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EDIT: This is an updated version - generally tidied and and touched up. Also, see the original photo
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Also, I've just realised that the thin hanging circles dangling from her neck are meant to be Leia's chain.


This is a painting of a COSPLAY of Leia, not Leia herself :D
(So I'm putting it under portraits, not fanart)
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Model: ~Bria-Silivren She made the costume herself, so it's a step removed from the original - so if there are any errors, it's her fault >.>
Original Photo: Slave Leia 4
Photographer: =HorseRidingGal

Time: 5 and a half hours
Program: ArtRage 2.5


I. Am. SO. Pleased with this.
This is the first REAL portrait type picture I've ever done, at this level. I practiced on ~Guenhwyvar-Drizzt a few days ago [link] and felt confident enough then to attempt this.

It's not perfect; there's a couple of problems that I fixed (and probably only I would have seen anyway :D ) and the updated file is at home, but I want to put this up noooow ^_^
*eg, forearm of left arm is a little untidy in this one.

The metal ornaments were pretty tricky; the metallic settings don't blend easily and getting the colours and lighting right was quite hard. Also, a lot of the surfaces were very ...'crumpled'.

Eyes are a much brighter green - the original photo had them a very murky grey, due to the shadows.

The hands were actually very hard to get right, as it's all in the very subtle shading, showing the rounding of skin and the position of the joints, so i couldn't just draw the outline as then they looked like blobs. Blobhands :D

I couldn't get the expression *exactly* right - I think it's all th ethe line of the mouth; which was also quite ... fiddly.

The Background
...is the one part I'm not happy with. I decided to play safe in the end with a generic portrait/abstract background, rather than a scene, but I'm very suggestible :D


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=BlueSoulber Apr 16, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
I love her face, she turned out great, nice job!

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~Flynn-the-cat May 5, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you ^_^

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~ivoryleopard Apr 16, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
okay it's the same way in the photo as well, except you made her cheek rounder. The edges around her arms need to be cleaned up. The lips are different. In the original they are fuller and in the painting it's turned in.

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~Metamorphosing Apr 16, 2009  Student Digital Artist
Oh wow, now I've seen the photo, that's awesome. Simply awesome! :D

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~Flynn-the-cat Apr 16, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Awesome seems to be the word of choice in my inbox today. Odd.

AND THANK YOU. Yeah... not knowing what they were *meant* to look like makes portraits a little hard to judge :D

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~Metamorphosing Apr 16, 2009  Student Digital Artist
:D

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~Bria-Silivren Apr 16, 2009
I've finally uploaded the original photo, you can see it here: [link] :)

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~Flynn-the-cat Apr 16, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
OHO.

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~Nickelpat Apr 15, 2009  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Holy wow.... Nicely done Flynn.

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~Flynn-the-cat Apr 16, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you!

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