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BooMSticK · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 11:13 am

Basically just me having fun. Although this time I do feel I have struck on something that I really enjoy doing. So you can expect more of this kind of 'art'. Crits more than welcome as usual...
,Boom

(oh-yeah! A picture of Isabella Adjani was used for some very very loose reference.)

Nex · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 11:31 am

I like this one. great mood

Frost · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 11:40 am

Nice Boomboom. =) It's digital?... but, I'm not sure how you did this...

Rick · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 1:05 pm

The mood came out real nice. I like the charcoal action. I also like the contrast of the socks.
The style does kinda look like MsKean's Sandman images.

geelimp · Guest Member #

very strong pic.. I 'like' the mood too. You don't really need the knife

Cos · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 5:47 pm

love it, this is really cool boom

love the lighting and subtlety in the shading, anatomy looks good too, something reminds me of fabry again. To crit I'd say the hands look a little odd.

burn0ut · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 9:28 pm

looks reall good, cept.. shes got a HUGEEEEEE ass/back..
you see what im saying? it looks gigantic on the left

Muzman · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 11:45 pm

heh, I guess that makes it;
Jennifer Lopez's Alice.

Looks good. Painter certainly immitates traditional stuff pretty well don't it.

BooMSticK · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:06 am

heysan

Nex - thx.

Frost - Thx. And yes, it's most certainly digital. Done in Painter - pretty straightforward with the charcoal and erasor tools. No secret tricks.

,Boom

GreenPeach · Guest Member #

wow, very differant. It's nice but concidering my idea of your skill level I think you could improve it by working on the hands and face a little more. Of course the hardest part.

Seagull · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:19 am

It's wonderfull. Reminds me a bit of Dave Mckean's pictures of the "Sandman", if you know what i mean (The hair and eye and general moodiness).

--sea

tayete · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:35 am

I like this trial...you should show us more of your new brand style.

Tenuki · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 1:11 am

Reminds me a lot of J O'Barr's original Crow artwork. Looks Good.

Ax0 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 1:44 am

Put the knife down!!! Put the knife down!!!
Oh, my mistake!!!

Those veins in her hands look like
she's been pumping something???
But overall nice pic.

Ax0 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 1:45 am

Put the knife down!!! Put the knife down!!!
Oh, my mistake!!!

Those veins in her hands look like
she's been pumping something???
But overall nice pic.

Simon Gustafsson · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 3:01 am

very good.
nice values!

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toast! · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2001 6:36 am

wow being a charcoal fan , i m really impressed , that s really nice man , i m really digging your style . well for the comments i ll go with burnout for the ass part

Isabelle is a great actress ; was the reference from 37.2 ?

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topeira · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:02 am

i agree with burnout - that in one huge ass there!!

maybe black ppl like it but us on the forum.

and i think if u add a stain of blood on the knife and beneath it it could give the impression she has just done something horrible and leave the rest of the story to the imagination so it'll be more intersting to think about the pic later on.

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Ko · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:12 am

Very nice BooM!
I like the combination of texture and cross hatching.

Good to see someone taking advantage of Painter's exciting tools.
I've made some doodles with the sargent and impressionist brushes, these are very exciting! Try 'em out.

I can agree with the others on the wide ass issue

Ko

BooMSticK · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:06 am

wow. lotsa replies

Greenpeach - yes, you are right. especially the hands could use an extra hour or two... The head turned out pretty much as I envisioned it... But theres allways room for improvement, I know.
Seagull - thx.
Rick - hmm. I like Mckean, so I'll take that as a compliment.

Geelimp - Actually I had the same argument with my girlfriend who said the same thing as you. I don't really know why I put it there, but at the time it just felt right, and would help tell a story...
Cos - thx, my friend

Burnout - It really looks that big???
Muzman - thx. yes Painter kicks ass!
Tayete - thx. I like this way of working as well, so you can very well expect more to come...
Tenuki - thx.. and welcome to the forum...
Ax0 - hehe... Your're right, those weins aren't very feminine, but I really didn't want to do a nice looking female. I wanted someting twisted, sinister looking. Something right out of Tim Burtons mind, I guess...
Simon G - thx.
Toast - thx. I believe the pic was from some photosession and not a movie..
Toperira - Well, I wanted to tell a story and make people think what would come next. Putting blood on the knife would make people think what already did happen. See the difference?
Ko - Thx bro. I def. will try out other tools, eventually... There are so many and it takes a lot of time to get the most out of each one...
,Boom

Meek_scb · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:27 am

How about letting her hold the knife instead. Wouls give the image a double meaning considering the title.

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 6:57 am

meek_scb - maybe in the next one

Usually when I name my pictures I just write down the first thing that pops into my head, so I really don't thing 'cornered' is the best choice for a title to this pic... And welcome to the boards... Heh - funny to have two newcomers posting first post in your thread... wierd :/
,Boom

Softman · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 7:37 am

it's v good

marc_taro · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 7:57 am

Hey - very nice. Nice tone and texture. Is it conte?

I like the overall feeling - and the things I'm going to crit are helping with the mood, so they might be intentional, but if not -

You might want to concentrate on the anatomy of the hands next time - they are quite large and claw like. Especialy the hand under the chin - the wrist is very bulbous as well.

Her nose is quite long, pushing the mouth to the very bottom of the face, and the eyes are high and wide.

Now both these things look cool as they are, and do make her look strange and moody....so ignore me if you choose....!

Thanks for posting the great pic!
marc-taro

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:16 am

Softman - thx. another first poster

marc_taro - thx. Sorry for being ignorant but I don't know what conte means.... =/
You're right about the hands. I should have paid more attention to them... Somehow I often feel myself rushing through hands; maybe because they are among the hardest parts to get right? The face on the other hand I wanted to look less realistic to get contrast between the rest of the figure wich is fairly realistic and the more toony head. To me it makes the picture more 'twisted' which was what I was after... hope this makes sense...
,Boom

Ko · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:25 am

Conte = Conte crayons

You must have heard of them

Just teasing...

Ko

janne · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 2:15 pm

whoops, i seems i haven't replied to this yet.
awesome stuff! hopefully you keep posting more in this style(sorry, that wasn't too constructive).

janne.

travis travis · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:11 pm

now dat's a spicy style! there's some crazy small detail, I love it, what res is the full one? always glad to see someone willing to really make their own art out of digital possibilities and not just airbrush or spooge brush

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:29 pm

Hehe..... *yum* looks very cool .. hehe but I can't tell if she's anorexic and wants to kill herself....or there's an assailant....but none the less. great stuff there. Hehehe, I like the socks as well

Bibbe · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2001 12:35 am

I was about to say put some blood on the knife.
I got the feeling she just stabbed her husband or something .. but then i realised just as you posted above.. Don't put blood on the knife.. the "story" behind the picture is better this way.

As an old "non-digital-coal-user" i love it. Maybe one should try painter out. Still learning photoshop and i heard it's a tough walkover from psp to painter though.

- bibbe