love the eyes...

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Thanks... the eyes took probably 75% of my time on this pic... Good to know someone is actually watching.

yeah i said i was watching i didn't lie



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The moment I saw this I knew I had to comment.

Nice border you used, I like the way you had two colours and kept it monochromatic. The border is sketchy and that gives the work a very raw feeling, but that just adds to the effect.

Usually what I dislike about works like that is the overuse of brushes, but in this case, I felt that brushes had been quite appropriately used, and not excessively or underused. What was awesome was your amazing composition sense, you seem to know what should go where.

I see some text in the bottom right, I think it's cool - I have a strong inclination when I see artworks with text.

It's a gorgeous work, not much improving you could do with the blue section, I think the juxtaposition of diagrams, texts, and brushes were well handled.

Yet the face seems a little wrong, I can't put my finger on it. I suppose the amber eyes were deliberate, but maybe another colour would have made the entire work less jarring. Amber and blue don't really go along, I think. Suppose another shade of blue for the eyes, you might acheive an entirely different effect.

I like the ambiguous space on the left of the photo bit. And it's balanced by the brushes of your blue section just further down.

You're really good at this, if you experimented more it could become an entirely different thing. Say, change the colour scheme, or rotate this here and there.

Hope my comments helped.

Thanks for the encouragement... and the comments. The eyes have to stay, because that is their natural color. They are tweaked of course, but that's the original photo showing through.

I am also glad you used the word jarring... that is exactly the word I had in mind! It's not one I wanted to be smooth. I wanted you eyes to be VIOLENTLY drawn to her eyes, as everything else about the image is to make them stand out.

My first try at a serious photomanip, too, so I will keep your advice in mind on the next one.

If you want some more insight, check out Fallen Angel, which is about the girl in the picture.

Thanks again,

Eric.