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choo · 07:26 PM

Portraiture.
The depiction of a single individual or a group. The history of portraiture in art is rich, with many of the most identifiable works in history being of this genre. Some of the greatest artists in history cut their teeth on the fashionable depiction of well-paying sitters, whether they were wealthy merchants, fine businessmen, or royalty.

For this challenge, you will create an image of an anthropomorphic animal clothed and posed for their best portrait picture.
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Rules:
The formatting of this particular contest is different, so please review the rules.
We are asking you to depict an animal, clothed, in a portrait format.

-Your image -must- be informed by photographic reference or a preexisting portrait. The style and era you chose is left up to you, but please provide images along side your work-in-progress that are directly informing your piece. We aren't asking you to copy an existing painting, but use already-existing work to inspire your choices.
-As part of the contest we would ask that you post at least one WIP, with your reference attached. Each participant will receive assistance/critique as they work towards their final, which could come in the form of additional reference material or a simple critique of their painting in progress.
-Emphasis is on study of the animal you choose. Please feel free to depict animals in your ''usual style'', but the point of this is for you to create an image that is both true to the style of portrait and the animal itself. You will be critiqued on how well you adapt your reference material, and how well the material is adapted into a convincing image of your chosen animal.
-Please have fun with costuming, lighting, and sitting.
If you chose to have a hippopotamus dressed up like Queen Victoria, that would be amazing! Do the work to make your anthropomorphized Queen Hippo to look every bit as regal as her real-life inspiration.

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Here are just some photos to get you started. As said its completely open, but please stick with the general portrait format!

And, animal portraits to perhaps pique your imagination. Any animal is suitable, but keep in mind your aim - you want to make a true, characterized image of an animal looking their best!

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Considering the format of this contest is a bit different, please feel free to use this thread to ask any questions if you have them. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Start: Thursday, May 26th
End: Monday, June 13th, 12:00am London time.

JoseVega · 05-26-2011, 12:15 PM

sounds like a big challenge! lets see...

kittensoft · 05-26-2011, 05:07 PM

Not sure if I'll have time to finish this one by the due date, but I'll give it a shot!

My idea/references:

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Hehehe should be fun...!

choo · 05-27-2011, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by kittensoft

Not sure if I'll have time to finish this one by the due date, but I'll give it a shot!

My idea/references:

.........Yesssssss.

kittensoft · 05-27-2011, 03:44 PM

Gonna be away the rest of the weekend but managed to get a basic sketch done...

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Le_Eb · 05-28-2011, 09:50 AM

Hi,

I'd really love to participate, I just have some questions.
Is it okay to give the animals a human, upright stature? How about other human traits like hands, hair, facial hair and so on...
Or is this absolutely up to us?

choo · 05-28-2011, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Le_Eb

Hi,

I'd really love to participate, I just have some questions.
Is it okay to give the animals a human, upright stature? How about other human traits like hands, hair, facial hair and so on...
Or is this absolutely up to us?

Yes!
In fact, perhaps I should make it a bit more clear- There -will- have to be some humanization of the animal for you to properly make the illustration in portrait form.

Kittensoft's example is perfectly fine, in that she gave her sitter a pretty human-like body. How you treat the hands is up to your discretion.

Le_Eb · 06-01-2011, 09:03 PM

Still alot to do... but I think I'm getting there...

kittensoft · 06-01-2011, 11:13 PM

Fleshing things out a little more...

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pixel-chick · 10:01 PM

sounds like fun, count me in

working on ideas now

ok, some reference and quick sketches, I'm new to posting images here, so hopefully I did this right :P:

Le_Eb · 06-03-2011, 09:42 PM

@pixel-chick: Haha... I really like your idea... I'd love to see it finished.

kittensoft · 06-04-2011, 12:16 AM

Here's my 3rd WIP, and a couple questions...

Been playing around with the colors a bit, to see if maybe a bit of brown would look better than everything being grayscale. What do you think?

Also, does anyone have some good tips (or brush suggestions) for painting realistic fur?

