[The Real Mark]

Ok I was trying Fred flik stones way of painting people, didn't quite turn out that well but here are the progress shots...

I cheated a bit and had the reference as an over layer but I kept it off for as long as possible. I only used it for the proportions as I SUCK at them . I guess practice makes perfect in that area.

ref: http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/nicnsammi.bmp

In chronological order:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/progress.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/progress2.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/progress3.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/nicolesammi2.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/nicolesammi3.jpg



Final image so far: http://users.bigpond.net.au/marktavares/nicolesammi/nicolesammi.jpg

any tips?

btw i know that the girl in the white tshirt's nose needs detailing and yeah... The skin doesn't look like skin really. Kinda looks like clay or something.

[kahboom]

Lookin' good, TRM. I think your next step might be to go back into the colors - look at the white shirt, for example - it's not all grayscale. There are blues and greens in there, too. It's tempting to use the eyedropper to get your colors, but try without. It can be helpful to create a separate image first for a palette - just lay in all the colors you see in the photo as blobs, and sample your colors from there instead.
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[The Real Mark]

Thanks Kahboom,

Yeah, haha DAMN YOU EYE DROPPER! I knew I shouldn't be using it, but I did a bit. What I actually did was, select a colour that I thought was right, then i'd eye drop the reference to see how close I was. I was right a fair bit of the time, I surprised myself alot in that area. And yes I know that the image has little specs of weird colour that stuffs you up. So I wont use it again. I guess another area in which practise makes perfect.

Any Idea on how to stop that clay type of look on the skin?

Any other tips?

hehe I ask nicole (girl in white shirt) how she would thank me for it. She said nothing but a huge thank you. haha I said I was satisfied.