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SYTHE (Jan 11, 2006)
As you may notice I attempted to make the cherry really "pop" out.
SYTHE (Jan 11, 2006)
drawn in 12 hours
davincipoppalag (Jan 11, 2006)
I'm not touchin that line...... how did you get Cindy to sit still for all that time?
SYTHE (Jan 11, 2006)
Aw, come on Dave, we all know Cindy's a lot prettier. :)
davincipoppalag (Jan 11, 2006)
Velvet-tongued debbil...(She's got the .44 levelled at ya don't she)...
darkshadow (Jan 12, 2006)
my my this is making me want some cherry pie
great pic that is one hell of a sexy look
thug (Jan 12, 2006)
the cherry really does pop...good one!
hideyourface (Jan 12, 2006)
I dont really like how a few things in this stand out more than the rest, like the cherry, eyelash, and hair. The lower lip/inside of the mouth also looks like weird.
featherstone (Jan 12, 2006)
I admire people who can fill large canvases, I like tiny stuff
SYTHE (Jan 12, 2006)
That's okay HYF just squint real hard and you can hardly notice. Thanks FS everyone loves to be admired. :)
nobody (edited Jan 12, 2006)
looks like the perspective of her teeth are off somehow. i think the teeth should get progressively smaller as they get farther away. as it is, it seems though her teeth are in a straight line across the canvas.

also, in your skin tones you should use less black and white, as they flatten the entire piece.

good job with the hand. those are tough.
Gigandas (edited Jan 12, 2006)
I don't necessarily think that blacks and whites flatten the image as much as the fact that the majority of the piece is somewhat blurry in comparison to the sharp cherry, hair strands, and lashes. That's actually part of how you make 3-dimensional perspective drawings: sharp vs blur (not as sharp in comparison). I think it's also to your advantage to use the full range of colors such as dark blacks and light whites if you're attempting realism (cause reality uses the full range of colors). So with that said, SYTHE, if you are in fact attempting to better your skills at realism, I'd say consider that last comment I made.

I also forgot to mention, don't be afraid of looking for even the slightest variations of colors in gradations.
nobody (edited Jan 13, 2006)
i think youll find if you use the darkest and lightest of an actual color and reserve black and white to be used very minimally, your image will become much more 3 dimensional. perhaps if he were to have originally used the full range of a color in addition to a -tiny- bit of those two extremes what you say would have be true. but sorry gig, i think youre incorrect. maybe you should try my advice too sometime :)
SYTHE (Jan 13, 2006)
Play nice everyone, interesting advice and thats everyone for such excellent comments! :)
Gigandas (edited Jan 13, 2006)
I dunno what your idea of 'minimal' is, but here's a pic with a lot of almost pitch black regions in the hair and the lightest whites in the reflections on the couch (I even checked with the eyedropper tool in my photoshop to make sure): http://212.69.199.251/press/hicont8.jpg
That's kind of what I was talking about...

Another point I should add is, by using the darkest blacks and lightest whites, you give more depth to whatever you're giving these high contrasts to. Therefore, that would make the image more 3-dimensional, if that makes sense.
nobody (Jan 13, 2006)
If you'll notice, I was specifically referring to skin tones in my comment. If you'll take further notice, there is not white or black in the boy's skin, but very pale yellows for highlights and blue/browns for shadowing. That is the crux of the miscommunication, I believe. Maybe read the comments more thoroughly next time before you attempt to discredit them.

One more point as well is that there is only one pure black and one pure white. I'm not sure what other colors you refer to when you name them in plural? In general black and white are known as neutralizing colors, and black especially should be used with extreme care. :)

Sorry Sythe for cluttering up your work with miscommunications. My only intent was to point out some things I thought you might want to know. Someone else pointed them out to me as I was working one day, and I found it a very effective tip.
SYTHE (edited Jan 14, 2006)
Hey, no problem NB, that's what we're here for. I like to hear different veiws and ideas, clutter away.
Jessor (Jan 14, 2006)
MMMMMMMMM... SEXY!!!
Pi-Chi (Jan 14, 2006)
You really but lots of effort in this, and I love it.

The cherry really standed out when I saw it, and btw, I <3 cherries, =o.
hideyourface (Jan 15, 2006)
I think you should just blur less and use more contrast instead of blending everything together so much. Basicallyy.
Maiko (Jan 15, 2006)
something about her bottom lip frightens me o_o

but it's pretty :0 (not the bottom lip, the picture)
HunterKiller_ (Jan 16, 2006)
I love cherries, but this one looks like one of those preserved ones on top of the cheap cakes you get at yer local supermarket. It does 'pop out' yes.
SYTHE (edited Jan 22, 2006)
Sorry HK, it is a store bought cherry, but in its defence it's an alcohol soaked cherry. ;)
julietjuniper (Jan 23, 2006)
so sexy. the cherry is a little imbalanced looking to the rest of the picture style wise, it's a bit cartoonish, but who cares? i dont! because it doesn't take away from it's awesomeness. wooo.
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