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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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what i find impressive is that you have been able to nail the effect of dimension in such a minimalist way....personally i think that is the hardest part of portraiture, you haven't over saturated the key areas but still gained much needed depth. In my opinion this is its strength and its weakness.. on the strength side you have shown your ability to precisely replicated light and shadow on a form, but on the negative side i wonder if the whole face area might appear too "light" in a years time...(without seeing the reference photo)
but then again..i can't tattoo like this ..so my opinion might not be valid...i was just spurred to action to provide a genuine critique by reading your back an forth in the comments below...i can appreciate how hard it is to get a decent critique here on tattoo work that isn't based around a generic comment.
well done man!
I appreciate your comment and you are correct, it is difficult to get proper critiques. I understand your concern with the lightness in the face. I can't say for sure that it won't, but I am pretty confident from past experience using this method of application, that it will hold up over time. I use a good black base when I am working, similar to how I would do black and gray but much higher contrast effectively eliminating most of the mid tones. Then I lay the color over top of it. It becomes similar to hand coloring a black and white photo in the process of color application. At least that is what I equate it to. But I am always learning and am anxious to try new methods. This is just what works for me so far.
i can appreciate that high contrast method, and just because the tone is light, doesn't mean it hasn't been put in solid/dense...you've obviously nailed the method your using..and yes..i agree, an "artist" should never achieve perfection and always strive for new understandings within their field.
thanks for the reply and the great work.!.
Thanks for the kind words. I just try to make it look good. Sometimes it works. lol
I do and have done portraits with hard lines and without, with black shading and without, with solid color and without. I will continue learning for the rest of my career, but so far I like this method the best of what I have tried. I am always anxious to try new methods.