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With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, I still love ya, baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Oh, Angie ... ain't it good to be alive?

—Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Notes from July 21, 2010:

Last September I created a historical portrait of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. As with Spartacus, my Olympias was inspired by a film portrayal, in this case performed by Angelina Jolie in the film Alexander. For Olympias I was working towards a likeness of the portrayal of the role and not the actress herself; naturally, there was still a fair similarity.

A few weeks later I returned to the Olympias files and adapted the morph to look more like Angie. After posting a single portrait I never did come around to working with her again. Last night I came upon the original of that portrait and treated it to some slight modifications and a few additional brushstrokes. I thought some of you would like to see the result. I sent Brad a copy this morning .. he had no idea who it was. Oh, well!.. it works for me.

With warmth,

Terry

If you would like to see the portrait of Olympias the following link will take you to her. [link]

PRODUCTION : Character & Scene Set up and Rendered Within Poser Pro
POST : Tonal Warmth, Film Grain, DOF, Painterly Background, Finishing Enhancements & Framing Within Photoshop
CREDITS : Self-crafted Character for Victoria IV
VINTAGE : July 2010

Description

With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, I still love ya, baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Oh, Angie ... ain't it good to be alive?

—Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Notes from July 21, 2010:

Last September I created a historical portrait of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. As with Spartacus, my Olympias was inspired by a film portrayal, in this case performed by Angelina Jolie in the film Alexander. For Olympias I was working towards a likeness of the portrayal of the role and not the actress herself; naturally, there was still a fair similarity.

A few weeks later I returned to the Olympias files and adapted the morph to look more like Angie. After posting a single portrait I never did come around to working with her again. Last night I came upon the original of that portrait and treated it to some slight modifications and a few additional brushstrokes. I thought some of you would like to see the result. I sent Brad a copy this morning .. he had no idea who it was. Oh, well!.. it works for me.

With warmth,

Terry

If you would like to see the portrait of Olympias the following link will take you to her. [link]

PRODUCTION : Character & Scene Set up and Rendered Within Poser Pro
POST : Tonal Warmth, Film Grain, DOF, Painterly Background, Finishing Enhancements & Framing Within Photoshop
CREDITS : Self-crafted Character for Victoria IV
VINTAGE : July 2010