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Published: 2007-12-05 23:24:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 10702; Favourites: 260; Downloads: 0
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Hey guys, sorry I haven't update in a while. Been really insanely busy with uni work and part-time job and stuff
....so i haven't really been painting anything much in the past few months.This is somewhat inspired by =PaleMajesty 's skin practice piece. If any of you have known me from my old account you would know that I used to really love painting dark, very desaturated paintings. Then I moved on to painting mostly with really rich, deep, intense colours and found myself addicted to it
, and now i'm scared of painting desaturated stuff again because I don't want my paintings to look 'dull' and washed out. So this is pretty much an exercise in trying to paint something fairly desaturated but at the same time tried not to be too grey3 hours in PS CS3 (i originally intended it to be an hour's speedpainting D
I usually don't save steps for paintings this quick but i got two
[link] reference from [link]
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Another beautiful face. I really like your style.
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this is really beautyfull, I like this softness a lot
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funny thing when I at look at this piece of art, this pop up "is this a guy or is it girl" lol btw it's still a good piece that you've shown here
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thank you so much! I have been watching your works for a while now, so I'm glad you drop by
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you're welcome. Just came over your work and I really like it!Keep up the good work!
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All of your work is gorgeous--I don't know why this one is so appealing to me, but it is. Perhaps it is the expression.
In any case, wonderful work.
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Beautiful image - I love the subdued colours and dream-like quality.
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I really like it.. Somehow very pretty!
Oh and I thought it was a woman (face) but... you have a male body.. and I was just reading some other comments to see if they had mentioned it.... and they did and you said it' a male...
I think it's abit feminine for a male but.. still a very nice painting 
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that's because she's actually a he
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the face is very nice,it seems that you work hard.on the other hand, the body too blurred to focus
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Congrats!!!
I've featured this creation in the December Visual Art Features.
Check it here : [link]
This feature is also in the news so more views for you : [link] .
Please check it to view other's art and fave the news article if you like it!
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This wonderful deviation has been featured here > [link] < in "The World Of Art - No. 4".
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I love the softness on this!
What sensibility in this creation!
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thank you so much 
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You shouldn't worry about your skills in doing desaturated works i guess
Kick ass
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Kay, this is lovely!
I know it is just an excercise, so i won't mention unfinished.... but the partsthat are refined are gorgeous! I love the skintones in the hand, especially. Lovely work, you shouldn't be afraid of it looking washed out, it looks gorgeous!
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thank you Coty! I know that it could do with some tweaking to make it look more 'complete' but to be honest I don't really have any intentions of touching this again, ehheh. I want to move on to something else. 
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EEKK!!! Really!? oh! I will so be waiting Xmas present like a kid then!
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Wow, beautiful..
Love the soft colors. great job on the hair, it looks very delicate.. and the hand really sticks out, very detailed.
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Hey! I know how you feel..I used to de-saturate (I think) and now I'm moving to rich colours and high/contrast...I'm totally scared of doing pale and washed out images again...
but this turned out beautifully. I think that the fact that you've improved LOADS at skin tones/depth makes it harder for this sort of thing to look washed out. Oh btw! I never thought your old stuff was washed out - I thought it was great, dark, and it fitted gothicky.
Beautiful soft picture, by the way!
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That looks very pretty
I like desat!
Like Andy said the colours on the hands (the handpalm is a bit thick though) are really nice, so is the face
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I think the colors came out just lovely. Especially the little touches of orangey-pink on the hand, etc.
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This looks great ,so this is what you've been doing all this time since your last piece? Me I've been homework watchin BBC shows.... haven't painted anything..
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You don't usually paint caucasian faces, it looks really different (but good)! Good hand! And good to see you posting again.
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Very beautiful! A very fine face, so detailed, and I love the hands! Realistic hands are so difficult...
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Great tone on the face! Looks sharp with so much details!
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Yay! Thats a hawt guy 
I like your new rich, intense colours style etc but also your old dark.
I think it takes a long time until to find our personal style
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I love this
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Did you use refs ? The character (male or female?) just looks so real to me 
I don't know what you think, but desaturation is just what I want to follow now, as it always gives the scene more reality (something like ~navate 's style). But of course, nothing is good when it's overdone
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indeed I did! [link]
I want to experiment with more colour themes and subjects. Right now I'm working on something quite dominant in yellow colour(my most hated colour!) hehe. Perhaps I will do something less saturated in the future, but then again it all depends on the mood I want to convey
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oooh i love neutral tones, and they look so lovely here
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