Excellent work.
I like the lighting.
Favorite artist.
+10

Thats some High Grade stuff you are doing here.

The glazing effect really paid off.

So................I'm blown away max. points for that one dude.

Beautiful Painting...

wow great painting =O!

excellent...

Perfect! Love her skin! +10

hmmm...this one is very good..wanna see more like this...

Wow!! Just PERFECT!!!

excellent painting. i love this classic style, you've done very well creating it.

+10

excellent tonalities and volumes great job

Superb,

Awesome lighting and very strong presence created

+ 10

Impressive work. Love the classic painting style. +10

Thank you all. What a nice reaction!

absolutely excellent! the skin is amazing

so great one,,,the lightning is amazing,,, the reaction on her face tells something
keep goin
+10
noha

fantastic... really beautiful work...

Very beautiful!

Nothing to crit, just beautiful!
Top Marks!

awesome! very inspiring! top marks!

Beautiful work!

beautiful!

awesome illumination, and skin coloring, great. +10/10

What a beauty!......wonderful work!
Top marks!
Carlos

Did this one just come out of a classical art museum? Wow!
+10

Fantastic work! Like one of the famous old oil paintings! Expressive and so nicely made! Very talended! Top marks of course...

You have some amazing talent ! This needs an absolute top mark... Very well done..

*impressed*

Everything is perfect!!!

Nikola.

beauitful work!!! I love classical!!

gu-au

wow...perfect!

Hey, thank you folks for such wonderfully encouraging responses. They are much appreciated.

Those skin tones are inspiring to say the least, you nailed it. +10

Excellent all round, great skin-tones and natural expression +9

Fantastic classic feel! Great job with lighting! I can easily see this hanging ona wall in a large frame! Great work!

old school style....nicely done

Very nice! Awesome classic style, and I LOVE her face

Amazing stuff Jeff!

Cool I like the cloning effects . you know some people thinks thet you did all from scratch.

good point reiq. Here is a snapshot of the process: I had a photo (one of those overexposed fashion pics, with bangs in the eyes and flat , fisheye-distorted features) of which I could use basically the eyebrows down to the chin, which I did an extensive paintover of , altering parts of the features, skin tones and other minor details while adding shading suggestive of a strong, single light source . Then I cloned it onto a hand-drawn sketch of the expanded figure with an oil cloner. After blocking in the basic values on the drawing to match the face and tying together the various elements, I applied several layers of effects and glazes on soft light, gel, multiply and screen layers to get the details and suggest atmosphere.

We decided to use a photo to make the process accessible to folks who might not have the skills built up to take a sketch to that level of realism. Personally, having spent several thousand hours drawing and painting faces, I would think there is very little difference (if any ) between the final product here and what would have come out of a straight sketch, which I did for my second tutorial for the mag, in issue 3. Faces are daunting for many, and I thought it might be a bit easier for some to imagine creating those effects if they didn't have to rely on their drawing chops too heavily.

beautifully glazed, Jeff! congrats on getting a choice award over at CGTalk for this!


and thank you for sharing with us your technique

Thanks, Kay! That is indeed a nice unexpected feather to put in my cap.

You are very welcome on the other point.

Amazing

Simply beautiful... plus "thank you" for your snapshot of the technique used.

magnificent work! her face is beautiful and the toning is just perfect

Awesome work!

Beautiful portrait; the skin tones are just gorgeous.

Superb, love the colours!

Great work.

Perfect, very realistic

classic style

one of my favorite digital art from all times, excellent!

OH. MY. GOD. That is amazing. I've never seen anything like it. Consider me your biggest fan.

goodgood

Awesome!

very nice!!

Z