Under My Skin, Michael Oswald (2D)

[Freemanner]

I like it,
your base of art is strong~！:love:

[amscime]

Very Nice! Great work on the hands and lighting!

[notsocreative]

Hi,

Lovely work.
very good mood.
Nice lighting.
Everything is just superb

[Arkaiko]

WOW!amazing work,lighting and style,I like very much how you explore the color tones,very nice man!Saved in my pc ^^,congratz man!

[seanmaximus]

simply perfect, the idea's inspiring me to think differently. lighting, model, and technique are all excellent:) cheers.

[barbaracastro]

great work!! awesomeeee!

[waheednasir]

this is nice. i can see your own input and thats well done. the colors and the mood look very interesting too.
:).

[PapaNinja]

Amazing work Michael ... Compo/colors/idea ... all is good :)

[pabloarau]

Awesome! Very well done. Light, color...

[WyattHarris]

For something we see everyday, hands are still very tricky to get right. You have done a masterful job with each one. Great concept, she ain't bad lookin' either. :thumbsup:

[Braj]

One word: masterpiece! :bowdown:

[PixelPanther]

Beautiful job!

[MichaelO]

Amazing work Michael ... Compo/colors/idea ... all is good :)

Thanks. Same to you!

[linainverse23]

Well, Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell are my heroes, and my opinion is............yes, there is a Boris Vallejo feel to it. It's actually reminds me of several of his images (were some of them references?). I feel like there's tribute to a couple of images (not the least obvious is "Hands").

When I first saw the piece, I did think of Boris Vallejo, even before I read the description, so that's hats off to you. It's espcially apparent with the tilt of the head and the hands. Your hands are really great. Great detail, smooth rendering, and nice work with values and showing the knuckles and veins.

I like the pinkish tones at the top of the image, but I think it gets a little muddy further done (not too bad, but just a little). And the hips flattened a little into the mist. Overall though, this is really cool. Once again, great rendering of values and the skin tones. Keep it up. Great job.

[Creeto]

one of the best works i've seen here. pure pleasure :bowdown:

[sam379]

good job nice

[MarcGoecke]

Great anatomy, light and skin texture! :)

cheers
Marc

[Ariochdm]

Stunning, well executed, and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[SGDDik]

Good work, I like it.

[sarus]

It looks very good. I like it.

[lucapisanu]

beautiful!!! love all of this paint!

[Felideus]

Great illustration, excellent technique, I love it :applause:

[CG-Knight]

A great hair treatment！

[MichaelO]

thanks. there is one image of Boris' that comes to mind: it's the one where the female is being held back by the arms and there are a few other hands holding her back. Looking at it now, it is very similar but I didn't use it as an actual reference.

Well, Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell are my heroes, and my opinion is............yes, there is a Boris Vallejo feel to it. It's actually reminds me of several of his images (were some of them references?). I feel like there's tribute to a couple of images (not the least obvious is "Hands").

When I first saw the piece, I did think of Boris Vallejo, even before I read the description, so that's hats off to you. It's espcially apparent with the tilt of the head and the hands. Your hands are really great. Great detail, smooth rendering, and nice work with values and showing the knuckles and veins.

I like the pinkish tones at the top of the image, but I think it gets a little muddy further done (not too bad, but just a little). And the hips flattened a little into the mist. Overall though, this is really cool. Once again, great rendering of values and the skin tones. Keep it up. Great job.

[PapaNinja]

Congrats Michael :beer:
You deserve it, one more time :D

[MichaelO]

Thanks. You too!
Congrats Michael :beer:
You deserve it, one more time :D

[leemale]

This is simply stunning! Beautiful image -congrats :bowdown:

[MichaelO]

thanks. i like your work too.
This is simply stunning! Beautiful image -congrats :bowdown:

[PhuongDPh]

cool art !
:beer:

[rownd]

This one turned out really nice.

[Liman3d]

very impressive! Congratulations, Michael.:thumbsup:

[axiomatic]

i love how male the hands feel in this. wonderful dichotomy.

[Yatzenty]

Hi MichaelO, I'd like to ask a question if you don't mind - how much of this image is an actual painting? Looking at the photo that you included as a reference and the words you used in the description ( "it took 5 photos to piece it together ) - it seems like this is a photo-montage with some additional parts painted - obvious ones are hair and clothing.I could be wrong though. Do you mind sharing that information?
I like the image - especially the color palette, however, as you pointed out it is strongly based on "Hands" by Boris Valleyo, the head tilt is almost the same - I'm quite surprised it ended up as an Awarded Image here. No offense, I just think it is not very original that's all.

[Fadi3d]

i am sorry because i rarely comment on this site but this work is simply amazing
congrat

[cgmonkeyking]

Beautifull work. I would put it somewhere I could look at it often. But with the praise, a tiny observation: I think the character dissolves a bit too much in the myst, on region of the hips. Maybe it was intentional.

Once again, great work!!!

[supermarioART]

Impressive masterpiece......:bowdown:

[flaviomonteiro]

BIG! beautiful monochrome.

