thanks vikey

[funnymouth]

this lass was part of a trade i make with vike, and im pleased with it. did it pretty fast, and i kept it simple. metallics couldve been better, but i was busy worrying about skin and hair - quite possibly my two least developed techniques. ill need to do it a lot more before im comfortable with \'em; skin is tough! so many subtle variations to choose from, each of them slightly different to paint. ah well, back to the table.
just want to say thanks vike, and compulsively post my submission

linkey

 

[frenchkid]

I think the skin could use a bit more shading, even if you want a very light skin. Other then that nice job. Off to do the vote

 

[funnymouth]

i agree, it lacks a lil\' depth. ill work on that. thanks for the comment! any tips would be grand too. im really having a tough time with the skin thing.

 

[OrkBoy]

I like what you\'ve done with her, the gems look really sweet especially!

My advice to you would be to spice up the base a bit- it looks a bit dark and bland atm.

Off to vote aswell

Cheers,
Tom

 

[lizcam]

Pretty good but like the others I think the skin is a bit flat. Here\'s a good tip on skin, pick up Cindy Crawford\'s book on makeup. Don\'t think of skin as another surface to paint, think of it as something to \"make up\". Kind of girly, I know, and if you\'re anything like my 17 year old son the thought of picking up a book on makeup will make you cringe but it really helps.

 

[uberdark]

Originally posted by lizcam
Pretty good but like the others I think the skin is a bit flat. Here\'s a good tip on skin, pick up Cindy Crawford\'s book on makeup. Don\'t think of skin as another surface to paint, think of it as something to \"make up\". Kind of girly, I know, and if you\'re anything like my 17 year old son the thought of picking up a book on makeup will make you cringe but it really helps.

thats a good idea. whats the name of the book liz?

i am interested.

 

[frenchkid]

well for skin Andrea as an amazing Skin paint set which worked really well for me. So if you have any way of picking it up I would strongly recomand it.

 

[funnymouth]

thanks for the tips liz and french. ive heard good things about the andrea skin sets, it about time i check it out.
you know, i live with my fiance, and she has tons of makeup mags, they would be great reference materials....that, or porn. ill look in to it.

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by uberdark
thats a good idea. whats the name of the book liz?

i am interested.

Cindy Crawford\'s basic face. And porn works to, boys. Just don\'t go for the level makeup they have on thier faces. You don\'t want your big butch fighters to look like Ho\'s. Or do you?

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by frenchkid
well for skin Andrea as an amazing Skin paint set which worked really well for me. So if you have any way of picking it up I would strongly recomand it.

Where can I look at these? Always looking for good skins.

 

[desertdragon1964]

Skin tone looks great just wish I could see the nipple more clearly ===wait a minute did I say that outloud.DDlol

 

[supervike]

Holy crap! That looks fantastic!

I want it back now!!:twisted::twisted::twisted:

I\'ll go vote. Well done.

 

[Ogrebane]

Nice one. the gems are awesome. I must get a couple of them one day.

Anyway did the vote thing.

 

[Manus]

like her very much - don\'t think the skin is to bad. A simple thing that helped me was starting from a very dark color and work it up from there.
Voted

 

[funnymouth]

thanks for the solid reply all, i really appreciate it.

im glad you like it

the base is a bit minimalist. i usually go all out, but i wanted to keep it simple this time, i donno why exactly.

it kina gets me in the mood to do ...errrr ......paint, more ladies (to much research me thinks). :twisted:

 

[funnymouth]

headshot

so....i need to work on faces. any advice here?

 

[matty1001]

Maybe go slightly deeper on the shading and add a few spots of reds/purples in to create a atmospheric feeling.

Very nice paintjob BTW