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by **em...** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:12 pm

Stage 4 - 1 hour approx

I've pretty much finished the face and hair, started on the shoulder area, and added some cooler colour into the background to contrast with the warmer figure.

by **BlueHarp411** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:18 pm

Just gorgeous Euan!!

Jill

by **RodGuen** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:59 pm

getting there real good ,Euan.
There's something about the size of her eyes
that may reinforce the likeness though....
She usualy seems to be looking "beyond" the camera,
which causes her eyes to be slightly exorbited and her pupils
to be slightly divergant;making her look in some kind of a daze, sometimes.

You can totaly disagree with me, my smart and talented friend.

By the way, i really enjoy witnessing this "step by step" .

r.

by **johnnyB** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:49 pm

exorbited What a great word. But so true.
Wow, this is coming along Beautifully! She looks great! (nose too.) I'm really impressed with the hair. :shock:

by **walrus** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:28 am

Hi, Euan, it's really great of you to post this step by step so we can all appreciate your process and your progress. Like the colors you've chosen for her too. Great work, and great tutorial!

-mike

by **Pato** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:26 am

Very beautiful color scheme.

by **Tangent Queen** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:31 am

She looks wonderful, Euan! I can't believe how rough and simple it starts out! I always temd to over-render right from the start.

by **Captain No Shoes** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:10 pm

Wow! That's amazing. Thanks for showing the progression.

by **StudioBueno** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:12 pm

Looks good, and it's really nice to get to se the progress.

by **youngatart** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:01 pm

em your painting does great justice in captureing her beauty I hope you do the other 2 pics of her provided you have the time really enjoy your process

by **PEDROSCOPE** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:26 pm

Talent,
You have it, and I need to get more...

Amazing process stuff..I will be checking back to see where it goes

P

by **em...** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:13 pm

RodGuen - There was something niggling me about the eyes, and you nailed it. I've made some slight adjustments to them, which I think have improved it (even though I don't know what "exorbited" means :wink:

)

Tangent Queen - Yeah, rough and simple - that's me

Thanks also to BlueHarp411 (good to have you back with us, Jill), johnnyB, walrus, Pato, Captain No Shoes, StudioBueno, youngatart and PEDROSCOPE

Stage 5 - 1.5hrs approx

I've adjusted the eyes slightly following Rod's advice, and just generally continued to refine the body and dress some more.

In the background, as well as increasing the cooler colour, I've added some small areas of other colour, known as discords. These are colours that are equidistant on a colour wheel from the dominant hue and each other and, if used sparingly, can add visual excitement. As the dominant colours are in the pink/purple/blue region, the discords in this case are orange/yellow and blue/green. I've kept them fairly subtle, so as not to overpower the rest of the picture.

by **Fury 2.0** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:47 pm

she's looking lovely euan

great job

by **shan man1** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:01 pm

mmmm kira Knightley

by **Batmankm** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:10 pm

Euan just spectacular!!! Your work is inspirational and to see the step by step, its invaluable. Great stuff dude!!

KM

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