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MayFong — Lovely Songbird
Published: 2014-06-29 19:46:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2330; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 0
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This was a commissioned painting for a CD cover. The theme is an inspiration from 1950's Shanghai, China. I had a lot of fun painting the vintage glamor, gramophone and antique telephone.Photoshop CS6
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wow i love her qipao! you managed to render the silky effect perfectly! this is so impressive! once again i love this!
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Thank you very much, my friend!
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She is a lovely songbird and a joy to look at. 
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Thank you very much!
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Convincing 1950's piece.Excellent work on the dress too!
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Gorgeous!! Beautiful smile, and love her dimple 
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Hello, May! Lovely work, as always! Nice to see something from you.
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Thank you, Bob! Great to see you back to DA!
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Just another beautiful masterpiece. Love your work as always May.
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Aw, thank you, my friend!
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Oh wow! This is just incredible May! Love the print on her dress her hair and all the cool vintage bits! Awesome job hon!
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Thank you so much, dear Suzi!
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The work is exquisite, May, just exquisite. As a digital artist, I understand the work that can go into something like this. It's always a delight to see your work. And if the eye seems a bit off center to you, it's easily remedied with careful work in the liquify filter, as you well know.
I would like to see some of the brushes you use in your portraits.
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Thank you! I use all the basic brushes that come with PS, mainly soft round and hard round brushes.
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If it's exquisite then why would the eye seem a bit off center? I like May's work a lot too, but I've noticed that her work isn't what it use to be. The best work I've seen from her is the Anne Hathaway as Audrey Hepburn piece.
I can't help, but to pick this piece a part. From the top of the woman's head to her gloves, there is a lot of things that are off about this. The lighting of the skin is cartoon-y. It seems like she could have done the skin in Illustrator and then exported it to PSCS6. The hair is too shiny and wispy. The eyes do look off kilter. The lips also look like they were done in Illustrator. It all looks very cut and past. Nothing flows well in this piece. If that was the look she was going for then it worked, but I prefer her more realistic work like the piece mentioned.
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For someone like me who has neither the patience nor the talent to do this kind of work, it is exquisite, issues or no.
And if the customer is happy, then that is what matters.
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Thank you for your supportive feedback, my friend!
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You are very welcome. 
Looking forward to future work.
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I will formally forward my complaints to the artist. Thank you for your time.
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The customer is indeed happy. All my paintings are far from perfect and they never will. I learn from every painting that I paint. I do it with passion, patience and pure enjoyment. If the painting is less than my best, that just means I have opportunity to improve. Cheers!
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I'm just wondering if this is the style you're going for? I thought you did just realism, but I see that you are stylizing your work.
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It's really pretty, but it looks as though her eyes are a bit off centered from the nose.
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