An opinion please.

[ozid]

Tool: Photoshop 5.5, Illustrator 8, Painter 5

[ozid]

Tool: Photoshop 5.5, Illustrator 8, Painter 5

[Joey ms]

Hi Ozid...am new to this forum so might not get this right the first time. Enjoyed your portrait,and have attached my "opinion", in the form of a slightly revised image. I did not refine, but rather left the changes I made evident so you can see........it is a good painting, and with a few changes here and there it can be a very good painting. Hope you don't mind me "giving my opinion" in this way....
Joey

[cleggart]

I think your portrait has much merit. I have found that laying down the color in transparent layers will give me a better control of the final color. For example, the woman's hair apears to be 'matty',solid,almost a sculptured effect. Working with 'areas' of color using the transparencies and then with a 'feathered'edge, I find will allow to achive that 'soft,flowing' effect. Then with a few Lines...highlights etc.will do wonders. Likewise with her facial tones. I never try to get a skin tone with one blend or two. I stick with the transparency layed down one on top each other or thereof. One can use more effectively light and shadow...(lips) (Check out 'Man's Face' in the Gallery. I used lines in layers).

Keep up your posting...it's Great!
CYA-Bill Cleg [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]