribly bad at em so i am trying to practise starting in photoshop from scratch without ref

Feinam · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:24 am

Well, I wanted to make my first real crack at drawing a human. No model around so I decided I might as well jump the band wagon with all of you =). #4b pencil, mirror, 6 candles (4 left 2 right), and 1:45 later I have my first self portrait. Hopefully I'll improve as much as all of you have (WOW CHIANI)

C&C is highly encouraged, I'm very new to this.

ChiaNi · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:00 pm

welcome to the thread. Feinam. yes you will be better and better. you catch the shape mostly. Keep focuse on light resouse. see where the shadow drop on your face. if the light from the top. The shadow will under the nose and under the buttom lips. and under the jaw.

Curtis: same message for you too. keep trying. you will see the improvement.

Lionel: great one. I like it. your hair look good at left side this time.
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Feinam · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:18 pm

Oh, and during my time watching this thread I've noticed that the finest artists are the ones who mix up angles and themes. If anyone has a suggestion of a mixup or an exercise that would help me out, please say so.

Thee Phunk of Kale · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 21

hrmm, i can never get a natural skin tone. today, i'm yellow. 1hr, gimp.

Capt. Fred · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:11 pm

1st time painting a self portrait from a mirror.
Fun work -- tell me what you think.

Duracel · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:17 pm

I think its quite good!

Here is my new one - about an hour:

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Curtis · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 5:12 pm

3-4 min without reference

Capt. Fred · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:17 am

Thanks Duracel!
Here's my thrid self portrait (2nd from a mirror)
Rolled out of my bed this morning, sat infront of the computer and started painting. about an hour.

Those horizontal lines came from me realsising near the end that it wasn't right because it was elongated in some sections. I thought I'd just bunch it up a bit and it instantly looked better.

What do you think?

ines · junior member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

Curtis · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:04 pm

10 min with mirror ref
i'll work on col0ors more when i get good with line art

cg · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:44 pm

here's a dual self portrait of me..

(..guess i've been kinda moody lately!)

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Capt. Fred · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:56 am

sp#4
1hour 30mins
improving slowly Smile

ebrian · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:23 am

Hi, this is my newly finished selfprotrait. Bluedragon Magi, lol

Daniel Lieske · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 1:07 pm

This one might come up a bit too dark on some monitors.

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Shanx · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 7:42 pm

It's 03:40 in the morning!

My lord, thank god I don't have work today!

This one has taken me a solid four and a half hours of work!

Capt Fred : Nice portraits matey, you have a better understanding of colour than I do, hope to see more!

Daniel Lieske : What's wrong with your hand? I have a similar bandage around my arm from badminton strain! heh heh

ines : You don't really have a black line down your left eye do you? Smile

Lionel : Liked that last one... very nice!

Synista · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:03 pm

Damn! you guys rock
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ines · junior member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

Daniel Lieske · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 2:24 am

@ Shanx:

Oh, nothing wrong with my hand. I wear this glove (with thumb, index end middlefinger cut off) to gain smoother movement on the wacom. I use it since last summer (when my hands got wet and I couldn�t produce a smooth line) and now I�m somehow stuck to it.
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Lionel · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:32 pm

Daniel Lieske: Long time no see. That one looks awsome.

Shanx: Pity me it is already 12:30 and I HAVE work tommorow :/. That is a nice self portrait.

ebrian: Nice cartoony stye you have there

Capt. Fred: Your coloring is really good and your proportions seem acurate as good. If you stick with these I bet you will find your painting will improve quite rapidly.

cg: Thouse are very cool

Thee Phunk of Kale: The colors in taht are very cool but you eyes look a little flat good stuff

ines: That self portrait has a lovely background

Duracel: Another great sp (You landscapes have been rockin recently too)

ChiaNi: Thanks I really really hate hair I never know how to paint it :/.

Feinam: Well good luck these self portrats seem like a good way of improving if you stick with them

Curtis: When learning try not to do to many things at the same time. Rather than starting of with no ref and color try from a ref in black and white as taking on to much when you start learning can make the whole process much harder.

