Okay, trying a completely different approach…I’m a late bloomer when it comes to Painter, but it definitely agrees with me…while this is in a rough state, I feel a lot better about the general direction the painting is going in…so we’ll experiment a bit and see.
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Another meager update. I really want to start adding color here but am forcing myself to finish the drawing and underpainting. If nothing else, I am trying to remain disciplined. Keep up the good work.
Vidar3d,
Hey, nice update! I definitely recommend keeping up the discipline…things fall apart later if you don’t…I should know! 
Cheers, 
~Rebeccak
Wow! I was wondering what you were going to do with me! lol. What a fantastic composition! Like the way you’re incorporating all the previous models. I make a good sherub! Hehe. Excellent, Glen. I’ve been looking at the close up of my face; it has a lovely ‘painterly’ technique. Love the colours in the paint strokes. I also love the two images superimposed over each other with one looking much fresher and brighter in colour.
Ronnie.
Becca » I realy like this picture so far. The sharpness of his right arm/shoulder is sooo NEAT
Vidar3d » Maybe the painting could use a bit more contrast. And keep up the discipline indeed Nice update, keep up the good work!
Spirit Dreamer » Are those all yours? WOW amazing work! I like seeing you play around with that image, realy intresting to look at! Keep them comming :bounce:
audit » Wow awesome details on that arm! :bounce:
Rebecca - :eek: You have guts to go for a completely different look that far in your process! Seems that Painter supports these kinds of creative outbreaks…
skin takes on the slightest green hue
Well, you know I was fascinated before, but now you just have to finish this. Someone call SaraD - we need to give you a good treat of old-fashioned democracy for this!
Vidar3D - I like the expression on the face! Very pretty.
Really good test… this style is a good way… I can only push you is this way… so stylishious 
zng-Y,
Thanks! Still lots of work to go…we’ll see if I get there!
Mr. Mu,
Heh, the beauty of digital is that I still have my old version 
should my creativity streak run out. Re: Painter ~ Patience, daniel~san. :wise:
Lolo,
Ha! I know you’re thinking ‘what the heck is she doing’? Luckily, I still have my old layers. But it is too much fun to experiment without penalty.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
I´m actually doing some doodling with one of the other poses, but this time in a composition, and not he whole naked figure, but more the gesture We´ll see where it will lead me
Rett…ENJOY seeing your improvements. As usual , this one is markedly better than the last.
How is your ATLAS project coming along…great I hope…would like to see the WIP in your
thread…
Rebecca…GREAT WORKS ARE SOMETIMES BORN FROM FRUSTATION…:bounce:
You might try useing the BASIC ROUND BRUSH set in the VELOCITY mode, …make brush
big and wide…will give you the POWERFUL BRUSH STROKE your seeking, I think.
Brush can be found in the TINTING BRUSH section… PAINTER …
LEMOG… GOOD MORNING…
Thank you so much for pointing out that distortion to me. I can see it clearly this morning
with fresh eyes. Think she got put through the stretching machine one too many times LOL :eek:
I was mainly just concerned with composition, preparing my mind for the #12 painting.
Alot of circular motion in that one.
THANKS AGAIN …LEMOG…
THANK YOU … ZNG-Y…
YES they are all mine…flowers too…
Never got around to telling you.I think your figure came out GREAT…SHE GLOWS…NICE…
RON…You don’t know how good you just made me feel…THANKS A MILLION for the
feedback…
I seriously hope you don’t give up modeling, because you are a… GREAT… model…
You give us very expressive poses to work from. the kind of poses that can only
come from the WISDOM OF AGE,… and the EXPERIENCE of… A LIFETIME IN ART…
Thanks again RON and i’m really glad you are enjoying my little creations.
I’M starting to have fun and am getting a lot of enjoyment and pleasure from this
MAGICAL THING called… ART…FINALLY…LOL!!
SaraD…
Take Care …EVERY= ONE
Glenn
Spirit Dreamer » Awesome work (again) and thanks for the huge compliment (from someone who can paint that good!) :buttrock:
Becca » ohhh you will
Glenn,
Thanks for the tip!
zng-Y,
Hopefully!
Comlock,
Great to see you back! Can’t look at your work atm, but looking forward to seeing yours and SaraD’s later today.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
I know it´s figure in focus here, but I thought I´d show you the way I use the pose in a composition.
As usual some great work here:) I´ll look them through more carefully when I have the time (tomorrow at work :eek:) and comment where I have something to say!
SaraD –
I really like what you’re doing by trying to ad clothing/costumes where there aren’t any as direct reference. I understand that you are still working on this so i apologize if i am jumping the gun… but i can’t help but feel that the skirt is a bit flat. I think you have done a great job of capturing the depth within the wrinkles and folds, but it seems like the overall shape of the skirt – a distorted cone – is lacking in depth.
I hope you don’t mind, but i took your image and projected it onto a rough (very rough) 3D skirt that I made based off your piece. After puting some lights on it, the overall form shadows become much more dramatic.
Also, the amount of flare in the lower half of the skirt does not seem to match the positioning of the model’s legs… But I realize you may be going for a period dress and that may be the style (silly hoop skirts ;-)). All in all, though, I really like the cleanness of your style and again, i appluad your bravery in not sticking strictly to the references.
