Character Portraits

[Jen]

Wow Jen. This is your best one yet! You are truly talented.

Thank you. It helps to have very good resource pics. I'm probably going to redo Sevryll's. I had to basically make her up... and she doesn't look as real because of that.

[Rico]

 :jawdrop Gasp!

That's truly wonderful Jen!  Quit that job and become a portrait artist full time!  Love what you are doing with all of these!

- Oh, if you are looking to do Sevryll again sometime the Chonastock Vulcan woman might be an inspiration.  You have similar features....

[PepperDude]

Nice Jen! How do you do it?!   :Bow:

[KingIsaacLinksr]

WOW......Just....WOW

Excellent Jen, truly excellent drawing. 

I bow to your superior artistry.

King

[Jen]

Oh, if you are looking to do Sevryll again sometime the Chonastock Vulcan woman might be an inspiration.  You have similar features....

I do? I can't see much of a resemblance other than the dark color of her wig and her oval face. But I'll take that as a complement.   :D  Thank you.

I just need to find a resource image that looks close to what I've already drawn, just to get her skin color and detail just so. I did have about 10 different photo references for Sevryll. She's a blending of all of them and it was difficult to get the realism right. I'll just have to narrow it down to one and stick to that. But, I think Ryla needs a portrait after Margon. I've been itching to paint her.

Thanks for the complements everyone. I really am enjoying these. I have tried to do this as an occupation... in fact I have a Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree with a specialty in painting. I just learned I make more money as a creative professional laying out ads and various other print and web materials. One thing I am thankful for, regarding my  career change, is that I now use my Graphic Design skills to paint. Photoshop CS3 makes painting more enjoyable for me. There's no paint to clean off my brushes. ;)

[wraith1701]

 ;D ;D THANK YOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!! ;D ;D

Very awesome; you are the best!!!!  :Bow: :Bow: :Bow:

I am in total awe of your talent; the picture looks AMAZING!!!

Thank you Jen!!! 

[Geekyfanboy]

Another AWESOME Picture Jen... can't wait to see more.

[moyer777]

Absolutely amazing Jen.  IT IS GREAT!

[Meds]

OH MY GOD. K'TAN LOOKS EXACTLY HOW HE'S BEEN DESCRIBED. THATS IS AMAZING JEN. Wow Jen this is the best. Well done you.

[Jen]

Thank you. :)

[iceman]

Jen your work never fails to amaze me, You are truly a gifted and amazing artist.

I cant wait to see what you do with Dr. Peterson.

John

[metron07]

Miss Jen,

I bow to your superior talent. I really don't know how you do it all, but I'm very thankful you do.
:Bow:

[Jen]

I haven't found a Bolian reference image that I like yet for Margon... so in the meantime I've been working on a Ryla Drett pic for a few weeks. I think I've discovered that  I'm much pickier when it comes to images of my own characters. Those who want paintings of their characters have provided the images and I go with it.  I have an image of my characters in my mind as I write about them... so it's difficult to find the right model to paint from.  I've put her off for so long because of this.

Anyway, Ryla's portrait is still a week or so out, but I wanted to post a pic of the resource image I'm using, so that you know what she looks like when you read about her this season. I saw this pic on a stock photography site as I was looking for models for a print piece that I was working on at work. As soon as I saw the photo I thought, "that's her!" Aside from the eye color, the lack of spots and the exact hair style, this is basically the vision I had of Ryla Drett in my mind's eye. Major differences: Ryla's eyes are a very light brown, she has bigger diimples and her hair is messier... but hey, it's very, very close. Stay tuned for Margon and Ryla paintings in the near future. :)

[X]

Do you have an order on who's next on the list of Pretty Perfect Phenomenal Persona Painting?

[Jen]

Yep. Those who sent their requests to me are having their portraits done in the order I received them.. Right now, I'm doing one of my own... as I've created about four paintings for other peeps and only one of my own characters.  :)