Matthew (shiverbones) does it again!

[Transplant]

Ok. I want to be honest here. Normally I wouldn't say anything but you posted here so it seems like fair game. Is there something weird about her nose or right eye? It just seems "off." I'm a big fan of Matthew's work but something is amiss.

[grandz-migration]

Ok. I want to be honest here. Normally I wouldn't say anything but you posted here so it seems like fair game. Is there something weird about her nose or right eye? It just seems "off." I'm a big fan of Matthew's work but something is amiss.

 

Her face is fine, What you are noticing is the way her hair sits on her skull/head.

 

Excuse me Matthew, I am not ripping on this illustration; you are a very talented

artist, and I admire your work. Just clearing up a observation by Transplant.

[Aman619]

nah, face is off. overall very nice, but the features dont line up just right. Our eyes have a knack for noticing when facial features dont look right.

[shiverbones]

I think one eye may be slightly off, but I think the nose is ok. It's REALLY hard for me to do an exact likeness, since it's not what I do. I tried harder to get the feel of Bettie down more than the exact specifics. If I was hung up too much on perfect proportion, I would have lost the spark of her personality. For artists who specialize in portraits or likenesses, they certainly could have done it better, but I did what I could to convey Bettie.

 

Oh, and yes it's watercolor over ink.

[shiverbones]

Very Cool.

 

Congrats.

I just recently got my first fully painted piece from Matt, NO HOT CHICKS, Though

 

 

Mike

 

Did you specifically ask for no chicks?

There is a richard on a stick in the painting. Was that a request of yours?

 

 

hahaha Richard on a stick, that's a good one!

[Subliminal]

Spoon on a stick just would have made no sense so I employed my middle name for a little humour.

You know I'm all for keeping offensive words from presenting themselves starkly on our computer screens but when they all get blunted into spoon when you are trying to convey something specific it only encourages "creativity" to transmit a message to your fellow posters that already know all these words, including the youngest of us.

I'm not trying to circumvent the system and what it is trying to to but rather pointing out where it is failing.

If it did unique word substitution rather than just spoon for everything it would be far more effective and user friendly.

Art truly is the last bastion of freedom of expression and it clearly deserves all the support it gets (thumbs u

[szelim]

Way cool!

 

[tb]

That's wonderful, congratulations.

 

Personally, I'd be very interested in one of a cat with golden horns in a jar of formaldehyde.

[shiverbones]

, I'll do it, but it'll be several million direct through Sothebys!

[CAP Freak]

Very Cool.

 

Congrats.

I just recently got my first fully painted piece from Matt, NO HOT CHICKS, Though

 

 

Mike

 

Did you specifically ask for no chicks?

There is a richard on a stick in the painting. Was that a request of yours?

Matthew just "No hot chicks for you!"