I love this one. Gorgeous and so well done.

whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. whoawhoawhoa. impressive on two counts..

one: its very 'painterly' yet nice and crisp, a style i admire.
two: the small details are fabulous. using a photo ref the camera picks up so much more that we cant paint on canvas or it will look off. congrats on getting that perfect amount of contrast to insinuate all the details in the photo.

The tree line above his wings annoys me quite a lot. But for the rest I really like this.

Beautiful portrait,and this guy could easily become the next James Bond in the movie role. WOW. ha ha. (do young guys still wear their hair long now? )

C'mon, any female online would be tempted to give this guy her phone no. and email. --or some guys would want it, too. It's just human nature to have someone get lovesick over a lovely portrait on the net. People used to go to dances,and singles' stupid gettogethers, and the first people to be picked up, would be the good looking ones. Face it, he's going to get the girls throwing themselves at him!

But I do not approve of the way young girls chase guys so desperately these days,instead of manipulating the guys so they chase THEM. I[ve never seen women who throw themselves at guys,and chase them,ever really succeed at getting them. that's because men like to think it's THEY who are doing the chasing and the choosing.

there's a commercial on tv for insurance i think...guy says:

'How's it going KARL?' he really emphasizes the KARL, not sure why. maybe its CARL.

I've been meaning to comment on this since I saw it some time after you first posted it, didn't do it just then and since have been too lazy to go looking for it when I was here, which isn't often anymore. Just now as it came up in the Showcase thumbnail strip I realized if I didn't do it now, I might never. You know I've always hated you because I'm so jealous of your talent, and loved you because you're so very real, which is rare. (and because you always inspired me to strive to do better)
This, I believe, is one of your best paintings, because as a self-portrait I see in that expression the Staci I think I've come to know and love/hate here. ;) Along with being absolutely perfect realism, you've done the impossible "capture the expression" thing... something that almost NEVER happens in a portrait. There's depth in those eyes, something fascinating behind them. Some people see that in the Mona Lisa and say that's why it's so upheld. (One major difference there is that I think she's ugly and you're beautiful, so... ONEUP on that one for sure... hah)

I've looked at this a lot of times and been blown away every time. I just now realized what I like about it most, the way you slightly exaggerated the things a camera does when the shot is a little overexposed and the flash is causing it. How the light shows the details in the skin in a way normal vision would never pick up on. And the corona of color around the iris. And the way the hues of the skin tones are uniformly off. It's a great painting of a 'bad' photograph. That and the killer cupid's bow mouth.

yes! you totally get it. this is a HORRIBLE picture, horrible. Bags, blotchy skin and all. if I had a zit that day I would have drawn it in as well. thanks!

Those swans bite, you know. I'd cover my boobs if I were her. lol
Can't wait till the finish!

That's awesome.

!!!dang!!!

Excellent work! Very colorful and lovely!

so very excellent as always

dang. come back!

I want to consume this so I can feel the steampunk amazingness course through my veins.

what Roytje said

dang. miss you.

Cindy said it the best. Just a treat to see.

this is cooler than some kind of thing that has five things and only four of them are cool and the other one is just regular.
girls are different than boys.

dang :( miss you.

Tulips are of my favorites, but only in gardens. They seemed trapped in vases.

Sometimes with beautiful things containment is necessary.

dan-g.

Stunning!!!

Great work (: love the smearing lips too

dang.