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Published: 2011-01-20 21:36:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 5010; Favourites: 158; Downloads: 107
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This is a digital painting practice exercise. I tried to copy a photo as closely as possible. Since I'm working with a traced line drawing, and I'm sampling colors from the original, it's really just a matter of time and patience to get this kind of result. It's not, in my opinion, a work of art, since it's a copy of someone else's photograph. (I had no idea who this was, but as soon as I posted it a fellow deviant informed me she's an actress name Ali Larter. I just found the image on a site that was offering huge files full of photos to download. Since I'm just doing this for practice, I don't feel too bad about it. However, if this is your photo and you want me to take it down, just let me know.)I'll be posting close-ups in my Scraps folder.
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your work has inspired me.
you are an artist .
I will create a few 3d renders with your inspiration , and I will add a link to your work where I got the inspiration .
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Thank you very much, my friend! Your warm words come at a timeΒ
when they are much appreciated. I look forward to seeing what youΒ
come up with. Best of luck to you!Β
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wow this is amazing the attention to detail is stunning xx
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I saw it again and I cannot help to say again how incredible this is, how very very perfect, what a painter you are
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Aw, that's so nice of you! Thanks for that!
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Amazing !! plz u know any tutorial for digital paiting ? , i am trying by myself but i cant do more tham this [link] !!
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Ryan -
Click on the link in my signature, below. I've written quite a few digital painting tutorials, available for free on my blog.
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Very well done! But I disagree with you about it not being considered a work of art. Digital painting of this degree in my opinion still requires the same skill level and knowledge that is applied in traditional work. Had you not a solid foundation in traditional methods you wouldn't have been able to achieve the same excellent result. My biggest problem with a lot of realism I've seen, is where people try to pass photomanips off as being paintings. boo 
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Thank you, DM. I see your point, about this being a work of art. I do draw on my traditional background, 35 years of practicing, etc, when I do this, and I'm mostly not aware of what I know. (I find this all the time when I write tutorials - there's always lots to explain that I normally take for granted.)
I guess my problem is I need to develop a recognizable style, one that is "commercial" and appealing to publishers, print companies, etc. So far, this has been illusive.
Thanks again for your input, taking time to write. I really appreciate it.
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Thank you! Cool avatar, btw.
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I thank you and the pear thanks you!
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its amazing work man, you have deserved it
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Great work.I have somehow the same view as you, though I reckon is a technically chanllenging excercise, I've a hard time to think of it as art work when it's traced, maybe it's just prejudice. But anyway, I know it's a vital part of the learning process, I guess it's just terrible when people make a living out of it or steal credit for self-glorification.
It's really cool of you that you describe the whole process, some wannabe would have told that they didn't trace and didn't even use reference(!) but just took inspiration on "x" picture of an actress they fancy...
Cheers!
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Thanks for the input and kind words. I think my problem is wanting to develop a recognizable style. I need to use photographs without having them control me, you know? It's an ongoing struggle. Eventually I will win!
In general, I think that the final image is all that matters, whether it's a "manip" or drawn by hand, or traced. But it should look different from the source, you should make it your own. And I feel like these "photocopies" are not any different than what the photographer created. So I'm not being creative, just technically proficient.
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It really was spectacular!
She is very beautiful!
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Thank you, though I can't take credit for her beauty!
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This is brilliant! I think there are no other words which can describe this work!
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You're most welcome!
It still leaves me speechless!
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This is incredible!
I'm also trying to paint realism by copying a photo as precisely as I can, but since I'm a beginner I like to say to myself it's kind of a work of art ahahaha. I hope I'll be able to copy a colored picture and then draw from scratch someday.
Anyway, I love your painting
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Back when I worked traditionally (watercolor, etc), if I could paint something this realistic, I'd be very proud of it, and call it art. Doing it digitally, somehow, I feel it's not. I have issues. 
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I kind of see your point ^^. I've never tried working with traditional tools though.
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The realism in this is incredible! I love how she stands out from the background
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Thank you! I'm happy with how it came out. Thanks for commenting.
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If I didn't know any better I would have thought it was a photo not a study. LOL
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Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!
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I think youΒ΄ve done it very well - it looks so realistic, that I first thought itΒ΄s a photo, not a digitally painted image... Especially the eyes and hair are simply great!
ThereΒ΄s only her chin (and maybe the bottom of her nose) IΒ΄m not really sure with - in my opinion it looks too much plastic, but it could be beacause of the lighting...
All in all, itΒ΄s a brilliant piece of art 
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Yeah, still too smooth, but I'm getting there. Need to use less sandpaper. 
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My pleasure... youΒ΄re really talented
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waw you are truly a gifted painter, I can still not do that kind of realism, I admire you
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Oh, I don't know about that. Your recent work (like the nice derriere you shared yesterday) is very very good! But thank you!
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