Kalathis  01/10/07 @375

Awesome portrait, I love the scratchy hard lined feel.

curlyhair  01/10/07 @400

Wow!Brave brush strokes! Horay for that! Black eye - great decision and it workes! good moody portreit

cupcake  01/10/07 @578

Very good ,

Madanapale  01/10/07 @701

Very nice style and colors! Carlos

Diane  01/10/07 @711

Excellent work! The nose seems a little bit off but everything else is perfect! Great use of colours, very strong style +10

Andy--Jones  01/10/07 @751

cool work. like the framing of his face. vibrant colours.

Freiz  01/10/07 @837

Thanks so much, everyone. I feel I followed the reference rather closely anatomy-wise. What about the nose do you think I should change, Diane?

tomato04  01/10/07 @851

very cool, i love it! awesome hair!

ThruMyEyez  01/10/07 @866

Very well done. Love the strong lines and the use of color.

SandraS  01/11/07 @061

Nice colors, I love the red. The shading around his eye could be improved maybe, as it looks very hallow atm. But the rest is great, and worth viewing from far.

blackshad  01/11/07 @429

i like the raw style well done

deManuel  01/11/07 @496

Great work. Love the style. +9

CreativeSchism  01/11/07 @722

Strong visual impact I think. The contrast is great! Very cool work!

Daykan  01/11/07 @801

great work!

rafomundo  01/11/07 @888

Oh Wow! Great colors and an amazing painting style! Excellent work!

Diane  01/12/07 @368

The perspective of the nose is a little bit exagerated Look at the shape of the nostril, the shape is not exactly the same and that's what gives this aspect of distorted perspective. The "wrinkles" on the side of the nose are also a little bit too strong so they contribute to this overall effect. The dark shadow under the eye makes the nose look a little bit shorter than on the ref. I hope that I've explained clearly what I meant, it's a little bit hard to see since it's indeed very close to the ref, but I had noticed it before looking at the ref, so that was my first thought Nothing major though

leloops  01/12/07 @413

hey i know this dude from a sin city look tutorial in dA, you've made a great all around job with this one, superior =)))) +9!

Juro  01/12/07 @634

Nice sketchy style, I really like this. Good work.

ViolentContact  01/12/07 @727

awesome style, the compostion and colours are wonderful! my max

JordanRoots  01/12/07 @943

awesome! +10

oldskool87  01/14/07 @376

wow... awesome first 10 for the day

jha  01/14/07 @555

amazing work. good colors

padrino  01/14/07 @803

very beautiful ! well done ! erdi

slickgreekgeo  01/15/07 @197

You have a very unique style, very detailed but still painterly at the same time. +8

LadyLuck  01/15/07 @338

Amazing work! Everything else has been said - this is very well done!

mausam  01/15/07 @584

nice colorful painting.

Dutch-Memory  01/15/07 @628

Great colors and contrast! I really like this, good work!

Valera  01/15/07 @802

Awesome work! Love the colors

monjo  01/16/07 @048

Well Done! Nice linework and great bold colors. John

ronn  01/16/07 @159

the color design is amazing! ronn

moserArtist  01/16/07 @278

He looks really cool! Like the touch with the color!

anastasia  01/16/07 @385

Your technique is stong and impressive! Great use of color too! The mood you have created in this piece is amazing. Top marks!

Foxie  01/16/07 @910

Good Work!

thejeff  01/16/07 @928

I am not surprised this is getting a good reaction. strong placement and colors. lots of energy. nice.

Rayden  01/16/07 @928

Very Beautiful!! Good Work!!!!!!!!

Ruxesurix  01/17/07 @508

Dont know what the fuzz is about... 0/10 ...please leave

Freiz  01/17/07 @715

Thanks to everyone for all the kind comments; I'm really glad this got such positive feedback. Ruxesurix, "please leave"? Why should I leave? If you don't like the piece, at least give a constructive critique for why, or if it's not a matter of fault within the work but one of your own personal taste, then don't comment at all. And the last thing you need to be doing is dropping insults or acting like you have the authority to say who should and shouldn't go. To everyone else, thank you again.

nelman  01/18/07 @101

Beautifully done! This should be printed and mounted! Keep it up, Jen! Top marks!

killadore  01/18/07 @948

this is a really great painting, i love the rough style..also i'm impressed by the writing in the description. is it yours? 10/10 for bringing somethin so full of life to this site!

sdavis75  01/19/07 @051

Love your style. Excellent work! No crits from me. +10

Freiz  01/19/07 @183

Thanks, guys; and yeah, it's my writing, Obscured. It's not much, just something quick and fun I typed up. But thanks. ^^;

Diegoth  01/19/07 @222

Excellent mood of lighting, also the colours are excellent! Greetings!

cnell  01/24/07 @686

i'm sorry i missed this. i love those brush strokes and the close crop and vibrant colors. this is very appealing!

godartist  02/21/07 @081

Man i just love the scratchiness of this

bakatron  02/26/07 @299

yeow. im sorry i didnt see this before (was on a sabatical). this totally kicks ass!

Slapo  05/17/07 @509

That's quite a nice style you have, this one looks pretty good, just the bright background is a bit distracting.

lyn  05/18/07 @881

Lovely work! I love the colours you used, though wish it had something else to set it apart from the ref image. Really cool regardless, hope to see more of your artwork here!

yifatshaik  05/19/07 @990

intresting work

yvy  05/19/07 @497

nice. shouldn't you mention reference photo tho?

dark-girl  05/19/07 @735

can't believe i didnt comment on this wonderful work as i have definetly seen it before! beautiful and sad, very good work indeed, like the nose 9/9

Morre  05/19/07 @748

Fantastic use of colors, although I cannot comment much on the technique. From an amateur and color-lover's perspective, though, it's fantastic! Great work!

Freiz  05/19/07 @871

Thanks, everyone; and yvy, I did mention the reference. Did you look at the provided links?

kunkunlanak  06/12/07 @683

Brilliant job+8

nanno  06/15/07 @903

its beautiful drowing,,ur frustration came up with something good but one thing,the nose is a bit off i love the colors so much,, this one represent to me confusion and myterious mode +10 noha

yvy  06/19/07 @857

ah yeah, sowwy, i am blind

starqueen  07/02/07 @854

You're one of the few people to give credit to the fact you used the photograph as a reference, bravo. So many people used this photo in photo manips without even a simple credit to a photograph they did not take and without knowledge they are indeed breaking the contract from the site in which they took it from. Very glad you did that in this day and age and yes just simply putting the link is enough. What work that you can attribute to is definitely the color, stroke and lighting. At that, they're very lovely and well done. I really love the color in this, you were not afraid of it. +10

ari  07/05/07 @173

a-aaaaaaaaah-hh =)

SerAKIN  07/28/07 @399

impressive tecnique..

Luke19  11/01/07 @793

i like this one freiz! good job! nice technique i agree!

ethegaurde  12/09/07 @780

The color work on this is spectacular! Bravo!

JESR  01/03/08 @894

great artwork i like the colors.+ 10/10

ZedoCaixao  01/16/08 @988

Nice painting!