Autumn, Natascha Roeoesli (2D)

[theCloudmover]

Wonderful.

I really love the finish on this.

I think the simple design is also incredibly effective. GREAT JOB!

:applause:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Beautiful!

Post more great stuff like this!

Jose

[Androgs]

Agree, this one is a beautiful piece!!:thumbsup:

[Kyena]

Many thanks for the feedback. I am still relatively new to digital art and pretty hesitant to post works on conceptional boards since I don't consider my work too original right now (I am working on that though ;))

[MITRICH]

delightful :thumbsup: :-)

[coCoKNIght]

What shall I say, it's fantastic! playfull and depressing, well it sure is though I most like the change of color and wide wariety of colors that autumn brings along, something missing in your picture because there's a color eating depression all over it :D

cheers!

[swarding]

Excellent color palette, your work is spectacular and creates an interesting mood. Very nice.

[Rizo]

beautiful piece! show us more! :bounce:
Rizo

[Mindkontrol]

Wondering if you used any reference throughout the process...I really like this peice, and she is beautifully done...

[bRuNuShky]

A beatiful work....

[SteveV]

Nice drawing, here's a link to another illustration on a similar theme.http://www.artsforge.com/martin/autflirts.html

[Kyena]

I had all different kind of references for the facial expression (including myself and the mirror next to me :p)

And SteveV - that is an AMAZING piece much more a concept then my character study.

[pierrebixquert]

he is charming, good work :)

Pierre (http://www.artde3.com/pierre)

[andreasrocha]

Beautiful work...I just think the net over her mouth doesn't add much...or perhaps darkening it, to make it more present.

Beautiful color scheme.

[Kyena]

ah yeah the veil....one of very few details I had on a seperate layer in Photoshop.
I had it off completely then I added it again. I had it as full black veil - semi transparent and until almost the end I was not sure how to incorporate it. However I wanted to have it in as part of the "depressing image" together with her dark cloak.
I thought it was too distracting and interfering with her smile since I indeed tried out a darker version as well. It did confuse me eyes and cut into her facial expression imo.

Now looking at the finished piece I think it's probably a matter of taste..thanks for the feedback though. Very much appreciated :)

[rwijaya]

WOW, very, errrr, hmm dunno what to say, i just love it.
post more of ur work here, . . do u have any website ?

[mnewhart]

Very attractive piece, appealing character design--the young lady pictured has certainly won me over. The sepia-tone color palette certainly suits your "autumn" theme. I would suggest more detail, or perhaps darker values, in the background plane--she doesn't seem to be rooted very firmly in her environment.

Wonderful stuff.

[feverinlove]

I believe her neck is too long.

[nideep]

really nice work.:applause:

the only little problem i noticed is the hands; the veins seems to me like those of an old person.

looking forward for more art from you.

[greanspam]

Very beautiful! It's excellent in it's composition and moody simplicity.

[Kyena]

Godness - thanks so much for all the feedbacks! :love:

I noticed that the cropped version you see if you open the thread is a bit more sharpenned then the actual painting.

Nideep: if you click on the image and then look at the actual size - do you still have the impression the veins are too prominent?

rwijaya: yes I do - it's in my profile :)

mnewhart: I was not too sure about the background myself. But I decided to go with a simple one to not distract from the figure. However backgrounds are definately something I need to work on.

feverinlove: I think the initial sketch was fine (I have a very long neck myself ;)) but adding the cloak might have stretched her neck part unintentionally. I had several people mention that earlier too.

greanspam: thank you! :)

[nudelsalat]

4 Stars, because of her beautiful face and the very good drawn clothes. :love:

[McSpirit]

the ammount of depth in the picture is just stunning. great work :)

[Self-Designer]

It's really awesome but:

...The (very messy) process can be seen on my website....
And the URL is?

[Seraf]

beautiful piece of art,
i love the color

[jddog]

I like it a lot !!!

jdd


Ehh a quetion....
...The (very messy) process can be seen on my website....
And the URL is?

