First of all, I think that people preocupy themselves very much if something is art or not, it does not matter. Then, usinfg photos as a reference is no diferent from using a live model as a reference: all artists use some kind of reference. It only stops, IMO, being "fair" is when someone uses the photo as the sole source for the ...

Very, very gooooooood.

Excellent artwork: The lighting is wonderful; congratulations

I agree with your sugestions and back them up. Congratulations on your wonderful website.

I must agree: the lighting is wonderful. Great job.

Very gooood! I love your style.

So far so good. As you paint the helmet it is important to mix diferent colours: blend them and then aply the shadows and the higligts. Also put some of the surrounding colours mixed in the final colour of the metal.

Thank you both for your very helpfull comment...It is allways good to get feedback from fellow artist.Many thanks

Hello My name is JP Vieira and I am an illustrator. I manly use, as themes to my illustrations, historical ones. I have made some fantasy work for a client but it is not published yet, so I cannot show it... Here is one of my latest illustrations http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/jp_vieiras_portfolio/picture49354.aspx It depicts ...