Congratulations patienceisoverrated (Jessie) , "tense." is awarded first place for Contest Week 57: Human Figure. This contest was intended to encourage 2Drawers to explore the human figure and the beauty of human anatomy. I'm happy to say that every entry did just that, they all are beautiful examples of the human figure. It's so gratifying to see so many quality entries. Participants were enthusiastic from the get-go and they all put effort into their work, this is exactly what I hope for in each contest. Thank you all for making this particular contest a great success.
patienceisoverrated's piece was awesome from the start, just looking at the first 2 versions, I knew we were in for a treat. There are many unique qualities in this painting, it's an impressive piece on every level. First off, it looks just like the reference but completely overhauled. She took a nearly colorless image and gave it life, that in itself was a skillful feat. The man in the reference looks nearly dead, his skin and expression are pretty devoid of life. Although the pose is dynamic, the figure looks as if it was in the final stages of rigor mortis. Through the addition of warm light and painterly strokes, Jessie resurrected this corpse of an image and gives it a completely new life. By cropping and freeing the figure from the floor, the body seems to now be in motion. No more is the man isolated and centered in the image, now he appears to be dancing and flying through the air. The details in this piece are marvelous, the geometry going on in the background is a great creative touch. The subtle details of accurately rendered veins, muscles and tendons in the body are so cool, it's fun just to look at that portion alone. Jessie chose a reference that looked pretty dead but she knew, all she needed was the tight anatomy and the great pose to produce an awesome figure painting. You did an outstanding job and it's my pleasure to award you first place for this contest.
Damn! I did not think much of this piece as compared to Moosh's piece, but the Background really made the figure stand out bigtime. Congrats on the win!
mmmmmmmm...... hmmmm. He needs a few cookies, but other than that.... mmmmmmmm... HMMM. :)
You are such a talented artist.... please don't let anyone derail you from expanding and mastering your wonderful ability. You have a great future ahead of you as a successful artist if you can "stay on track".
edit: I have to add that I see what appears to be a Leonardo da Vinci inspired background and a Michelangelo-class depiction of anatomy with life... and yet it appears to belong completely to you and your interpretation of things, your style dominates it... it eminates from the digital canvas with finesse and ease... I don't see a struggle (if you had one, don't tell me, I don't want to know) You "got it goin' on, girl". Keep it goin'.
I know I already commented on this, but it's just amazing. I really love this piece, and it's by far one of my most favorite drawings I've seen on this site. Such an excellent work of art.
Yes, this is such an excellent rendition of the human anatomy, and outer layers of skin,too, with good color. You could easily do scientific or medical illustrations, if you want to. That was a good idea, to encourage figure drawing. (To find pictures of men, I used to buy "Playgirl" magazine, I do not think they still print it; also, I have an old porno book,of gay men in very little clothing (old fashioned,they had modesty then) and I find, gay nude men photos are sometimes good to draw. Or, muscle-builder's magazines. In real life, you can sometimes grab a high school jock, and pay him some money to pose for you. You might need a chaperone, they're still considered "underage."
I did find figure drawing classes, that had nude male models, it was great. Yes,I also think men do not get enough attention as anatomy models and subjects.
pieces like this deserve some sort of further recognition than just comments and then they disappear into the past.... there are pieces like that which are great and totally unique and creative... a showcase of those would be great
I look at work of this quality and feel sad that this community and site are dying. I wonder if there is a way to revitalize a digital drawing community. Upgraded software that interfaces with the latest java would be needed.
Well according to marcello.. java is on the way out and he cant spend a lot of time trying to make what's here work with it..most of the problems seem to be with increased security on the java console and the browsers. He says he is working on a new release that isnt java based though.. I think the people who can still make things work come here sometimes..but most just went by the wayside because they couldnt
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yesh he def. is tense!! fabulous anatomy. i would die for those skills u have!!
thanks everybody, y'all are too nice.
this is amazing
You have mad skills. o_o
patienceisoverrated's piece was awesome from the start, just looking at the first 2 versions, I knew we were in for a treat. There are many unique qualities in this painting, it's an impressive piece on every level. First off, it looks just like the reference but completely overhauled. She took a nearly colorless image and gave it life, that in itself was a skillful feat. The man in the reference looks nearly dead, his skin and expression are pretty devoid of life. Although the pose is dynamic, the figure looks as if it was in the final stages of rigor mortis. Through the addition of warm light and painterly strokes, Jessie resurrected this corpse of an image and gives it a completely new life. By cropping and freeing the figure from the floor, the body seems to now be in motion. No more is the man isolated and centered in the image, now he appears to be dancing and flying through the air. The details in this piece are marvelous, the geometry going on in the background is a great creative touch. The subtle details of accurately rendered veins, muscles and tendons in the body are so cool, it's fun just to look at that portion alone. Jessie chose a reference that looked pretty dead but she knew, all she needed was the tight anatomy and the great pose to produce an awesome figure painting. You did an outstanding job and it's my pleasure to award you first place for this contest.
You are such a talented artist.... please don't let anyone derail you from expanding and mastering your wonderful ability. You have a great future ahead of you as a successful artist if you can "stay on track".
edit: I have to add that I see what appears to be a Leonardo da Vinci inspired background and a Michelangelo-class depiction of anatomy with life... and yet it appears to belong completely to you and your interpretation of things, your style dominates it... it eminates from the digital canvas with finesse and ease... I don't see a struggle (if you had one, don't tell me, I don't want to know) You "got it goin' on, girl". Keep it goin'.
the backround is actually inspired by my physics notes, which I found on the floor while trying to clean my room and do this at the same time.
I did find figure drawing classes, that had nude male models, it was great. Yes,I also think men do not get enough attention as anatomy models and subjects.