[Kyena]

Artist 3D:
www.tascha.ch
It's in the tutorial section..even though it's not a tutorial - I just saved some different steps. I am really not a good example when it comes down to work progress :sad:

[Tranchefeux]

Hello, Cheer for your visual, it is very beautiful and volumes are
well seen congratulations.

www.tranchefeux.com

[Self-Designer]

Artist 3D:
www.tascha.ch (http://www.tascha.ch)
It's in the tutorial section..even though it's not a tutorial - I just saved some different steps. I am really not a good example when it comes down to work progress :sad: Thank you :)

Oh man! it's awesome! so many steps! have to look at that for a few hours ;)

[Ariyoshi]

CGNetwork award winner, congrats!! ^^

[luhna]

Hi Kyena ... amazing work :applause: :applause:

[Garma]

very appealing. outstanding job on the clothes. Great colors too.

[Teyon]

Very nice, reminds me of Alphonse Mucha's work under the same idea (yours seems happier though). I like the use of tones in yours, very cool.

[Chewey]

Nice work. You do have a slight problem with the positioning of the head relative to the body unless this lady has a serpent style flexo neck or some other worldly neck joint setup.

[xavier-marquis]

Jizus !

This pic wakes me up :) excellent

5 Stars

[Philipstraub]

good girl natascha....congrats on a great piece!

[thesuit]

I had all different kind of references for the facial expression (including myself and the mirror next to me :p)
In that case you should post a picture of yourself... very nice work... I love the mood and the color palette, IMO very well picked. The composition is not very elaborated, but then again its simplicity works great with the piece.

two thumbs up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[dcmoutinho]

beautiful, congratulation:thumbsup:

[r3mix]

Beautiful image! I really dig this painting. Excellent work. :thumbsup:

[depleteD]

dood, that jazz is the shit.

great job.

[Ecleposs]

great work... ilove it so much
congrats man...you aim for the award gallery..:)

[Kyena]

"In that case you should post a picture of yourself"

doh hell no :D

I am a bit overwhelmed on the feedback - so forgive me for stumbling along. And on top I was pretty hesitant to post here. Many thanks for makeing me feel so welcome.

I think the neck issue is the same that got mentioned earlier. The actual sketch was ok I guess but I screwed up the perspective/propotions with adding the cloak. Definately something I can learn from for my future paintings.

[turx]

beautiful!!
the smile on her face gave life to her.
the colors are excellent.

[henningsen]

As you already know, I love this picture :-)

Can`t wait to see the rest of the seasons...

[lord Sphere]

hmmm. If you look at the face out of context from the rest of the image, it looks (to me) just like one you might see in an ad. This bothers me a lot... probably because I feel that it's important for artists to distinguish their work from photography.

I think one reason for this association is that the teeth are so ridiculously bright. They appear to be the whitest portion of the whole image.

Otherwise it's excellent. The leaves in the foreground are especially clever. Since they're more saturated than the rest of the image it really adds a sense of depth.

[JARhead]

Nice work. Whats you web address?

[roguenroll]

very nice. hands might be a tad too big.

but very realistic, and nice flow of motion in the hair etc.

[macqdor]

Awesome picture. Very lovely. What web site do u have ?

[Tilstrom]

Excellent work here, well done. :beer:

[eldee]

where have i seen this before? it looks so familiar....
did you have a wip thread going or something?

[Kyena]

where have i seen this before? it looks so familiar....
did you have a wip thread going or something?
hmm - no
I am completely new to cgtalk. However I post on gfxartist and Deviantart..maybe from there?

The white teeth got mentioned before. I absolutely agree that I made them too white. As far as the face goes..I dunno - I am more an naturalistic artist or it's probably the style I work in. It's not out of a toothpaste add thought ;)

[firecg]

so good..........I likt it~~
the color is tie in
have a Warm feel(sorry I'm english is bad)

[CGTrader]

Hi Kyena, outstanding work indeed! Interestingly, the girl itself is identical copy of my ex-girlfriend (I should have a photo somewhere). That makes the work even more appealing and of course it grieves me that we have split up.. :blush:
P.S. if she has your lineament then your next work definitely should be self-portrait! :love:

[grafikdon]

Good job my friend. Reminds me of my favourite painter Rembrandt H. Van Rijn with a little touch of Eugene De la Croix.


Baroque meets Realism.

Two thumbs up (Matter of fact I raise my two toes in addition)

[HOON]

Natascha, its nice to see your beautiful work getting proper recoginition here. congrats!

what strikes me the most in this picture is the slightly brighter, and more saturated autumn leaves floating around her. adds so much depth, motion and emotion to the image.
good work ^^

[macqdor]

wheres the web site? all of this came from?

