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Portrait painting by ~ChristmasSocks:iconChristmasSocks:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > People > Fantasy

©2006-2009 ~ChristmasSocks
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Artist's Comments

I guess technically it's not really a portrait since no photo-reference was used. I made it all up, so it shouldn't be catagorized as a portrait, although it was my intention to make it look like one.

ANYWAY, I started out with pencil on paper and colored in Painter 9. I had to brighten it in photoshop to compensate for windows users who have much darker moniters than the Mac OS, so it looks very slightly different than I intended it to. No biggy though.

It's a fantasy portrait, so she's not wearing anything that is supposed to really represent the old japanese era garments/clothing. Just all for looks.

Thanks for viewing

Daily Deviation

Given 2006-07-13

Portrait painting by ~ChristmasSocks caught my eye while I was checking their gallery after reading the suggestion note. The lighting grabbed me instantly because it has a nice candle glow, or a warm sunset on the face feel. Beyond that, the clothing is unique and the collar has a very realistic leather look to it. A lot of elements blended together into one great painting. Well done. (Suggested by ~tomoe2005 and Featured by `Aeires)

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~Kanyel May 18, 2006, 3:08:41 PM
Whoa, that is amazing..
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!iibun May 18, 2006, 3:16:01 PM
I absolutely LOVE (:heart: :heart: :heart: !!!) your use of lighting in this!! It's WONDERFUL....

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I think it's TOO wonderful.....:( I must hate you now because you just rock too much.

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~ComradeBitter May 18, 2006, 3:23:04 PM
Oh. My. God.

I adore everything about this. @_@ All the nuances and shades and colors, the distinction between soft and hard shadows, the absolutely MESMERIZING eyes, and the hair and the EVERYTHING.
You own life. Seriously.

Marry me? :D
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*Sleepar May 18, 2006, 3:44:34 PM
aweeesome work. great colours. impressive
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*iumazark May 18, 2006, 4:04:38 PM
perfect..... great work

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~kyvie May 18, 2006, 4:16:03 PM
You are seriously such an incredible artist. ;3; Somehow I missed this when creeping through your gallery before and found it in somebody's favorites (only to think, "Hey, I just watched that guy!"), and just, good god. What gorgeous, gorgeous attention to lighting - the subtle shades, like the grey-purples under the chin and the shadows cast by the collar... And the rich colors and warm pinks in the face are just beautiful. I love her eyes as well, especially the soft strokes you used on her eyelashes. I have a hard time drawing myself away from them, which is interesting as I'm not used to pupil-less eyes being so expressive. And the details in her headband up there are OMFG the patience and the wonderful level of background beauty it adds! :'3 Fantastic work! <3

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~minji May 18, 2006, 4:33:17 PM
Stop being so amazing T___T!

-stares in admiration~-

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