I've been working on a lot of other things recently (namely my website and some other artworks) and felt like it was high time to get another portait up. This one was a quick paint, perhaps 2-3 hours, a composite of two photos (the original of the young lady is here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/4760345/ ) Elarhyn is primarily intended as a rogue, but could also be a monk. I gave her ambiguously angled features, so she could be human, half-elf or elf. She steals through the city by lantern and moonlight...
I liked it very much, but I think her eyes are a little strange...
Posted by Loignar at 2005-10-15 18:35:18 Voted 10.00 on 10/15/05
good stuff _________________________
Posted by Mithrohir at 2004-11-07 09:48:57 Voted 9.75 on 11/07/04
_________________________ From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light form the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Posted by Steinin at 2004-10-09 13:07:16 Voted 7.50 on 10/09/04
Very nice portrait for my Assassin _________________________
Posted by gothgal at 2004-07-14 09:31:24 Voted 10.00 on 07/14/04
Wow! What a great face! Entire portrait is awesome.
Posted by Irian at 2004-06-28 23:37:16 Voted 9.00 on 06/28/04
Posted by Zazmio at 2004-05-19 09:25:57 Voted 8.00 on 05/19/04
Posted by VSheep at 2004-05-17 14:11:24 Voted 9.00 on 05/17/04
Posted by Fvguy72 at 2004-04-25 08:07:56 Voted 8.00 on 04/25/04
Posted by gromnir at 2004-04-04 01:18:32 Voted 7.00 on 04/04/04
Posted by Aijin at 2004-03-26 17:54:19 Voted 8.00 on 03/26/04
Posted by Mea_Culpa at 2004-03-26 15:21:26 Voted 8.00 on 03/26/04
_________________________ Mea Culpa's Demesne
Old Elven Saying: "Never say Never if you're gonna live forever!!!"
"I didn't do it, it wasn't my fault"
Posted by Piestar at 2004-03-26 14:33:22 Voted 6.00 on 03/26/04
Posted by serapha at 2004-03-26 14:04:14 Voted 9.00 on 03/26/04
Posted by Nencraban at 2004-03-25 16:36:31 Voted 8.00 on 03/25/04
Posted by Najah at 2004-03-25 15:51:46 Voted 10.00 on 03/25/04
Posted by Harry_Backside at 2004-03-24 19:04:22 Voted 9.00 on 03/24/04
An excellent portrait as usual. Great clothes, expression, mood & lighting! Keep up the great work!
Posted by Friendless at 2004-03-21 18:10:42 Voted 9.00 on 03/21/04
Posted by Civious at 2004-03-19 12:35:55 Voted 7.00 on 03/19/04
Posted by LeOn at 2004-03-18 06:29:18 Voted 9.00 on 03/18/04
Posted by PyroDrew at 2004-03-05 14:44:17 Voted 7.00 on 03/05/04
Posted by jboy123 at 2004-02-28 07:46:02 Voted 9.00 on 02/28/04
This is a compilation of the old system into a single score. There were 25 that made this score of 8.52 then rounded to 9.
Posted by Harry_Backside at 2004-01-30 17:40:00 Voted 9.00 on 03/24/04
I love this portrait - this has got to be my favorite of yours. I love seeing all of your portraits mind you. You have a great sense of compostion, excellent hand, & an unquestionable sense of fashion, mood, & lighting (blue light off her hand, back,& arms white/yellow off the knee & face).
I think why I like this so much has something to do her pose & expression. But mostly with how you painted over the existing painting and dressed her - the brush strokes & rough linework give it that interesting painted touch. I especially like the LOTR Bracer Style.
My only crit- a very small one - is that the face has somewhat less of the well done painted look than the rest of the portrait. Please don't take it wrong - as this is an exceptional portrait (esp. for the amount of time it took!!). Awesome work & thanks for sharing it!
Heh... thanks for the positive comments. The reason this was so quick is because it was photos--one for her and one for the stone wall background (which was actually originally in broad daylight, so I had to repaint that a bit.) But even so, photos go so much faster than having to render the whole thing myself! After that I didn't have to paint very much, just put the lighting in the right place, and add a few details like the tatoos, and the slight changes to the clothing. I pretty much focused the whole piece around lighting the figure, so that is where I spent most of the time. I had a lot of fun doing the blue backlight, and adding blues and red and purples to her hair arm and face. Shadows can be fun when you use lots of colors. ;-)
Posted by Richard Chan ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2004-01-26 16:55:00
2 hour paint? Man you work quick! Although you may not like what I'm about to say, I think that this is the best portrait you've done from looking at your previous portraits (this is not saying that previous portraits are bad, but I didn't feel that they have the same impact as this one).
Excellent use of lighting and style. The Background definately defines the portraited character a lot more.
The more I look at it, the more I find it hard to believe you only spent 2-3 hours on it :) there's a lot of detail in it!
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