Btw Thanks to the person who AIMed me I acdiently closed the window and lost the message :/. I have a bad habit of leaving aim running even when I am not there so that was why I did respond Wink

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I spent a long time on my drawing with this one and as usual I found it next to impossible to draw with the wacom :/ not that my real life drawing is that good :/. I quickly colored it in to hide my embarisment.

Capt. Fred · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 2:25 pm

SP #5
took an hour, maybe hour ana half.
This is my best so far. hope you like.

I missed my portrait or yesterday Sad

Going to the national portrait gallery tomorrow (uk, in london) Very Happy

Lionel · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:05 pm

Capt. Fred: The national portrait gallery is great check out their sargents on the first floor and the lucian freud.

Bah another not so good one prehaps if I got a little more sleep it would help Wink

ines · junior member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

lionel, capt. fred, i like it how you draw the planes of the face, this impresses me, i want to do that too Smile

Shanx · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 6:53 pm

This one only took two hours of my life to create. I don't think I can ever be as good as you people.

I feel small and talentless, and yet inspired and driven each time I visit this thread.

Ines : That's a nice cute one Smile

Are you pouting? ;p

Lionel : I want to be as confident as you and just turn my opacity up and paint properly like that!

Capt. Fred : Only #5 and so much better than me already! Scum! hehehe, only joking...

antx · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:18 am

Well, I�m far behind. I got sick in january and then I got Gothic II and then I had work to do... and actually I still have...

ChiaNi: come on, keep posting, you still have to reach the 1000, no? Wink

Duracel: I like yours and not only your selfportraits. you improve quickly.

I actually like a lot of pics in this thead.

This one is about 1h. I painted the color under the sketch. That is why it looks so rough...

ChiaNi · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:30 pm

The thread getting hoter and hoter. Very Happy

So many nice face here.
Antx: I am back. I like your post on this one. good expression.
Shanx: don't be so down of youself. I see you done great postrait on both last two. keep good work.
Ines: you are very telent girl. I like your variety style.
Lionel: your selfpotrait have style now. The one you spend more time shows.
Capt. Fred: good work always.
Daniel Lieske: happy to see you back. Post more if you have time.
ebrian: good color and good muscle.
cg: I like the idea. good threat mask.
Duracel: I like your post.
Thee phunk of kale: I like your color. good to see yellow and purple together. they mach great on your post.

No. 101

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ChiaNi · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:42 pm

this is for coustume thread. not finish yet. take me long time to paint it. Because I have to make up the backgrand and the light souse from my head. The refrence that I have is from poker card and some ducumentry pictures from my books.

I will call all the costume thread picture that done by me also call selfpotrait. Because I use myself to wear all the costume.

It have lot fun to paint these images. I always like to wear beautiful cloth. Painting the costume can feed my wish. My wish is hope that I can wear all the beautiful costume from the world. But I can't have all. So I paint.

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Shanx · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:35 pm

Thanks for the kind words Chiani, but I still can't get it right...

I stare at your own work and I try to get the same colours to practice with my own face, but it doesn't work. Sad

I am destined to wander around my own dark ineptitude.

I was a little drunk when this one happened. Only two hours again. So still faster than I have done before... Tell me where I am going wrong please!

Antx : I kinda like it with the lines still in. I like the way you do your hair...

ZippZopp · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:40 pm

damn, its been a while since i've done one of these, but i kinda needed a break to get my life in order. anyway, here's the latest. lots of new faces in here too! great work everyone.

chiani: great to see your face again! great work as usual

shanx: really great portraits. nice use of color in them. i like the expression on this one

antx: i love the hues of this, i think the cheek area into the neck looks fantastic, nice job

capt fred: each one is an improvement. your proportions are spot on in the latest one. keep it up

Lieske: great lighting! and great texturing of the shirt!

lionel: as usual, great work, good to see you still doing these things

wasssup · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:48 am

great works everyone!

havent posted anything for quite a while...3 recent quickies:)