Thanks

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choo · 02:40 AM

Le_Eb: Oh my. You didn't include a photo of your chosen reference animal but I'm going to assume you picked a fringed penguin. That having been said the quality of your marks and colors are absolutely superb and painterly. You've got a great sense of real paint going on, and I really think the finished product will be awesome. You may consider ''modernizing'' it a bit by bringing up the saturation of the subject's beak-nose or fringe, but even if you stay extremely true to your source material I think this will be a great piece.

Pixelchick: Awesome. You've picked a rather ambitious portrait source, but so far in your WIP I see great potential and demonstrable technical skill. The expression of your sultan-ram is priceless- he looks so very dignified!
It's coming along great now. I would suggest not being afraid to eventually work up to those creamy, saturated yellows in your final. The actual fabric and structure of the clothes will be a challenge, but you could have a -lot- of fun experimenting in a painterly technique to render that sort've silk brocade. Please post again!

Kittensoft: If you are working in photoshop, the use of the Color or Soft Light layers could help with experimenting to see if you would like more brown added to his fur.

As a suggestion: There are many, many ways to get fur painted up. Personally, I like working dark to light- Start with the dark color of what the fur or hair would be as the base, close to the skin. A secondary layer in midtones blocks in the general form and direction of the fur, and then you go in ontop with your lightest tone to put in the individual strands/clumps of hair. Using the round semi-hard default brush in Photoshop is very good for this. Working in that order is an easy way to get the multilayered, nuance texture of hair or fur without a huge amount of work on painting in individual hairs.

In the case of your doggy subject, you might want to use a hard brush and a more ''squiggly'' line to get a feel for the rougher, frizzier texture of that particular dog's type of fur!

Le_Eb · 06-06-2011, 01:40 PM

thx... I don't know how this kind of Penguin is called in english, in german it's "Felsenpinguin"...

From now on I'll only do some minor adjustments, since I have quite a lot to do for Uni... Still not sure about the hair...

JohnSilva · 06-07-2011, 08:47 AM

Le_Eb, Haha thats a nice one, funny too, i just feel that the edges could be a bit more harder in the "nose" and add more fur slashes (or make it more obvious) on the face, with that lighting setting i think a specular would be shown also on his nose, that cigar seems a bit too flat, but maybe that's just because you haven't render it yet.

keep them coming guys, great works so far!

~John Silva

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choo Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 241 Moderator Thanks: 3 Thanked 194 Times in 103 Posts	Anatomicae #12 - A Wild Portrait 05-26-2011, 06:26 AM Portraiture. The depiction of a single individual or a group. The history of portraiture in art is rich, with many of the most identifiable works in history being of this genre. Some of the greatest artists in history cut their teeth on the fashionable depiction of well-paying sitters, whether they were wealthy merchants, fine businessmen, or royalty. For this challenge, you will create an image of an anthropomorphic animal clothed and posed for their best portrait picture. ---------- Rules: The formatting of this particular contest is different, so please review the rules. We are asking you to depict an animal, clothed, in a portrait format. -Your image -must- be informed by photographic reference or a preexisting portrait. The style and era you chose is left up to you, but please provide images along side your work-in-progress that are directly informing your piece. We aren't asking you to copy an existing painting, but use already-existing work to inspire your choices. -As part of the contest we would ask that you post at least one WIP, with your reference attached. Each participant will receive assistance/critique as they work towards their final, which could come in the form of additional reference material or a simple critique of their painting in progress. -Emphasis is on study of the animal you choose. Please feel free to depict animals in your ''usual style'', but the point of this is for you to create an image that is both true to the style of portrait and the animal itself. You will be critiqued on how well you adapt your reference material, and how well the material is adapted into a convincing image of your chosen animal. -Please have fun with costuming, lighting, and sitting. If you chose to have a hippopotamus dressed up like Queen Victoria, that would be amazing! Do the work to make your anthropomorphized Queen Hippo to look every bit as regal as her real-life inspiration. ------------------------------ Here are just some photos to get you started. As said its completely open, but please stick with the general portrait format! And, animal portraits to perhaps pique your imagination. Any animal is suitable, but keep in mind your aim - you want to make a true, characterized image of an animal looking their best! ---------- Considering the format of this contest is a bit different, please feel free to use this thread to ask any questions if you have them. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Start: Thursday, May 26th End: Monday, June 13th, 12:00am London time. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by JohnSilva; 06-09-2011 at 07:26 PM.

