I was just about to say that her eyes seem far apart when I saw the reference pics I realized "Wow, here eyes ARE far apart."

neeko:

I was just about to say that her eyes seem far apart when I saw the reference pics I realized "Wow, here eyes ARE far apart."

Yes, she has a rather unusual face, doesn´t she ? Like a real-life "manga" - girl ! She made a few movies in Japan so God knows what influence she had on that culture...

Yukito Kishiros character "Alita" ( Gunm ) always make me think of Christina...

 

I am rather bored with Christina by now so I call this project finished, as usual in my portrait attempts the likness could have been better, this was only intended as practise anyway:

 

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raimo

Turned out quite nice Raimo, like the skin tones.

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Making Fantasy reality or trying to at least......

Thanks Martin ! I went a bit over the top with the glow in her hair though...

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raimo

Nah, I like it, gives a soft, romantic look.

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Making Fantasy reality or trying to at least......

martinmckeown:

Nah, I like it, gives a soft, romantic look.

Nice to hear ! That was the intention - sort of...

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raimo

impressive outcome, Raimo. lovely colours and feel to it. Im just missing a strong shadow on her rightside of forehead ( viewers right ) and less highlights on the left part  which makes it a bit flat in my opinion. but excellent still excellent as I have said.

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Hello there Jeff ! Nice to hear from you ! Thanks for the kind words !

Well, now when I have left this portrait to rest a bit I see it flaws better...Among them what you have pointed out, what bugs me most personally is the rather horrific background I came up with...And I really need to practise my flower-painting-skills ! Still, as every picture we make it´s a step on the way !

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raimo

you are welcome! I actually didnt notice the background until you have pointed it out. But as far the framing goes, it go as simply as blurring it more to give a soft focus/ defocus feel and adding depth to the entire portrait. but the overall feel itself works well even without going into the background anymore. Nice one!

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yup, great image here Raimo. one thing though I see is the skin colours need to be smoothed out a bit. there seems to  be a lot of dark splotchy areas on her skin rather than nice transitions. other than that though I really like it.

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"Live life like a fantasy. Reality is only in your mind!" - Fabledgoat

Thanks for taking a look, Fabled ! Hmm, the poor girl has a few dents on her head...Didn´t notice those, they show up better in this small scale for some reason...That´s another check one can do, - look at the pictures as thumbnails !

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raimo

that or just leave it on your screen and take 10 steps away from the computer. I find minimizing on the computer can sometimes be tricky because the computer's changing the way the pixels look instead of your eyes adjusting to the distance. though it's a bit more of a hasle, stepping away from the computer usually gets better results for me.

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"Live life like a fantasy. Reality is only in your mind!" - Fabledgoat

Still a very nice image. And yar, the eyes apart does make her look a bit like anime, which in real life apparently is a bit weird.