Icon portraits


American_Valor

 

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Again... I'm not dead!

So lately, when I have free time I've been doing portraits of my assorted City toons ... mostly for LiveJournal icons. :รพ

They've all been done in PhotoshopCS, and are really nice practice in straight-out painting with the plain brushes, no lines. They're also great to use as warm-up pieces as I like to do them quickly.

Octomate
Subliminal Zeus
Burning Skies
Rogue Tekk
Vampyromorphida
Big Sky
Summer's Son

So... there ya go.


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I love Big Sky, that piece's colors and mood just came out really pleasant.


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Wow all of those are great Liz!


 

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Dang, those are really cool.


 

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i really like your colors / lighting! any chance you have a page with tutorials?


Mew

 

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awesome icon ideas, much better than any of the screenshot versions I could come up with.


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Wow Liz those are amazing!
I love the way you captured the faces and brought them to life.


 

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Wow Liz those are amazing!
I love the way you captured the faces and brought them to life.

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Yep Agree with that I Do
Awesome work

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Great job Liz !

Great use of glows in the Vampyromorphida piece ...


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Hey all, thanks for the kind words. :]

Here are a few more I've started. They each represent about 20mins or so, mostly sketch and blocking in. I like using two contrasting colours to get them started. This is usually the 'hardest' part for me, as I'm best at fleshing things out during the meat of the painting.

I was going for a bit more expression this time.

Chibi Huntington
Hyper-thermia
Parallel Illusion
Taihenko
Demonseed


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Those are great captures, they translate for icons really really well. I especially love Vampyromorphida.