saw this piece earlier in ur master and servant entry.thought its ur 2nd piece of work for the entry.now that it stands alone and its gorgeously done.ur painting skills and the sense of colors are way superb beyond all reason.
well done linda,i’m impressed~
Into Your Eyes, Linda Bergkvist (2D)
ms1
#101
Romero
#103
WOw that is one of the best works I have scene here this year. Really good emotion on her face. And the faces in the mirror are wicked. Good JoB!
gorvien1
#104
Wow, very cool! You work very fast!!! :bounce:
BTW the colors look good on my monitor, not washed out and golden and purply blue 
Dannage
#107
Holy Crapola… I always find the most effective art (or for that matter, tv show) is the kind that engages you emotionally, and looking at this picture for about 4 minutes has already prodcued a range of emotional responses, which I don’t normally get when I see most art.
I feel like I need to give someone a reasuring hug now, but there’s nobody here to hold!
This is stunning… mindblowing work…
fooxoo
#108
You are a machine, how do you do it so fast??? I love the colours, on my screen it looks like a warm orange and purple/blues… Thumbs up!
Zocsi
#112
Wow! Simply amazing stuff as always! :drool:
Anyway interesting concept but this is also routine matter from you. Frankly i’'m adoring your stile. Five stars from me!
Keep is up!
Eidan
#113
I’ve done a little variation of the colors…more “HOT”. You’re really one of the great artist i’ve never seen in my life. PLESE TEACH ME DRAWING 
www.webalice.it/eidan78/pic.jpg
Cheers from italy
P.S. Try to put your brightness to 25 and contrast to 100.
Enayla
#115
Oh, I thought this topic had already dropped out of sight, and here I find it on the front page, heheh. Whee! Thanks to whoever plugged it!
Ah, and tell me if youre interested in buying this as a print Im selling them in my devart gallery at the moment.
Rosevine – :] thank you. I absolutely love designing dresses. It was one of those things I wanted to do when I was younger design clothes. I think my taste differs from the general conception of fashion though.
-Vormav- – Thankee :] As I said in the posts introduction, I used my friend Mikaela as a model for the precise reason of never having painted someone looking in a mirror before. I wanted it to look right :]
Kaggen Thank you :] Youre right, of course, about the skewed perspective. I just cant seem to ever pull it off, and it always ends up annoying me because the things wont look quite like I want them. Heh, being a perfectionist is a bitch
Neochris Thank you :] Glad you find it atmospheric !
Danzarin Thanks :] Youre right about the hand
I probably wont go back to change it now though. I have to force the perfectionist in me to give it a rest at some point, or it will drive me nuts: correcting every iddy biddy thing is just not possible (though I really appreciate it pointed out so helpful for the next image!) The expression, though
I wanted it quietly desperate on the girl not psycho, shes supposed to look haunted. The faces in the background are psycho enough :]
Alan Thank you kindly :] I tried to copy/paste your username but MS word wont let me, so I hope you forgive me using your real name.
Plaf Whee, glad you like it :]
Enochian Aw, thanks :] I love CGtalk, Im glad you like having me here.
Tinitus Heeeh, always makes me all giddy when people recognise my paintings as mine. Yay!
Jay7347 Hi there :] And thank you. I usually aim and miss at the emotions in pictures
its my latest thing, trying to nail the feelings as well as the technique. Glad you enjoyed the attempt :]
3dRaven Thanks :] And, yeah, I probably should have worked more on the mirror-dagger bit
once more the case of me getting caught up in other stuff (like the faces, for instance) and forgetting about something.
Phrenzy84 Aw, thank you :]
Calzoncillos Much thanks for your long and thoughtful reply :] Its a good idea regarding posting the picture with different setting. Im not sure if I can be oh, this is an awful thing to say
but bothered, though. If I just know that one setting looks okay on most computers, I think Ill just go with that. It would drive me nuts to have to do four different variations of every picture I posted, rather than focusing on posting close ups and cut outs, you know? But, yeah, its a great idea, but though I might do it once just to see what would work best for people, I dont think Id do it regularly. And thank you kindly regarding the hatemail thing <3
Rennie whee, thank you :]
Rakmaya Thank you kindly :]
Spc Thank you :]
Feeb Aw, that means a lot, coming from you. But you dont need models, do you? I love the figures in your paintings, theyre so beautiful :]
Mindrot Thanks :] My work keeps switching back from fantasy to horror, as it always has done. The horror themed paintings are never nearly as popular though, so I suppose Ive focused a bit on the fantasy/fairytale thing lately :]
Creature monkey ape thank you :]
Supervlieg Thank you. :shamefaced: I know about the arm. I did a
um
artistic liberty thing and just didnt paint it in where it would have showed just sliiiightly to the left of her face because when I did paint it in, it was just in the way and bugged me out. Big mistake 
maybe Ill fix it later :]
Alden Thanks :] Theyre not meant to be immediately noticeable. I generally enjoy painting pictures where you see lots of different things, like a little story in itself.
Fahim Aw, tack så mycket, rara!
Sergage Thank you :] And, whee, you have Cartman as your avatar.
Lystmaler Heheh, glad you recognized it :] Thanks <3
Derbyqsalano Aw, thanks <3 You like Poe too, eh? I grew up loving him, such an eerie use of language he had.
Character well, because apparently, the calibration I have now is supposed to be the right one. Im just so used to the screen being much, well
I dont know, just different than it is now. Ill just have to get used to it I suppose. Thanks :]
Pushav Aw, no, you are! The title is all yours. :kowtows before the champion:
Jånnis Thank you :] thats pretty much the order I wanted things to be detected in. I have a new theory regarding digital work, you see.
Traditional paintings are always best when you see them in real life, right? Always at their prettiest when youre standing RIGHT before them and you can look at them at your leisure. There is no reason to why this cant also be true about digital work. I think a lot of artists adapt their paintings to be screen-sized, best displayed at 900x900 pixels, which is a little bit of a cop-out, I think. I try to paint my pictures so theyre best displayed on a huge screen, or on a computer where you can zoom in and out on the details.
Anyway, I ramble Thank you!
INFINITE Aw <3 thanks
Requiem so you recognized the Dorian reference, huh? Im glad!
Dark-moon Thank you!
Fourty.two Thank you
and youre right, I suspect
hm, maybe I should brighten it a bit. I suppose I was just SO freaked out by how it looked on my friends monitor.
Philip thank you so much! :] always nice to hear from you.
SOuLjA`- – Thanks :} !!
Evil Gerbil heheh, yes, I work with insane speed when Im obsessed. Thank you!
Stong Thanks :]
Zuki1 Indeed, I do love to hear about the little details :] Thank you!
Oz haver thank you, Oz :] Im glad you like it!
Junerahe – 
thanks!
Ashen Thank you very much :]
Oxyg3n Thanks
Mm
am starting to suspect I shouldnt have darkened it any. Ill try to update later with the original variation.
Titan I think my monitor sucks. If I werent so broke after some insane purchases, Id buy a new one. Mine is very old and very terrible which isnt a good thing, considering that the screen is one of the most important tools of a digital artist, sigh. As for the tutorial, nah, Im afraid Ive not done one yet. Ill think about it in the future. Thanks :]
Trower Aw, thanks :] Im always happy to see you reply to my topics theres always some interesting thought coming my way, I just know it. Very appreciated <3
Lockfan heheh, horrible and great at the same time, best kind of combination thank you!
^vampire^ – Thankee :]
ms@zx Thank you :] Im glad I dropped it from the competition
I felt less limited and restricted when I finished it outside of the competition: not so bound by the theme, if you will (I think it turned out better because of it). Also, I didnt have to go through the tedious lineart step, which just messed my process up with the last image :]
miditsai Thanks!
Romero Aw, thank you. Thats very kind of you.
Gorvien1 Yay, thanks!
Phoenix thanks :]
m@lonet thank you :]
Danange Im so happy :] Ive been getting so many replies only regarding technique lately, Im glad I can still provoke emotion regardless of technique (though perhaps thanks to it). Thank you :]
Fooxoo havent someone told you yet? Im an alien, thats how I work so fast! I have five arms and two tails, lots of digital pens can be held with such assets <3 thanks!
Frenchy Pilou Thank you :] I hope you checked the additional close-ups on the second page!
Tilstrom Thanks :]
Zocsi Thank you very much :]
Eidan Thank you :] I am going to brighten the picture but I dont really want more contrast
as I like my dark pictures a little murky in their colours, no abrupt highlights and no too-stark shadows :] Thank you for the help, though!
XaviXander Thanks
Oh man, that was a LOT of replies D: thank you so much, everyone. I hope I didnt leave someone out, its all too easy when replying to SO much.
DUCKORABB
#117
Enayla! You are really “mad”
- in very good meaning of this word. Your technics is incredible! I wana meet with You at beer;). However, the huge congratulations for ya! Splendid!
PS. I enjoy style, like You - mostly dark scene, but a little less radical;).
Best regards! So long! Cara mia;)
DCKBB
xenoid
#118
Colour looks perfectly fine on my laptop… juz as you’ve described the colours to be
And the work is AWESOME!!! Quality stuff from you as usual… :bounce:
halo
#119
linda, if you want to make an image for the web then convert to the sRGB space at the last stage of the process (sRGB is a narrow gamut, so not the best for creation per se)…but it is the default colour space of windows 2000 and xp. Assuming the hardware puck has done its job when you convert (not assign) to sRGB you should see what others are seeing as their default in their browser.
ajsa51
#120
I know that you have already gotten a lot of reply’s to this post , but I just coudn’t pass up the opportunity to put in my two cents worth. From what I can see of most of your posts, you never fail to inspire and this piece is certainly no exception. I especially like the way you portrayed the hot surroundings but the cold reflection in the mirror. Brilliant! Thank you for the inspiration.