[Kyena]

hmm guys I already posted my url and it's also in my profile ;)

just for everyone again:

it's http://www.tascha.ch (I also have a DA and a gfx gallery both under my community name "kyena".

Thanks again for all the comments. They mean a lot to me :love:

[dmonk]

The face looks like the girl from Family Matters ( Steve Urkel).

Great Illustration though.

[Kyena]

Family matters? Movie or show?
I am curious since the face is totally fictive and not based on something particular.

[dmonk]

Family matters? Movie or show?
I am curious since the face is totally fictive and not based on something particular.I just thought her face looked familar her name is Kellie Williams she playe Laura.
http://www.kellie.de/pics/kw/waj.jpghttp://www.kellie.de/kw1/w_kellie.jpg
http://www.kellie.de/zfotos.htm

[Kyena]

The show with Steve?! hehehe ah I know that one
and yeah her smile is indeed similar :)

[Saku-Pekonmaki]

First of all I want to say, Welcome to cgtalk.

I want to congratulate you with your excellent drawing.
I like to mono colour feeling of it, and it is material to sell.
I do not agree that the teeth r too bright, it kinda gives it a focal wich is very nice.
where as it is the cross between autumn and winter, winter is very clean but cold. autumn is the time of year when the old disapears for the winter, gets cleaned up.

If you want critics then I´ll give you some.
I only have an issue with the nose and the net.
I would remove the net to get her beautifull face more daylight.
the nose looks a little too much piggish, but not on a amatourish way.
because u do show a prof. skill in this drawing and I hope that u continue this. :)

A perfect picture would be a photograph so that is not what we want.

[Amilton Diesel]

Awesome expression, very natural and shows a nice warm feeling. Is a great work.

[olijosman]

beautiful work. Expressive and rich in details :thumbsup:

[firstsingle]

Wow Kyena. That is one awesome painting. You got your emotions across to me just fine.

[Rass]

Beatiful work! congratulations :D i love it !!

[Christoph_H84]

Beautiful work! I like the hair and the ribbons on the dress and how they follow the cloth's surface. The facial expression is just wonderful, but why did you cover it with this net?

[Kyena]

Once more - thanks a lot for all the compliments and the award!
I am very proud and honored about this :)

About the net:
Part of the idea to show the depressive side of autumn was to include some kind of funeral elements. Thus the idea with the black cape and the veil. Having a full black vail however didnt work for two reasons a) I didn't want to cover to much of her face fully and b) it reminded me too much of arabian culture (not necessarily a bad thing but you know what I mean :))

So I decided to go with the net - In my opinion she had still a widowy touch without cutting off too much of her facial expression.

[StrangeFate]

Beautiful image.

Swiss artists seem quite rare, i was 15 years in Schaffhausen before moving to Canada. Besides some live-roleplayers and their fantasy fanzines which seemed all a bit to extreme for my taste, i never meet anyone remotely artsy there.

have fun.

[Wonderer]

nicely painted :thumbsup:

[alessandrolima]

yes!greats Job!Very beautifull....Greats!

Alessandro

[FlyByNight]

Wow. Well done. Instant succes on CGTalk.

I was going to give a reply as simple as 'she is beautiful!!' I assumed it was a guy that had made it (no offence). But then u say u based some of her expression on you??.. :p

YOU are beautiful, as well as your piece. The picture that was posted saying it had similarities to yours, I have to say does not compare.

Very nice pose. Good choice of colours. the neck does seem to be extraordinarily long. the skin on the face does seem to be a little too perfect, (when compared to the hands). I love the gold colour of the leaves that are blowing in front of her face, when it contrasts with the slightly more greyer areas behind.

Really a very beautiful piece. Congrats.

[rohithtalk]

it is realy gr8 work in photoshop....;.. oops it is always nice to have critics on the work done to excel and to have perfection ,,, check the mouth and the thumb of the left hand...
nothing else. otherwise gr8 work

[Kyena]

hard to keep up with all the posts - phew :)

StrangeFate: Switzerland has no market whatsoever in CG - the only real famous artist I can think of which has Swiss Origin is Christian Lorenz Scheurer. And he is working in the United States now as far as I know..

FlyByNight: hehe I don't look anything like her - sorry to disappoint you ;). I just looked at my face for the expression (among other pictures for reference) - I don't tend to copy faces and use references normally only to get a general feel for something. Thanks for the feedback though.

