Speed Painting Challenge no. 62.

[USED]

Hi guys, I hear you are all in need of some speed painting goodness. Waheed is missing from cyberspace due to some horrid virus. So I will be stepping in here to assist and maybe get back in touch with a art form that I once enjoyed so much.

Being that I am the "noob" around these parts I think it best for us to introduce our selfs, What better way then a:

Toipc: SELF PORTRAIT
this was done as the very first of these great speed challenges way back in 2004!!!!

Medium: Any and all; pencil / paper , air brush, oil, water color, chalk, computer (painter, photoshop, paint brush :p ) , etc. Just no photos with a photoshop filter run over them

being that the week is almost over lets set the due date to be Saturday April 7th any time that day is fine, im very lenient with deadlines :)

[mim]

nice used! btw here was a “portrait” topic in latest months of 2006 which most ppl did self portraits! but it’s even nice to do it again! so we can use what we learned on that challenge! I always liked to do my portrait again! so better doin it for a challenge! :D :evil: ;)
Ok guys! Here’s what ya need! so take your brushes n start painting yourselves! :D


mim, :haha:

[Aldebaran]

The Speed painting challenge is back! YAYA!
I found the old forums on this topic by accident and there's some very cool stuff in there.
I was hoping this challenge was still running and now it's back... :haha:
Praise be to Threedy and Used!
I will be posting my entry soon........ :dance:

[HA-Jassar]

Ah! another portrait challenge ^_^
I hope Waheed fixes the problem and joins us.. darn those viruses!

Anyway, good luck to all

[HA-Jassar]

oh, forgot to ask, does it have to be a realistic portrait?

[USED]

nope, you can be realistic or go cartoon, you could even do something abstract

[Jim#1000]

:::crying:::: Thanks man!!!! I was lost without this!

[Gerbilho]

I'm in!

[Hexonal]

Here is my entry, about four hours, give or take. Wacom Int.2 tablet,
photoshop 7, with two refrence photos. the first is the entry, the second is just a detail shot.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/Hexonal/Self1.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/Hexonal/clip.jpg

Thanks so much for doing another challange!

[USED]

Hexonal, Wow excellent. Did you paint over the reference photos?

[Hexonal]

Thanks Used!
no, i do a base sketch, then block out sections with the lasso, and do a gray blotch, dodge and burn technique to get a basic grayscale image, then add detail and color layers. I think the tattoos were the hardest part.
If anyone wants to know what I really look like, here are the images i used:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/Hexonal/ref.jpg

[Aldebaran]

How do I post an image more than 100k, it says file too large :(

[USED]

upload it to a hosting site, like imageshack ... then just use the image tag feature in your posting...

[rodriguez]

Hey guys thanks for setting up a new challenge USED hope Waheed gets back online damn the viruses damn them all

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5723/merz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

1.5 hours photoshop and tablet

[Aldebaran]

Ok, worked it out, thx Used... Here's my effort - 'on the bus'

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1168/onthebushx1.jpg

Photoshop layers, gradients and wacom tablet, about 3 hours

[MoKhatib]

here's my self portraite
Ps about 3 hours

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t146/mokhatib/topost-1.jpg

[MoKhatib]

Although i liked it more when it was in this stage

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t146/mokhatib/NiceStage.jpg

[Aldebaran]

Hey MoKhatib, I think I prefer the 2nd one also, to me it's more vibrant and alive, I like the edgy expression. Nice work.

[USED]

nicely done guys! I did not have time to make anything worth posting last week :(

so lets get the voting going here

[Hexonal]

My vote is for rodriguez, I like the style, almost looks like scratchboard. I've always been a fan of high contrast black and white

[mim]

Sigh! seems I lost this! I did something but can't submit cause of some connection problems! :(
btw good works here you did, I'll submit my votes atleast!

mim,

[waheed nasir]

hello there everyone... :wave:. hope everbody is doing great...:).

im here to thank USED-3DT for the helping me out with the challenge and to everyone else for the co-operation. thank u friends...:). i really appreciate.

i experienced very tough, busy time, at work and then my pc got effected by some virus, its still not completely well, but i hope ill start things very soon. next challenge will be announced in a day or two...see ya all there.

ah...how can i leave like that, good topic and really fine portaits, as always i did enjoy various styles, its so good to see every one has a person manner, with the treatment, brushwork and ofcourse with colors. great stuff.

:wave:. thanks again everyone.

[M_Cederstrom]

it good to see your back with us waheed nasir-3DT

[mim]

Hey wellcome back Vaheed, :)

N my votes:
1.Aldebaran
2.MoKhatib (fist ver.)
3.rodriguez

mim, :haha:

[rodriguez]

Great to have u back Waheed

Hey Mim u need to submit a picture to be able to vote remember :)

anyway heres mine

1 Hexonal
2 Mokhatib
3 Aldebaran

[mim]

Ahh! sorry Rodri! I don't remember this rule for this challenges!
so if it is please don't mind my votes Waheed! ;)

PS: btw I did something but can't submit that on time unfortunatly! :(

sorry again, mim, :haha:

[Warin-3DT]

welcome back Waheed!!

[Jim#1000]

yeay!

[Aldebaran]

I forgot to vote, is it too late?

1. Mokhatib
2. Rodriguez
2. Hexonal

I hope we have a few more entries for the next challenge.....

[waheed nasir]

thank u folks...its nice to be here again...:).

and here u go:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=552128#post552128