Em <3

is it a self portrait?

It is

oh, no, you're going into private practice already! we always lose the good ones. if there are ever photos or articles online, in the future, telling about exhibitions, galleries, ect., you're in somewhere, just leave us a link, so we can see what you're doing.:) I'd love to see any notices, articles, ect. all the best to you, Roy, you're a great artist.(should we just google your name someday, and your work will show up?) really miss all your work. noisy Dorothy here, just wants to see your work in the future, and watch you fly off. don't be a stranger, if you ever have time, drop some oil paint on us, as you're flying by. GOOD LUCK!! God go with you. :)

oh Roy, but you're so good at digital art...be well

Roy, I'll look for your art..if I have to buy it, so be it. All the best to you!!

Seoul? That's sweet. I really want to go to an other culture, too.

come back

Wish you had time for us. Maybe one day!

Was just looking through your gallery, you do amazing work..something about this one just draws me to it

always a pleasure seeing your work man. :} Have 2 watch out 4 those with such pale blues. :}

pretty eyes he has.

Really love the style of this and colors used.

Yes, its great. Love the powerful hand.

wonderful on the edge of brilliant

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.

love the atmosphere

Looks like the light comes out of his/ her head. I like it.

pretty pretty pretty great.

It is beautiful, I did not understand what i'm looking at the first time actually, I only saw colorful lights.

Gosh, as always your work is outstanding. Gorgeous colors playing off these gems.

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!