I am still pretty overwhelmed on the feedback I got on this - so bare with me :)

[Rascal-VFX]

Totally impressive!

[RyanDHale]

Great image well painted and presented I like the sepia!

[Feagond]

I really love this piece... wonderfully detailed and very expressive :thumbsup:

Congrats :applause:

[nashya]

As always, gorgeous work from you. I'm watching you over on DA. I've learned a lot about realism from your work. You're a huge inspiration. Keep it up. :D

[grandma]

:buttrock: very nice

[i_hcl]

the color is so suit for Autumn,nice nice

l like it! ;)

[dandelion]

I really love the finish on this.

[Jelinek]

This picture is really very good.The feelings and atmosphere of this picture is just beautiful.
Thank you.

[nekro]

i love this piece, you know it:)

[Riddick]

Lovely girl!

[Kyena]

Once more - many thanks for the support and great feedback everyone :love:

[SRBOY]

hard to keep up with all the posts - phew :)

StrangeFate: Switzerland has no market whatsoever in CG - the only real famous artist I can think of which has Swiss Origin is Christian Lorenz Scheurer. And he is working in the United States now as far as I know..

FlyByNight: hehe I don't look anything like her - sorry to disappoint you ;). I just looked at my face for the expression (among other pictures for reference) - I don't tend to copy faces and use references normally only to get a general feel for something. Thanks for the feedback though.

I am still pretty overwhelmed on the feedback I got on this - so bare with me :)
OK,it is very nice.but you paint

[Ningen]

It was love at first sight. :love:

[cel1664]

As always, lovely work Nat :)

Sorry I'm so late to come over and say so here, that's not uncommon though. Can't wait to see the new stuff finished!

[nmcelmury]

absolutely beautiful, with some of these kind of pics the subjects dont seem to have much character, yours on the other hand does, impressive! keep up the good work

[7ony]

:buttrock: je witer so hoff verstosch schwitzter dutsch :) (for swiss people)

:buttrock:

[Kyena]

7ony : aber sicher doch ;) und dankä

[MarieMJS]

Excellent work!
You're saying that the subject is not really original, I have to disagree, even if its a simple pose like this one, doing a great work on it may be even more difficult than on something very particular!!
The woman is very expressive, I like the way you've done the hands, or hair, with just the essential touch, and the golden color you've chosen for the general feeling of the painting gives a warm touch to all the composition(is this the right word, sometimes my English seems to disappear LOL!)...
Great!!

MarieMJS.

[ditchman]

she seems so full of fun and life... WHAT DO YOU MEAN she's not real?

[Inouichi]

Hey! greetings. I think i've seen your work in GFXartist.com. Your Works are marvellous. Especially your colour technique. They are all spectacular in style. First glace at it thought it was done with Waterclolouring and Painter

[MKStudios]

Nice colors and terrific expression. This piece has a great mood to it and is very inspiring. She seems to be looking forward to the changing season.

[Piledriver2004]

One word: WOW!

[311]

Love it!
Great work!
Love the colors! Something like sepia tones.... :thumbsup:

[michael101171]

I love it. But where are her sisters?

I would like to see Spring, Summer and Winter. Ever thought about?

I also like your website.

[Kyena]

Hi Michael :)

I am working on winter currently and thanks for the compliment on my website!

[shadi]

from first seen it very nice, but if you look to her hands right one (for her) you may see some lines which is looking bad on this beautifuul body ...:deal:

[-Donnell-]

Love the work.

By chance, are you the same artist, http://www.shadowness.com/exhibition.php?exhibition_id=827&comments_id=&admin=&option=exhibition&comments=I+take+it+you%27re+Natascha+Roeoesli%3F++%0D%0A%0D%0AIf+so%2C+excellent+work.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cgtalk.com%2Fshowthread.php%3F ?

[sam4grafix]

Expressions tells everything!!

[Kyena]

shadi: yeah I have hard times with hands..and I just don't take enough care to study them. I hope to improve though :)

To everyone else: Many thanks for the feedback and compliments - it's very much appreciated.

[shaf140]

i think you did an awesome job on the face!!

[Kyena]

Sorry for the late response -Donnell- - yes I do have an account on shadowness :)

[fooxoo]

This is one of your best works, it has beautiful movement and mood. The colours are exellent. What I also like is that this image makes you think of Autumn :D.

And she is very pretty.

I like it!

[Kyena]

Thanks Fooxoo :)

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