Love the light and shade in this, very good.7+ was all i had

Great example of the new digital brushstroke that gives a digital painting a uniqueness not found in traditional paints. Many years from now, art critics will look at this and comment on the quality of your strokes much like they do with old paintings these days. Digital painting stands apart from traditional media yet can still be rightfuly called a painting -- a look, without apologies, not trying to mimic real paints. Bravo!

Also, love that you did it in grays.

Where's the rest of your work? Post some of those marvelous portraits on your website.

...Great Work!

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Nayobi, hold your horses. =)

I have had an account here since 2002, and I was voted into the Elite in June 2003. In November of the same year or thereabours I removed all my artworks and left GFX, so it makes perfect sense if you don't remember me and think I appeared out of nowhere. =)
Just now I have started resubmitting work -- little by little: I don't want to swamp the site all of a sudden.

On a side note; I do not paint over photographs. Some of my paintings are done quickly, hence their roughness and often their inaccuracy, and to some I pay more attention, correcting things and refining as I work. To illustrate exactly what I mean, I've added the progress images of this portrait -- from the first, very rough and not quite right sketch, to the finished result. Please check it out and reconsider what you just said; I think it ought to be proof enough. (Also, since you referred to my site, I'd suggest you checked the traditional gallery as well. If I didn't have the skill to paint digitally except in paintovers, it would have been impossible to have drawn a couple of life drawings in it.)

This is something I will not do with all my works, though; it is pointless to constantly try to prove the obvious. Also, I do not work to achieve super-realism, nor create perfectly shiny pictures. I work mainly in order to learn, and to depict certain things I want, the way I want; which is not always a realistic, and definitely not a "pretty" way of painting.

emarts, Andy-Jones, Fyralath: thank you. =)
emarts, I will gradually post the rest of my works. I just didn't want to fill the elite gallery at once.

No one ever asks a traditional painter to post their roughs and to see a step-by-step progression of their works. This is only asked of digital painters.

Again someone compares digital painting to traditional media and puts it down because you can't "feel" it. You can't feel photographs either and it is recognized as a true artform. Don't judge digital art by what it's not (oil painting), judge it by what it is and by what it can become.

I find him so beautiful ^^
I love how you did the face, and that shadow makes the character really strong. I just think the background doesn't fit. But here! 8+

emarts said: "No one ever asks a traditional painter to post their roughs and to see a step-by-step progression of their works. This is only asked of digital painters."

I agree; with the ridiculousness of such a request and your assesment of "digital art" compared to traditional. It's just another tool for an artist, and I come from a traditonal arts background, and will continue to paint and love oils, but feel that it shouldn't impede my foray or attitude into the digital painting realm.

I feel the "prove it" mentality will only escalate since the new guidelines for submitting art was laid out. I think the new guidelines are good, but this is the natural result.

BTW: Digital art can be printed out in various formats, and at that point is no more "digital" or "mechanical" or less "touchable" than any other art print or giclee' purchased by art collectors.

And you are correct, an original photo print/output wouldn't be any different than a digital art output. But just as it has taken the stodgey "art world" to acknowledge photography as art, illustration as art, acrylic paintings as art, it'll take awhile for them to get used to the digital aspect of things.

Nayobi said :[i]Some are pretty, others seem to be made by child, of so ugly.
I do not believe that who has the maestria to make pretty paintings, I go to make so ugly others exactly when of form he would not be![/i]

how old are you?? sounds like a 10 year old rambling.
the path to abstraction is a common field of exploration for many graphic artists but i guess it takes some experience and maturity to understand it.

Thanks!
It swims against you only for the truth!
Kisses for your !

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i like it tooo much eilidh .... u r really my hero .. i read all critique`s ..and this is my opinion you are very talnted artist,and i know you also from 2 years, go on my lady and again i like this artwork ...9+

this critique is for (Nayobi), hi Nayobi i would to say something for u we are here only to said our opinions against any artwork, it`s your opinion u r free but u can`t say that any artist here is UGLY or any thing like that ,that is my opinion

Nayobi, sorry for upsetting you. I broke my own rule never to comment on someone else's critique. But I wanted to point out that people should not have expectations about digital art that are normally held for traditional art -- like a sense of touch.

Eilidh, sorry for turning your art into a forum for debate.

Another awesome drawing, well done~

I don't want to add a point to the discussion, but Nayobi, please give us a proof, that this picture is really YOU

It's pointless, GFXartist is a great community and we have to believe in each other, one wouldn't become an elite member if there wasn't a good reason for it.

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Sorry this has becom such a messy place to put a crit. Eilidh. This is a beautiful piece. I like the visible brush strokes and the way his skin seems to glow. It looks like you carved a scupture with paint. Very nice.

Don´t mind silly critics, this is truly an amazinf piece of art!!! Congratulations

-Henning

can only agree with Hanning here
Wonderful work Eilidh

I like the flow in your painting and voted +5 and if you want a higher ranking from me do it in colours. That is just because i am struggling with this in 3d at the moment

keep up the good work and for me this looks very much like sculpting. beautiful shading.

I don't care what anyone says, this is one of the finest paintings i've seen, love the emotion, and its perfect to me!

thanks again, everyone. =)

i think this is a good work.

Nayobi even doesn't have an artwork! Why doesn't she send one and show us what a good picture is.
Eilidh,don't care for that rude comments.They just love talking and talking and talking..
Phryneas,good point about pic.

Love it a lot

Hey he looks like me! +max

Very well done! no doubt about it!

Like power of goodbye
You did a great choice by working as b&w. I can only critique about his neck. ıt looked a bit smooth to me. but thats all. Still a great piece.