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Ahhh… COLORS! Yummy, rich, vibrant COLOR. Yes boys and girls, I do –love- me some saturation, don’t I?
This image is based off an absolutely stunning photograph by and was used with kind permission. You’ll find the original jaw dropper here [link]
And can locate a wide assortment of other deliciously drool worthy goodies by this photo diva here- [link] Just be sure to mop up after yourselves when you’re done at her site *g*
I'm convinced you people are out to kill me…Sooooo many people I’ve bugged to paint.. and not a single ‘no’ among you. I'm torn between dancing for joy and hiding under my bed
I wish I had more time 
yet work has once more taken center stage, which means only painting when I can steal a moment here and there. It’s okay though because I love what I do.. I just whish there were more hours in the day to enable me to do both. Ahh well. We take what we can get I suppose.
Standard apologies for the size, with the standard reason behind it.
Painter 8 Oils and gouache.
Original canvas size 2248X6122X300ppi
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Comments: 18
Haven't looked at the photo, yet. This is stunning by itself, a mood piece with real impact. Oh, I can wonder why she's holding it with her left hand, unusual for eastern sword arts; and holding it in a way no swordsman would, though a sword polisher might.
After looking at the photo, I like your rendition better, especially your treatment of her upper hand, make much more sense than laying the fingers on a blade that should be so sharp it would cut them.
thank you,
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that pose is really stunning seems to entise you to think as the person in the image however the silk could use the odd harder highlight in the very fine folds.
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wow! beautiful pic......very intriguing and entertaining to the eyes....... the colors and the shading of the gown really drew my attention....
kinda feels like it is moving!....
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I really like your work on that one original.......very good stacey!
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Hey Hey! I just so happened to have the original photgrapher on my Devwatch list as well as you! So it's weird how I first saw the photo and then saw what you've done with it. I personally think you did a commendable job on the reflection in the blade (I'm really terrible at things like that). Although you didn't use this technique, your art reminds me a lot of the effect stippling has on the eye (you know, that famous painting of the people in the park); from a distance, it makes perfect sense and is whole and complete and (in your case) indistinguishable from a photograph. But up close one begins to see it's components and parts and almost the process in which it was created. I think it's neat
~<3
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Absolutely stunning (as per usual) You realy rock painter 8. I came across the original photo the other day by accident, it was very good.
Whats all this rubbish about work taking over from painting..... you cant post work to Deviantart, so stop it immediately and do something worth while instead..... I know, like more painting
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Beautiful piece! I really like the placement of the character on the lower side, and not centered. The thin, inside border matching the cloth really brings the pice together as a whole.
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awesome colors on the kimono
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well, it is a piece to be criticed.
what we can pick as a good work is clothes. they are welldone. what we can say as an improvement for those clothes that do add some texture like oriantation to make the cloth not be naked, or not just some dimentions with good light and shade analysis.
what i can say which need some improvment in my own opinion, that piece is not like others u made, it has lost the photorealism.. that not means it is bad, but i think it is still need some colors in skin, and some life in the face. the color of the face still alittle poor, and the shades didnt apply to tell the relation between the hand and the sword. beside the relation between her lips and the sword still not well managed. another factor which less the optical illusion to make that photo reality, that is the background. i guess it needs to be more life, and u need to give the feeling of deepth in it. may be more gradiants .. more colors needed. i am not sure.
but any way i can say in general i like this piece because u begin leaving the exact copy of photos, and u start instead to add some creativty from ur own for photos. this will make by time a very good and new atomsphere for ur work.
thank u
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Ooooh thank you so much oneday
What I will say however ( and again, this is not a defense from your comments, more in addition to them) that while I do often attempt to gain a likeness to a photograph, there are time when a looser, more Illustrative style to my paintings ( see David by request, Sonoma etc) because.. well to be honest its fun
In this case however, when I had first requested to paint this work, my intention was indeed to follow the photograph. I love the colors in that photo probably more than I ought to *g* Yet when speaking to Jen ( the photographer) she made mention that she assumed it would be different than the photo, so that was what I set out to do. Hence the looser, flatter appearance. The attempt was to use the photo as a launch point for a complete departure from my normal style. Photo real is usually easier for me because all the information about the image is right there. I can spawn a color pallet within Painter to match the colors of the photo exactly, and work from there.
( if anyone uses painter and doesn’t know that trick and would like to, let me know
That said.. I found your comment very useful for a great number of reasons. Not the least being that I do eventually intend on leaving photo real behind for a time ( too many portraits, you know?) and actually attempt a more fantasy based and surreal based theme. Though I confess the idea scares me a bit
Things I would have done differently in -this- image?
mmm.. the background comes to mind first. The face is as I intended as well, but the reflection (gahh I suck at ground planes and reflections unless I can SEE them clearly.. and even them ground planes mock me) on her sword bothers me, as does her lips as you mentioned.
Her kimono.. I pondered the notion of going back in and adding the pattern back tot eh fabric when I had finished the base.. but it seemed out of place when compared to the rest of the image. Now, I’m wondering if it wouldn’t have provided an interesting focal point.
And yes, there are a few areas that really would have benefited from more accurate shading.
So while the style turned out the way I wanted it. The technical of the style did not. However, now that I have done a departure from the original, perhaps it would be acceptable to Jen if I were to go back and attempt the photo real appearance that works easier for me?
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Thank you for ur honest reply
yeah to spawn a color pallet within Painter to match the colors of the photo exactly, and work from there is an interesting experince for me.. u select the image and go to color set, then creat color set from the selection. it is a very good thing from painter u know.
i would like to know more about the tricks u know and i tell u wot i know if i even has any useful info about it u know.
i would like tell u my own opinion about the realism of the photo, or u can say suggestion of wot u may do in it, but actually if it belong to suggestions i would prefer u make it as u do a photorealism, but u can change the colors. or the texture of cloth, even hair style to another japanise style u can find alot of them on google search images so u copy a hair of a pic in this pic by painting. etc
good job, i wish it finish the way u like and happy with. i added ur avatar to my journal btw as a friend if u approve me
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Sorry i forgot to say something: i told u about the technique of how to make a color set like the photo for a reason :To ask Is it the same technique u use or u have a better way? I just forgot to write that
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*nods* Yep, I capture a pallet the very same way
Spawning a color pallet is wonderful, but it can also be confusing if you let it. The program will do exactly what you tell it to and copy every single color when in reality, all you require are your primaries (proof them against your temporary document) and a handful of your secondary colors. I tend to keep my main colors, a small group of mid colors and a small group of highlights; I DO always make sure that my pallet contains my darkest dark, and my lightest light color. If I don’t, then I end up making my darks a little too light and my highlights get overblown.
I've heard about the manner of painting you've described, and admire the skill that is required to pull it off. I've not attempted it, truth be told.. and I haven’t any high hopes of managing it if I -do- try, but it may prove to be a temptation at some point, so be kind if I screw it up beyond repair *g*
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oh my way? i have several ways in digital paintings. but i didnt show much till now. i practice in drawing some comix with vector technology in black X white X some red touch. i draw from my imagination. which is more diffecult for me
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Looks very good
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