Hi Eric - I don´t mind at all that you “jump the gun”, it´s just fun and inspirational to see what other people want to do with your work…
And you are quite right, there is a LOT left on the skirt. I´ve just put down the basic shadows/highlights and are far from ready (it´s only half the dress for example). I hope you´ll like the form and shape of the finished dress better
Thanks for taking your time though - appreciated!
Rebecca: I’m sorry I don’t seem to be responding much to your work. With so many interuptions and distractions since I got up this morning it took me about five hours to write a message here regarding the progression of your work. It was quite long, because there was a lot I wanted to say! Then, I ckicked the submit button, and a window came up saying “Site cannot be found”! It took me a moment or two before I realized I’d LOST everything I’d written! I felt crushed and very very angry! I’m afraid I gave up. I couldn’t start rethinking the whole thing out again, and in any case I had to go out. I’ve been modelling for two separate life drawing classes all evening since five o’clock.
It’s gone midnight here now, so I haven’t much time; I’m up every morning at half five! Just putting it all into a nutshell, all I wanted to say is that I’m enthralled with the way your painting is going. I have mixed feelings about it. Sufficient to say that I’m glad to hear that your original progression has been saved. I was growing more and more excited about the way it was developing - especially since you started introducing colour. Having said that, I’m equally intrigued with your new progression! As you know, I am of the ‘old school’ and love using and experimenting with all the ‘traditional’ media. I am a firm believer that an artist’s personal character and emotion, as well as his/her personal ‘feel’ of a particular medium filters through in their work. At the present moment in time I’m inclined to believe that working digitally DOES induce one to strive to faithfully reproduce the resourse image. However, I AM open to presuasion! I have been greatly impressed, especially, with glenn’s use of present day’s advanced digital technology to simulate traditional brushwork, and also with the work of Enrico, Rett and Burona.
I am really looking foreward, Becc, to seeing how the new direction you’ve taken with this develops. One thing I must say about all your work is that it bears your own personal hall-mark. All your drawings are strong and powerfull, and seem to add so much more drama than the model’s original image! It’s obviously the result of your profound knowledge of the internal structure of the human body.
I’m intrigued by this software that you and others are trying out, “Painter nine”? Is it a Coral product? I’m wondering if it is of the same series as the Coral product I have. I use Coral Draw and Coral Paint ELEVEN. I’m using it all the time, although not for the same purposes. I’m only scratching the surface with their facilities.
Ronnie.
Ronnie,
Thank you so much for the really kind remarks. It’s really nice to hear your feedback, particularly as you are in the unique position of being both experienced model and experienced artist. Thank you.
I am so sorry to hear about your losing your message ~ this used to happen to me all the time when I first started surfing this website ~ the key thing I’ve learned to remember is that the server backs up, and also that at just random times, you might happen to lose your text ~ so the thing I now ALWAYS do ~ for every post ~ is to copy my text before posting ~ even if it’s just on the computer’s clipboard (ie not pasted to anything yet). Then if something goes wrong, (which it does sometimes) I can paste it back into the CGTalk text editor, or into a separate application like Notepad / Wordpad or Microsoft Word (basically, any text app).
I hope this helps, and I am truly sorry for the fact that you lost your text ~ I know how that feels! Just remember to copy and paste (especially if your post is a long one) so as not to lose valuable time and effort.
For me here on the East Coast of the US, the server backs up twice ~ 11:00-11:30 pm and 12:00-12:45 am. I NEVER post anything during that time ~ as I will either end up creating double~posts, or losing text.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Finally had a chance to sit down and view everyone’s work. Great work everyone! I have to say this is by far my favorite forum to interact in
Ravena - Your last image looks great! I love the way you captured her facial expression and the detail in the hair. I would maybe adjust your levels to add a bit more contrast between your light and dark areas but it is coming along great
Marco J - Great work man! You can tell you put a lot of work into this OFDW… the detailing on hand, sword, and face is awesome.
Spirit Dreamer - I enjoy your work very much, especially seeing the OFDW painted and composed from a different aspect. I applaud your experimentation, it is very refreshing to see.
audit - Better late than never … looking great so far!
Rebecca - Yes! You alkready know Im a huge fan of your work but I love the route you took on your last update. I cant wait to see where you go from here. Outstanding work! :buttrock:
Vidar3D - I know what you mean about staying focused. Just keep at it, your image is coming along nicely
Comlock - Wonderful sketches man, especially in the short time you created them. Great work!
SaraD - Lovely dress and impressive considering you have no direct reference. BTW, do you watch Project Runway? Saw tonights episode… will someone get rid of Santino already?
Mecha,
Great comments, thanks! Thank you for your encouraging words on my piece. It’s also really cool that this is your favorite forum…I have to say the same. Too many cool artists to name! :bounce:
LOL…I love how the OFDWs can encompass everything from Maya PLE to Project Runway!
Will post some more comments soon…but I agree with you, some tremendous work here by everyone, and I love the mix of digital and traditional! :bounce:
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
