Nicole Trager of Kyle XY Portrait. - Polyloop

mmoir · 5th October 2006, 14:57

Hey all,

Haven't posted here much , but I thought I would post a portrait I did of Nicole Trager's character from Kyle xy. I wanted to get better at painting in 2d in general and doing a character from one of my favorite tv shows gave me some inspiration to finish something.
I used a reference pic and hand drew the shape of the face and and features trying to get it as close as my reference image as possible. I then added a couple of layers to the file and then blocked out the skin and hair. I had the layer I was working on semi transparent so I could see my underlying sketch so I could accurately block out the skin and hair.
I then added the depth to the skin and proper color to the image. Once I was happy with the rough image I enlarged my image, I had up until this point only been working on a small image size.(300 x 600 pxls) . With the image much bigger now I finished off the image with the finer details .

Hope you like it.

Odessey · 7th October 2006, 05:48

I usually have better results just as you did here starting off by freehand and then scanning in to a paint program for finishing results,for some reason i personally like alot of working room of the canvas that i just can't get from starting from scratch in a paint program...... Job well done Mike .

mmoir · 7th October 2006, 19:02

Hey Michael,

Having lots of space when drawing or sketching inside a paint program was a big problem for me too. I did find that sketching on a small image size that fits easily on the monitor , my previous problems sketching on the computer mostly went away.
Thanks for the comments .

Mike

simpo · 26th March 2007, 11:25

Wow...
You are talented...

Nate Owens · 26th March 2007, 14:46

That is very nice...

I'm guessing you did it in Painter...???

mmoir · 26th March 2007, 15:01

Nate ,

I did it in Photopaint and thanks for the comment.

Mike

Piem · 26th March 2007, 18:04

Very good looking.
I love that woman

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mmoir Vertex Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Images: 4	Nicole Trager of Kyle XY Portrait. Hey all, Haven't posted here much , but I thought I would post a portrait I did of Nicole Trager's character from Kyle xy. I wanted to get better at painting in 2d in general and doing a character from one of my favorite tv shows gave me some inspiration to finish something. I used a reference pic and hand drew the shape of the face and and features trying to get it as close as my reference image as possible. I then added a couple of layers to the file and then blocked out the skin and hair. I had the layer I was working on semi transparent so I could see my underlying sketch so I could accurately block out the skin and hair. I then added the depth to the skin and proper color to the image. Once I was happy with the rough image I enlarged my image, I had up until this point only been working on a small image size.(300 x 600 pxls) . With the image much bigger now I finished off the image with the finer details . Hope you like it. Attached Thumbnails

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7th October 2006, 05:48	#2 (permalink)
Odessey SLAVE TO THE DOLLAR Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 161 Images: 15	I usually have better results just as you did here starting off by freehand and then scanning in to a paint program for finishing results,for some reason i personally like alot of working room of the canvas that i just can't get from starting from scratch in a paint program...... Job well done Mike .

7th October 2006, 19:02	#3 (permalink)
mmoir Vertex Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Images: 4	Hey Michael, Having lots of space when drawing or sketching inside a paint program was a big problem for me too. I did find that sketching on a small image size that fits easily on the monitor , my previous problems sketching on the computer mostly went away. Thanks for the comments . Mike

26th March 2007, 15:01	#6 (permalink)
mmoir Vertex Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Images: 4	Nate , I did it in Photopaint and thanks for the comment. Mike

26th March 2007, 18:04	#7 (permalink)
Piem Booh! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Rennes/fr Posts: 6,589	Very good looking. I love that woman