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Overachiever22 — Self-Portrait in Mixed Media
Published: 2005-11-17 21:24:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 6247; Favourites: 118; Downloads: 429
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This was done in wood stain, coffee (liquid/solid), glitter & scent (in the form of blueberry body spray), vanilla extract, makeup, face paint, blue hair dye, charcoal, and black acrylic. This is a self-portrait/ profile view.Related content
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You know, it was so long ago that I honestly couldn't tell you specifically, but I do remember it being liquid. And since I never dyed my hair, it was probably something I found lying around my parents' or friends' houses or something insanely cheap. I would try whatever you have - you can always dilute it a bunch, as I remember doing.
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thx for answering ive found that splat works great so ive been using that in some of my work love ur work by the way
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Amazing! This makes me want to go see what non-traditional things I could possibly paint with!
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I love it, and the materials you used. It reminds me of something I have done before...except mine was not as great as yours
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Aw, thank you very much.
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smells good right? u ad body spray... but u r really explore the material nice works
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It does smell good!!
Thanks, haha.
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nice. i like it a lot. what was this done on? smooth canvas or something else i can't place my finger on?
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thank you! it's just a standard canvas.
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what do you use to get such clear images of your paintings, everytime i try to take a picture with a standard digital camera it distorts the colors and doesn't portray the emotion of the painting. any suggestion?
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Try using different settings on your camera, sometimes there is one specifically for artwork. Try using natural light, definitely not flash. And if neither of those work, sometimes it's best to use photoshop to adjust the lighting and/or colors.
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haha, mhm. it's almost destroyed now, that piece.
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That's terrible
What happened to it? If you don't mind me asking.
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Oh not at all.
Well a number of things. Mostly just wear-and-tear from bring brought to shows (not that I participate in a lot, I just had a few school-purpose events) and from sitting around my house. The materials on it like the coffee and the black acrylic rub off really easily for some reason. I have to touch it up again for it to be anywhere near back to normal.
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Intersting chocie of materials and has worked well, the skin looks very earthy, very ncie. how long did it take you?
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um.. I'm not sure actually. maybe 10 hours or something like that, this was actually a second attempt. thanks!
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I love your take on mixed media, it's almost a culinary masterpiece as well as a visual one. I usually want to see pieces live because I know no photograph can really do the textures and richness of a painting any justice, but I'm afraid if I saw (or smelled) this one live, I'd try to eat it!
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haha! thank you! I agree about the photograph 
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Hi There!
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thanks so much! sorry it took me so long to get this comment, I've been too busy to spend the time on DA that I should 
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no worries luv 
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this is reallly good. i like it lots. fav deserved indeed
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thanks!! 
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Interesting blending of media... I'm glad you chose to go well off the beaten path. It's inspiration to be so experimental... and the bonus: it turned out amazingly well.
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this is so beautiful! You did an amazing job on the blending. I love that you used so many different things to create this picture. It gave it life. I almost look at it and think, is it really a painting? so good job!
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Wow. I wonder what techinque you use, it seems interesting...
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For the woodstain I slathered it on with a drybrush and blended it into the charcoal with my fingers and smaller paint brushes, and for the most part, everything else was normally placed on the canvas with brushes.
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All I can say is, this is extremely georgeous. I love this painting....
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thankss!
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I like this. There is something slightly peculiar about the eyes, that I can't quite put my finger on though. Still, a nice piece and derserving of praise if for not other reason thatn the highly eclectic media choices.
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thank you! I do know what you mean about the eye.. in a way.. oh well 
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Really cool mixing stuff. Turned out well I think!
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Your welcome...by the way, do you know a good way of getting a complete black background on a pencil drawing so It doesnt look unnormal?
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hmmm. you mean by just using pencil? other than just drawing very neatly and pressing hard to fill the entire background--no.. but you could maybe go over your drawing in charcoal and then use charcoal for the black background because that would be a lot black and easier. you could even just go over the dark places with charcoal so its not just that dark black in the background, to make it unified.
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Ok, thanks for your tips!
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