Katsumi, Bao Pham (2D)

[vivien82]

beautiful piece, i love the colors, they are like a rainbow! i also like the way you rendered the depth of field! great image, 5 stars from me!

[TRHaDEs]

Nice works~I am agree with Vivien82,keep up your good work~:thumbsup:

[Maidith]

The colors are so wonderful :applause:

[nekro]

amazing!
nice colors!

[Meti]

a wonderful painting! :)

:thumbsup:

[BC1967]

Great painting! The depth and color is amazing, as the others have said. I really like the expession on the girl's face too. Five stars from me.

[MoonVisionStudio]

Sublime coloring, beautiful face, gorgeous fabrics, it's a shoe in for Exotique! 5 stars

[swordfish-II]

this is nice but it should be gloomier or something if it was at night itd be better

[Ishtar]

very good job ! beautiful woman :thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

Nice work, thanks to MoonVisionStudio for the heads up.

[waheednasir]

beautiful work...congratulations Bao...:thumbsup:.

[Thaldir]

Great work, gorgeous palette and the simple setting works perfectly. I love how the viewer appears to have taken her almost by surprise, and the amount of character you have given her, definitely *not* usual-fare katana-wielding heroine.:thumbsup:

[eldee]

Stunning! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Kyena]

Very nice Bao - beautiful piece :)

Her eyes seems a bit off or looking in slightly different directions (maybe flip it to double check?)

[rawwad]

Great work in nice soft style, congratz:thumbsup:

[DeeVad]

:thumbsup: good work Bao

[hasanaliakhtar]

Absolutely stunning..Masterpiece for sure:thumbsup:..WoW..What can I say about colors..looking awesome..She is really a beautiful gorgeous lady..U have delicately made her attire, hairs as well as that pretty face..I really liked that overall softness in the painting:applause:..The whole atmosphere of the painting is simply amazing..Highlights on her face is of a top notch..The styling and execution is simply marvellous..Fantastic..4**** stars for sure..Well done..God bless u..Cheers:)

[Bell7]

wow, beautiful colours. :thumbsup:

[digitalinkmind]

Another stunning painting , Bao. There´s so movement on this piece...i like it very much.
The colors simply jump out giving a incredible sense of space on the atmosphere.
Great art work! :applause:

[CGriffin]

Splendid! I wish I weren't on my awful computer, to enjoy those luscious, light-filled colors....*sigh*

[Kickflipkid687]

looks really great, but that ear is bothering me. It looks too rotated backwards and kinda sticking out?

[MichaelZHsee]

lovely piece mate,one of ur best so far:thumbsup:

[snowkiwi]

I went through your whole portfolio, you do really great work Bao. Love the blend quality you have in your paintings, the color work too.

[PhuongDPh]

cool . her face looks like Vietnamese http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon10.gif

[jhasse]

wow it is wonderful piece i love it...

[conor]

Well, to me this painting is beatiful and full of emotion, i really like your style and i think is a five star pic. It shows a lot of improvement, compare to the old ones, keep up the great work is top quality!!!
cheers
nick

[totochi1231]

I love it
amazing work up there:thumbsup:

[warpy]

very very classic, colors, composition, flow. 5 stars !

[dragon65]

WOAWW...grat work..it's fantastic..:applause:

[ChrisParsons]

Very nice indeed :) You've captured a great expression in her face, it appears simple but detailed at the same time, excellent :thumbsup:

[DDS]

face is amazing, so much character. Awesome job!

[CGadrian]

excellent work !

gr8 colours !
5 stars !

[Djampa]

Exotic 3 for sure! ;)
Simply great !
Well composed, impressive (stunning) colors, depth of field well balanced, her expression is powerful and translates well the concept guideline. Oh my... you are a great professional.

Questions:
Did you use any reference for this piece?
How did you choose the final composition and pose? Intuitive process or academic approach?


5 stars!

Cheers,

[bao]

Wow! Thanks very everyone! and thank you Rebecca for the plug:D
MoonVisionStudio (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=105758) Thanks for "nominating" me?:} This one actually got in Expose 5 Whoo!
swordfish-II (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=278068) I really wanted the scene to contrast with what's she's feeling. It's more interesting to me
Thaldir (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=229501) Thank you! That was the intention
Natascha Thanks! I'll check, but she is still staring at me when I move from side to side, that's a good sign to me
hasansgrafix (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=275602) thank you very much!:]
Kickflipkid687 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=141723) her ears do stick out a bit. I notice that earlier on and decided to keep it to add some character
LATROMMI-SUINEG (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=121673) Shhhh, she's japanese. Heh, I'm Vietnamese, so some of that must've rubbed off;)
Djampa (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=69217) Thank you! I used a lot of references for her. In fact, the commissioner sent me a lot to begin with, then I checked out some books from the library, and also watched "Memoirs of a Geisha" just to get as much information as I could to start painting. The same process for the field, but most of the refs were from googled images
I had to sketch of her before thinking about the composition, so I arrived at the off center compo pretty easily. From there on, I just try to balance it out. Notice how the grass on the right rises a bit higher than the rest, and how everything sort of lift up toward the top right.

Thanks again everyone! I glad you guys enjoy it, because I had a fun time painting it
almost forgot, here's a little close-up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/thienbao/Katsumi_Close.jpg

[LWPerkins]

The girl is beautiful, and I loved the choice of background--I used to live in Idaho and I knew right away she was somewhere like the American West (though there may be similar wheatfields in Northern China). Perfect in all ways!

[chien]

nice illustration, I love the lighting especially, 5 Stars !

[iluvgfx]

Superb work. :buttrock:

[michael-olszak]

Nice piece. I love the mood of it. good job

[a111]

That girl feel sooo sad! Great work!!

[Fish-KAart]

:thumbsup: strangely beautiful work!5stars !congratulate!:buttrock: Has Recalled the film-House flying daggers!:applause:

[nethken]

wow, beautiful !

[inky2]

very soft and nice work!

[Demitsuri]

Beautiful work. Nice expression. :thumbsup:

[shibumenon]

so beautiful, and such an intense face, eyes!

great work !

[HoangNguyen]

Congrats dude, love your works :)

[EstudioManga]

I love it!!!

[Munumunup]

Thanks for looking :}

A pleasure!!

I love her steely expression. There is a great deal of subtlety in her face and body language.
The simplicity of the scene works nicely as well.

This is an awesome pic.

[aaronwty]

I like how u made the grass behind blurred and the ones infront so clear and detailed. the colours made me feel very comfortable. good job man!

[windarr]

Beautiful piece, love the use of colors and the composition.

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