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kittensoft Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 39 Member Thanks: 12 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	05-26-2011, 05:07 PM Not sure if I'll have time to finish this one by the due date, but I'll give it a shot! My idea/references: Hehehe should be fun...! __________________ Deviantart: http://kittensoft.deviantart.com Facebook art page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tina-O...52741924788060

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Le_Eb Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 7 Junior Member Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	05-28-2011, 09:50 AM Hi, I'd really love to participate, I just have some questions. Is it okay to give the animals a human, upright stature? How about other human traits like hands, hair, facial hair and so on... Or is this absolutely up to us?

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pixel-chick Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 74 Member Thanks: 0 Thanked 37 Times in 28 Posts	06-02-2011, 07:31 PM sounds like fun, count me in working on ideas now ok, some reference and quick sketches, I'm new to posting images here, so hopefully I did this right :P: Attached Thumbnails Last edited by pixel-chick; 06-02-2011 at 10:01 PM.

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Le_Eb Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 7 Junior Member Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	06-03-2011, 09:42 PM @pixel-chick: Haha... I really like your idea... I'd love to see it finished.

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kittensoft Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 39 Member Thanks: 12 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	06-04-2011, 12:16 AM Here's my 3rd WIP, and a couple questions... Been playing around with the colors a bit, to see if maybe a bit of brown would look better than everything being grayscale. What do you think? Also, does anyone have some good tips (or brush suggestions) for painting realistic fur? Thanks __________________ Deviantart: http://kittensoft.deviantart.com Facebook art page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tina-O...52741924788060

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choo Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 241 Moderator Thanks: 3 Thanked 194 Times in 103 Posts	06-05-2011, 02:28 AM Le_Eb: Oh my. You didn't include a photo of your chosen reference animal but I'm going to assume you picked a fringed penguin. That having been said the quality of your marks and colors are absolutely superb and painterly. You've got a great sense of real paint going on, and I really think the finished product will be awesome. You may consider ''modernizing'' it a bit by bringing up the saturation of the subject's beak-nose or fringe, but even if you stay extremely true to your source material I think this will be a great piece. Pixelchick: Awesome. You've picked a rather ambitious portrait source, but so far in your WIP I see great potential and demonstrable technical skill. The expression of your sultan-ram is priceless- he looks so very dignified! It's coming along great now. I would suggest not being afraid to eventually work up to those creamy, saturated yellows in your final. The actual fabric and structure of the clothes will be a challenge, but you could have a -lot- of fun experimenting in a painterly technique to render that sort've silk brocade. Please post again! Kittensoft: If you are working in photoshop, the use of the Color or Soft Light layers could help with experimenting to see if you would like more brown added to his fur. As a suggestion: There are many, many ways to get fur painted up. Personally, I like working dark to light- Start with the dark color of what the fur or hair would be as the base, close to the skin. A secondary layer in midtones blocks in the general form and direction of the fur, and then you go in ontop with your lightest tone to put in the individual strands/clumps of hair. Using the round semi-hard default brush in Photoshop is very good for this. Working in that order is an easy way to get the multilayered, nuance texture of hair or fur without a huge amount of work on painting in individual hairs. In the case of your doggy subject, you might want to use a hard brush and a more ''squiggly'' line to get a feel for the rougher, frizzier texture of that particular dog's type of fur! Last edited by choo; 06-05-2011 at 02:40 AM.

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Le_Eb Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 7 Junior Member Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	06-06-2011, 01:40 PM thx... I don't know how this kind of Penguin is called in english, in german it's "Felsenpinguin"... From now on I'll only do some minor adjustments, since I have quite a lot to do for Uni... Still not sure about the hair... Attached Thumbnails

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