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FalconFan
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7/1/07 8:02am
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RE: Soits... art - updated 12th Nov: Non Star Wars art (Bellerophon and Pegasus design)
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Gah!! These are fabulous!!  I so love to see your process (you're so much more meticulous than I am!  )--your figure sketches are really wonderful, even in the rough form! And the finished pieces ROCK!! Poor ol' Porkins is one of those much-overlooked characters, one of the fallen fighters, and you've done him great justice here: the likeness is right on the money, and the costuming is terrific! And my deepest sympathies on the search nightmare...been there, and have my own scars to nurse... **shudders**  Greedo looks awesome, too--great pose and great coloring--he's no doubt burning down one of Jabba's debtors, here! Fantastic update, and thanks again for sharing the initial works with us, too--I always appreciate that!
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earlybird-obi-wan
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Date Posted:
7/3/07 10:20am
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RE: Soits... art - updated 12th Nov: Non Star Wars art (Bellerophon and Pegasus design)
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I sw your horses and they are great, like ancient sculptures
Greedo is also very good.
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soitscometothis
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7/18/07 6:26am
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RE: Soits... art - updated 6/29 Greedo... and Porkins :(
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 Thanks FalconFan, I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my stuff. And I think there should be a support group for artists who's image-searches go horribly wrong. 
earlybird-obi-wan, thank you for the compliments.
Qui-Gon work in progress
I've been at war with this piece for some time now. The definition line for the neck is wrong, and I don't think I'll have much trouble correcting it, but the eyes...
How do you put the kindness into Qui-Gon's eyes? I've seen several people manage this, FalconFan especially springs to mind, but I'm struggling with this. Help!
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BIEREN
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Date Posted:
7/18/07 1:39pm
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your Qui Gon is Quite Good
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soitscometothis
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7/18/07 2:22pm
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Ha, thanks BIEREN.
There's something wrong with the left side of his face/jaw-line (on the right side of the picture for the viewer), but I've been unable to deal with it.
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academygrad88
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7/18/07 7:08pm
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Wow! I think Qui-Gon is amazing. Is that done on canvas or digitally? Either way it is fantastic!
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HanSolo29
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Date Posted:
7/18/07 7:59pm
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RE: Soits... art - updated 7/18 Qui-Gon work in progress
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Amazing start with Qui-Gon, soits! It's very loose and very open. So, if you must, there's plenty of room to go back and tweak some things. But overall, I love what you're doing with this!
To answer your question about the eyes, I think it may have something to do with the fact that he's looking away from the viewer. It looks almost like he's distracted or watching something off in the distance. Maybe if you could pull his gaze back to the viewer, you would be able to form a connection with them and generate some of that "kindness."
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soitscometothis
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7/19/07 3:55am
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RE: Soits... art - updated 7/18 Qui-Gon work in progress
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Thank you, academygrad88. I haven't done anything digital to it yet, other than sharpening the image slightly. It's mixed media, and likely to become even more mixed as things go wrong!
HanSolo29, thank you for being so complimentary. I like bits of this picture, but when I mirror the image I see a lot wrong. You might well be right about the eyes needing to make contact with the viewer, there is definately something missing there.
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FalconFan
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7/20/07 1:20pm
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RE: Soits... art - updated 7/18 Qui-Gon work in progress
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Oh, soits...
This is BEAUTIful so far!! I'd say the likeness is right on, in the current stage--gorgeous work so far on the skintones, highlights, hair and beard; the mouth and nose are perfect (and those are really the features that define this Jedi Master!). As to the eyes (and the "kindness" you're going for there)--I think as you begin to detail them, you're going to find that coming through: I think the slightly offset gaze works here--he's thinking, or pondering something. I think as you develop the brows and the softness (defining the eyelid creases above the eyes will go a long way toward that "softening"), that kindness is going to come right through (I can see it already! ). I love the light in this--the soft "rim lighting" and that beautiful blue wash for the b/g... All just gorgeous! I love this so far, and will be looking very much forward to seeing the finish!
FF
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soitscometothis
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7/20/07 1:41pm
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Thank you for the advice, FalconFan, this one is a real struggle. I started more than a year ago, discarded it, then found it again a couple of weeks ago and started reworking it. It was easy to see the original flaws and change them, but the new mistakes are more dificult to think around.
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earlybird-obi-wan
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Date Posted:
7/22/07 11:51am
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your Qui-Gon is great and already looking like a finished picture. He and Obi-Wan are my favorite characters to paint too.
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Moonshadow
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12/13/07 12:17pm
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RE: Soits... art - updated 7/18 Qui-Gon work in progress
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You've done so much in my absence!  Beautiful work, soits. I had a lot of fun sorting through this thread.
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