[sharkpainter]

Thank you brought this wanderful thing into our eyes

[lucapisanu]

Awesome in every part!!!:)

[vikhyath47]

nice artwork
awesome lighting.

[MatthiasM]

woah ! i really love this

[Alphagsv]

Brilliant work man, I love the execution. :cool:

[bakiyaraj]

Great work i love it man.................................

[anezka]

Great anatomy job and composition. The colour tone, the woman's expression, the hands are makin the picture very interesting. The picture is also, thanks the hair and body position, full of motion. Two thumbs up.

http://www.female-anatomy-for-artist.com/

[TriadaStudio]

Great work! Very beautiful. And model is pretty good.:thumbsup:

But there are some little things, that come forward, than looking longer, and in this type of realism they look not so well.
First, fold on her left hand, between first two fingers. I think, on photo it was, because of man's finger on it.
And second thing is her neck. The fold is a little darker than need, and light is a little not in place. I feel like her neck is broken... Sorry.

That is only my opinion, maybe I am wrong :) I can't draw this kind of images, so, please, don't take it hard. :)

[shahongxia]

i like this!

[dkt]

That's just pure awesome! Very realistic look.

[gandoza]

I like it.

[Kaous]

wow, i cant even put into words :)

[seedaicg]

The color is wonderful .
good job
fighting !!

[shellray-lu]

It's very beautiful!

[abynum]

Nice concept. Good modeling for sure.

It seems you may have lost track of the man's thumb, however, on the woman's mid-section. The hand on her right thigh is amazing though, giving us the full effect of actually rising from beneath her skin.

[tmalinko]

Beautiful work, I love the color palette, the pose and facial expression are very nice too!

[KIDI]

Wow :drool:
Amazing work, well done !

[bpx]

wonderful work!!

[The Gunslinger]

Awesome.

I really like how it gets lost in the background near the bottom; it's like a taunt to anyone who may want to say it's just a photo manipulation or something. But even then the brush strokes are quite nice.

Also, regarding the similarity to Vallejo's Hands, I like the pose your work shows in contrast to his piece. Similar for sure, but there's just more sensuality to your piece, in my opinion. And a little more creepiness, too.

[yuyanda]

This is cool! The groping embraced hands from an unseen person is something associated with horror but the was you have incorporated here is very pleasant indeed! Nice concept and good combination of photograpy and digital painting :)

[pearl3d]

this is very beautiful !!!

[Vedanta]

Very nice handling of the light on the skin surface,,,and mastery in anatomical rendering. You have successfully conveyed her beautiy, congrats. I feel though, there is something awkard in the neck area. ..just in the way the structure of the throat is so emphasized.,, I had a look at the reference jpeg and see that you were faithful to your reference image....
In my opinion though, with the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the structure of the throat so pronounced this detracts from the overall beauty. Perhaps some softening of the shapes might help.

[mantoo]

Great work niec concept...... :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[pinktoblack]

Wow, beautiful work!

[Monaforest]

Very interesting.I don't know how to express my mood at this moment.Amazing!

[jaya6v]

Wow!amazing work..I like it..

[Hooch]

My friend; those hands are so well executed!
not to mention, concept, comp & lighting.
Really beautiful piece of art
Congrats.

Cheers!

[goldcouch]

i love the hands! I love the fact that this piece could have become highly sexual, yet you kept the class up, so the drawing has a sensuality that dangers between, sexuality and innocence. Definatly an amazing piece.

[ddo-connexion]

Really Great ! Depth, colors, pose

[itsinthelulz]

OMG really good work!

[AaronFord]

Very nice color palette, and the skin is very realistic.

[FaramarzMB1]

i can't say anything exept " I LOVE THIS"... veeeeeery well done.

[Pamyla]

Wow thats deep!

[Rytis]

i agree awesome work

[notsocreative]

really super cool work.

your work is always out of the world......
:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[chaoticreality]

Nicely done. The color feel and overall piece is lovely.

[Nera]

Such a strong picture. I love it:thumbsup:

[KIDI]

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
Beautiful, amazing piece of art !

[AFatFoe]

Beautiful Skin :D

[lunaatena]

WOW i am speechless....excellent!I love the idea and the way you have rendered the skin and the hands!Congrats...

[JinV]

Looks great,nice painting,
cool design!

[saturn-v]

very very nice~!:bounce:

[Cumulo-Nimbus]

Absolutely stunning! My theme for a dream!

Regards

Cumulo-Nimbus

P.S. The reference model is lovely!

[webhead]

Beautiful piece or work! And yes, it does remind me of Boris' work very much! Thanks for posting the reference, too. Just an excellent job! :bounce:

[Magnifico]

Hey i think someone in using your artwork without permission.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155383617883312

[ilerchik]

This was an amazing idea! Well done too! This is exactly how it feels!

[lrlucas]

Congrats for the amazing work.

[Epar]

Excellent, great. A very interesting in all aspects!
:applause: