Queensoul,
You’ve done a great job here, and I want to commend you on a really beautiful piece! One of these days I’m going to get you to post your first digital piece as comparison to show how far you’ve come ~ keep up the good work sweetie!
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
[10:00] <Queensoul> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2906677&postcount=199
[10:01] <erilaz> ouch! nice! Very smooth!
[10:01] <erilaz> It’s so encouraging to see so many people getting so much better!
[10:01] <Queensoul> yes! Rebecca is one hell of a muse
[10:02] <erilaz> Heh
[10:02] <erilaz> Mental Mentor 
[10:02] <Queensoul> and who is to say she isnt? huh?
[10:02] <Queensoul> she appeared out of NOWHERE
[10:02] <Queensoul> lol
[10:02] <Queensoul> suddenly the art section is burstling with life
[10:02] <erilaz> Great huh?
[10:02] <Queensoul> people who dont feel like drawing are drawing
[10:02] <Queensoul> *starts a good conspiracy theory
[10:02] <Queensoul> hehe
hides
Lemog…Icey…Mr Mu…and of course last, but not least…QueenSoul…Thank you all
for the encouraging words,… put a smile on my face, nice way to start the day… Thanks…
QueenSoul…Great job…BEAUTIFIL…That pointing finger can be used to your advantage in
a composition, don’t let it take you out of the piture…
Take Care All
Glenn
Mr. Mu & Queensoul: It’s always nice to see fellow art hobbyist making such great progress as you two are making.
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Finally had enough time to do some painting today. Exams have been eating my time lately. =/
A small update but update nonetheless.
Mr. Mu & Queensoul: It’s always nice to see fellow art hobbyist making such great progress as you two are making
thank you so much!:love:
you’ve got some wonderful skin tones on her belly and her upper thigh.
It’s good to see people are still around in this thread - my last updates are still to come…
Hi Rebecca and Everyone:
Still going for something new for me in this one
Soften figure using softener brush, Painter 8, tints section
Then painted over most of it with broad wet oil brush strokes, oils Painter 8
Trying to get a mid tone range of colors
Left some areas blurry and soft and untouched to give depth
Next will try to get full range of color using oil brushes Painter 8
Glenn
Another update. Feet are hard. I can tell I need to pull out the old anatomy book and do some serious studies. Overall I am happy with the torso. I’ll come back to work on this but I am off too 009 to clear my head a bit.
Vidar3d,
WOW ~ you are doing a fantastic job!! :applause: This is just a tremendous improvement over your initial pieces ~ I think I actually said “Wow” out loud when I just saw this.
Minor crits: the arms both look a bit unfinished / perhaps a bit too short.
But fantastic work on the torso and particularly on the legs!
The thing I think you need to work on the most is getting the head and face of your figures to read more volumetrically. Perhaps a few head studies (large, head only) are in order?
It can be a good idea to take just one aspect of the body and to do detailed studies. Then, when you go to render the full~figure, you are better equipped to tackle the figure as a whole. The old masters did the same thing ~ you’ll often see enlarged sketches of heads next to full~figures ~ it’s just tough to get as much detail in a relatively small area of space.
Great to see your work, and really looking forward to seeing what you will do in OFDW 009!
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Spirit Dreamer -> Hey Glen… I really like the second one… I like this matter… strange and original… but that give some consistence to the shape… good for my eyes
Vidar3d -> I’m not good as Rebecca about proportion, but your B&W drawing is really pleasant… and really expressive… cheers :applause:
Just wanted to participate in the forum again, because participating seems to be one of the nicest way of saying thanks. And saying thanks. 
I noticed that many painters plop in the light from the shadow, working from a dark background to light. I did it the opposite way: adding shadow, just like drawing. (And I like lines: go figure.)
mrtristan,
Great to have you back! Looking forward to seeing how your piece progresses ~ it’s going beautfully so far!
Looking forward to your update.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Very good work Tristan… and other all, very interesting about many points, as your technic… and tones used… I like that
so, here we go, very probably my last update (probability for another update bordering on zero). I could think of parts to improve, but I am somewhat reluctant because I can’t overcome a certain level of fuzziness due to the low resolution.
I definitely made up my mind to buy a version of painter IX next year.
I know they say:
“it’s not the tool, it’s the artist who makes it all happen…”,
but first of all I am not saying “I can’t be arsed to learn my techniques and figured a new tool could do the labourious stuff for me” and secondly this can only be half the truth as anyone who owns painter would probably not exchange his license for a link to the artweaver download…:curious:
anyway, as you can tell I am a little bit down at the moment, nevermind.
Here’s what I did:
Mr. Mu,
Have you tried Art Rage? It’s free. I’ve had friends who have used it and just rave about it. Also, do you have / use Photoshop? Just trying to get a handle on what programs you have at your disposal.
Why be down? You’ve come a long way on this piece, and the next piece will be better. One thing to remember is that the point of these Workshops is not to come up with a final, beautiful piece, necessarily ~ though in honesty, there are many elements in your painting which are really starting to come together brilliantly and become beautiful ~ but rather, to practice techniques so that you learn how to SEE. Ultimately, the challenge is to look harder and to more accurately judge and translate what you see. Your next piece and subsequent pieces will be better. Trust me.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Morning people… :wavey:
Whaouw… I really like your lighting Mr Mu… especially for the upper parts… 
I agree with Beckie about ArtRage… this free software is very little, but very funny… it’s interface is very fast and intuitive… I should be use it for a next pictures… mmmh… -> todo list 
Good Morning here also, Lemog! 
Hmm, have you seen your Anatomy Thread yet? There is a little present there for you…and I promise, it’s not another scary picture!
hahahaha… again thanks, I haven’t answer before on my thread because I was again watching the new picture, and again ask me some questions I’m not fast this morning you know 
hahahaha…
hi everyone,
new day, new luck… Thanks so much for all the nice comments on my painting!
I do know artrage. In fact, my gruffy bearlike me which has become my avatar was done with artrage. Its (artrage’s not the bear’s:scream: ) memory management is really superior to artweaver’s as I could use rather High-res there.
However, it is altogether too limited. Alea iacta est.
I might just give artrage a try for the OFDWs, though. And as I can’t afford Painter yet, I will have to cope with whatever I have at hand in the meantime, anyway.
Thanks again for cheering me up and all the nice comments!