MastahUK
07-18-2006, 03:01 PM
I decided to turn this piece, that started as a rough doodle of her as she was reading, into a proper painting that I could frame and give as a birthday present. Now I know I don't have the talent to put my work in the finished showcase forums, but I would like to show the stages that led to this final piece here a) because I would love feedback on everything (the process of working, anatomy, technique etc...) and b) because I'm always interested to see other peoples progress so I thought I'd share.
Here is the, very rough, original doodle that I altered slightly in photoshop for some reason.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1a.jpg
Painting directly over this in a new layer in Photoshop, I came up with a pallette and roughly applied the colour.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1d.jpg
Began work on the features of the face.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1f.jpg
Not at all happy with the colours at this point, I altered the levels a bit and played with some layer styles until I found a colour scheme that didn't make her look like a corpse! I then moved to Painter IX and began to apply more highlights and smooth the skin.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1h.jpg
Began work on the hair in Painter IX, mainly using different types of pallette knives for a smeary finish, and touching up with the artists oils brushes.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz2a.jpg
Finally, I made some minor changes to the whole face, repositioned the nearest eye slightly and finished work on the hair. I also made a pale pink background a crude scribble around the portrait with a large, low opacity brush to make it look a bit more interesting than the plain white background. Et voila:
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz-final.jpg
Sorry if this post was too large! I now consider this to be finished, but any comments/crits would be very welcome. If any of the images don't appear, just right click and select "Show Image".
Here is the, very rough, original doodle that I altered slightly in photoshop for some reason.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1a.jpg
Painting directly over this in a new layer in Photoshop, I came up with a pallette and roughly applied the colour.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1d.jpg
Began work on the features of the face.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1f.jpg
Not at all happy with the colours at this point, I altered the levels a bit and played with some layer styles until I found a colour scheme that didn't make her look like a corpse! I then moved to Painter IX and began to apply more highlights and smooth the skin.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz1h.jpg
Began work on the hair in Painter IX, mainly using different types of pallette knives for a smeary finish, and touching up with the artists oils brushes.
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz2a.jpg
Finally, I made some minor changes to the whole face, repositioned the nearest eye slightly and finished work on the hair. I also made a pale pink background a crude scribble around the portrait with a large, low opacity brush to make it look a bit more interesting than the plain white background. Et voila:
http://www.pcucreate.co.uk/roz-final.jpg
Sorry if this post was too large! I now consider this to be finished, but any comments/crits would be very welcome. If any of the images don't appear, just right click and select "Show Image".