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Published: 2007-02-12 02:19:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 63065; Favourites: 915; Downloads: 1093
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i was stuck in a gigantic rut today and felt like drawing some realism to get out of it. i always end up doing self-portraits when i get that urge though, because i prefer doing realism from life than from photos! for me it's more challenging to get colors/forms down that way. also in all my other self portraits i never get my face right. so yet again... for the hundredth time... a self portrait.haha it's creepy... i never realized how much i looked like my mom until i saw the thumbnail for this :b
drawn in photoshop 7.0 with a wacom tablet, textures from [link] for tips on how to texturize check out [link]
p.s sorry if you're getting this twice or whatever. deviantart sucks ass and isn't submitting the right files and all that fun stuff. yay for slow overcomplicated sites.
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I like this very much, you did a particularly good job on your eyes
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looks like you have the flu or you just came in from outside.
sweet colors and symmetry
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wow.. the detail is amazing, and so... non-animeish
it looks very true
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You REALLY remind me of my friend Brie in this...and all your other pics of yourself actually...I mean, you don't look hugely like eachother, you just remind me of eachother, even if it's just a portrait.
Yeak kay irrelevant.
I LOVE the skin tones...but maybe you could add a little blue in places, just for some contrast to the reds and browns, especially around the nose :3 But it's only a minor thing, the warm colours really work too 
The colours relate to eachother really nicely, nothing looks out of place or in-yer-face. The green t-shirt could look odd if not done in the right way, but you've managed to blend it in so it doesn't stand out too much
I also think it's great how you've focused the attention onto the face -- the features on the face stand out more than the neck, hand and hair, and it really draws attention to it. Great job!
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Δ± like it so much.i thΔ±nk it has got some difference between your another
work.I mean,others drew with animative style but Δ± think it has got very
pictorial effect.its succesful..
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i like your stuff. though i am kind of confused on what my opinion about cg art is right now. I really like your pictures like this, and i don't know how to use photoshop or anything. i'm not saying this isn't art, or even that it isn't good art, i'm just wondering if you have ever tried using oil paints or water colors, because this looks like you know how to design a good painting, and i think you could really paint some wonderful things using those media.
by the way, i've looked at a lot of your pictures that i like, so i'm adding you,.... cause you're pretty great.
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thanks! i tend to use digital for pieces like this cuz it's cheaper and easier. i like traditional media but i'm not inclined to use it all the time. i do want to get into painting though.
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yes the thought did come that it is much cheaper. but i didn't want to prolong the comment.
i have just started water coloring... it's quite fun, though i wish i could afford oils... the problem is, i would have to afford them enough to be able to screw up a lot of paintings probably.
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Lovely, very realistic, especially the eyes. I also really love the colours and the mirror.
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Really, I love your style. Its clear you truly understand form and tone. You are just as cute as your characters! I can't belive you just wacomed this into photoshop. Your work reminds me of some of what I've seen published in HeavyMetal magazine.
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neat, the texture really hads too it
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It's absolutely awesome, I can't believe that you made it with a computer and not pastels! Your nose is very cute X)
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Methinks yer pretty ^_^
You look cold though. O.O Winter's bad where you are?
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haha not really... hello global warming! it's been like 12 degrees C all winter. i'm just a red-nosed type.
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Wow! Very very good! 
You are very beatyful too. 
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I still say you look like Guybrush Threepwood.
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I don't wanna say the obvious, the beautifully rendered selfportrait of yours speak for itself, I just keep wondering about how you nail in such accurate fashion the light in your selfportraits, this one and the others...
I just like that, the values are so different from the ones here, i find them exotic and mysterious...
As always, my admiration to the talented model...
Roy.
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Self portraits aren't so much a sign of narcissism as a sign of "damnit, where am I going to get a life model-- fast?"
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OMG, This one is AMAZING. This one I can tell its really does look like you with an ariel looking tone.
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I love all of your self portraits. I say do more!
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Yeah, I'm like you in that if I do a realistic face, I'd rather do it from life...plus my teacher's just don't plain let me use photos anyways. XD I'm actually working on painting 5 self portraits for my painting class. O_o
Anyways, back to you. :b It's really nice how you included the mirror, because I think that the style and look of the mirror says something about you and the lighting is just really nicely done. I really like how you block in forms with your color and it's really nicely detailed in that everything balances out in the end.
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Very cute! 
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This is so fabulous. I absolutely love this. Great job.
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kinda reminds me of those sad clown faces... 
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Your nose looks a little red--hope you're not sick! It's been ridiculously cold over here in the States, so hopefully you guys aren't suffering, too.
I completely agree about using photo reference. I always used to work from photo until I started working from life for college admission. I can't go back now!
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gah im dumb i just read your thing, lol coolcool : )
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This is awesome! I love the way it looks kind of real but not really.
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wow you got a clone called cristina in my class
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Wel... heh...
Thiiiis iiiiiiisss so beautifuuuuuuul)))
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so you did this ref-free? I'm impressed! I love your works as much as the next person, you have style out the ears; but sometimes I forget what a truly talented artist you are. You have such a flair for realism. I love the warm tone of this, and the chunky, painty feeling. And it can't hurt that you drew a cute subject.
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lol awesome! another SP. U will only get prettier as u paint urself more
also. if it was from life. did u have to put your hand on ur head whiles drawing? and if ur right handed...u would have had to drawing with ur left...
...hmmm.
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it's in a mirror, so the hand on my head is the left one ;b
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really cute : }
oh that red nose!
makes me remember my flu
=X *snifs*
whatever, its really cool! The pose and expression and all..
I simply loved the hair
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that's really good
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its that despair for all the pointless comments?... errr... like my own... cof, cof... must say that, with the hand on the head, the shiny eyes with the size of dishes, and the corners of your lips touching the bottom of your chin it makes this a really gloomy self-portrait. It reminds me of this corny painting, that is almost a legend, we call it "o menino da lΓ‘grima" (the tear boy) [link] , nobody knows where it comes from, it lurks thru the night in to the homes of people with dubious taste, and hangs itself next to tapestry copy of Da Vinciβs last supper.
Well, apart from the gloominess and all the rest, you really have talent, and I envy you! ggrrrrrrrrr ...
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awsome....i like it how you base your work more from reality...unlike most of the people in deviant art....KOOL!
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