18 Jan 08:55
--you know this painting wouldnt be that bad if the reference wasnt so freaking horrible. overexposed flash on the faces leave no value to capture the likeness of the subjects, and the pic is from the 70's
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18 Jan 08:14
--Ill be damned if anyone showed that fact to me...but its health problems that I dont want to discuss.
18 Jan 08:11
--But really though, a lot of people go years without getting many viewers, it's to be expected
18 Jan 08:05
--Ive been all over the site trying to figure out how to delete my profile with no luck
18 Jan 06:37
--I feel like someday, I should do a huge study dump, or spend like a month doing studies of my favourite shows and movies, I'll probably get a lot from that, and really start understanding what I'm into
18 Jan 05:58
--Its been a while but i managed to find a way to scan in some of the stuff ive been doing while in zagreb :D
18 Jan 05:33
--i almost want to be like you want a $40 painting and just send them the shit i have so far, but i dont want to half ass it and look like im lazy
18 Jan 05:32
--lol i did tell her that as soon as she mentioned to me shes was like "i promissed them you could do it" -_-
18 Jan 05:29
--i have a strict policy of never doing anything for family or friends unless its something Im doing as a gift
18 Jan 05:28
--maybe you could very diplomatically told your mom that you cant do it for all those reasons
18 Jan 05:28
--If you end up doing it for 50 usd, I hope there isn't anyone else in the family who wants a portrait, and gets angry if you raise the prices as you get better, it sounds stupid, but it's a real problem that has happened to someone in my family
18 Jan 05:26
--thats the thing i havent really wanted to work on it. and i dont do paintings in one sitting doing oils i work in layers from intial sketch to value block in to color them multiple layers if refinement
18 Jan 05:22
--Idk how long it takes you to do a double portrait, but for me that would be less that minimum wage, and I'd be losing money if I did it in oils
18 Jan 05:10
--i reluctantly sent the clients a pic and they know its crap so now i have to perform alchemy on this turd
18 Jan 05:08
--so with that sort of motivation, 2 months later the painting looks like complete crap and everytime i start on it, it just drains me