I think this is the most realistic drawing/painting I have ever seen. The skin is amazing.

KGH: You need to see more art then. This is a good piece but it's not superior or even that interesting, imo. This is more of a reflection of another artists perspective (the original photographer), opposed to being a true, unique connection with the subject matter. The girl who painted this piece was more of a "spectator" than an artist, at least from what I knew about her. Some people think they can just dabble in anything, come and go as they please but in the end, they'll never truly gain anything from the expereince. True expression takes dedication, understanding and sacrifice, I don't see any of those qualities here.

very beautiful ^^

I'm not envious. the man has obviously spent a great deal of time investing in a skill that doesn't impress me much. time that could have been spent playing video games.

agreed. why would you want to (for example) pay someone to do a portrait of you that looks EXACTLY like a photo. you have the photo..it just doesnt make sense. i guess it would be cool if the subjects were original and he made them look photo realistic, but meh. my opinion.

Well, to me, it's not so much a matter of paying him to do a portrait for me, but rather the fact he's perfected his realism to that level is amazing. Most people attempt realism and end up with something that doesn't look exactly photorealistic because they don't have the overall 'skills' to master it as this guy has. I dunno, I still think it's good to have that ability up your sleeve anyway for an artist. It's one of the basics you study in art anyway. If you think about it, it's not all about the realism either. You don't learn realism just to do realism. It's stuff like learning to pick up on forms and colors that actually help you as an artist in the future when say, you work from references or just getting a general idea of shapes of things so that you don't really even need a reference to draw something well (like if you were drawing a robot and wanted to make him metallic, and you know how the texture might look).

Ooooooooh! Teach me to do flesh tones! I suck at them. This is awesome! I can't ever remember to enter a contest on time.

Great drawing, the smooth apeareance of the skin is awesome, and the pose is very likeable :)

wow....nice....legs...
those eyes are killer too
great pic

What do you guys mean by 'flat?' I thought most cartoons were that way...

the torso has hardly any shading. With the more detailed anime like this is suppoised to be, the artists shade more so you can see the shape better.

you would, like, rape this guy up the butt wouldnt you? :P well, i suppose this is better than your others.

yay Niel! Thank you :) it is supposed to be about to spin, you made me happy saying that! *grins*

Haha, no problem :). I guess I'm good at guessing what you were getting at in your pics ;).

To quote a higher power : Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Matthew 24:6 (King James Version)

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

AND, if I were queen, I'd have made toast out of all of them long ago, it'd be over with, and God could sort them out. But alas, .... I am not queen. :(

terrorism is something you can't let win. I mean, its based on forcing and destring people rights. If nobody efend their rights there, we have to do something!

You spent alot of time on this and it turned out nicely. I didn't see the shell coming. I assumed from the oval shape he'd be coming out of a pond or some similar body of water.

I like what you did with this. The shell was a good idea.

I hope neither of your turkeys gets eaten today!

Ahaha! I remember doing these too :) (good memories). I dunno if mine was quite skillful as this though. I used to REALLY (and I mean 'really') miss the concept of coloring within the lines :P. This is pretty cute lookin. Happy Thanksgiving to ya :)!

cute. happy tg