This is a project over a year in the making. Comments, advice, etc. are more than welcome. Started from a cell phone pic of my then girlfriend, now ex-wife. The pose, the lighting, everything were just perfect. Check out the original pic, you'll really be able to appreciate this art when you see how crappy the camera used for the original cell phone picture was.
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So anyway, I don't normally revisit finished pieces but usually once a year I'll find a beautiful piece I've done in the beginning of the year & do it two or three times throughout the year. The idea is to use that piece as an assessment of my skills as they progress throughout the year. So this is the final piece. I've done it twice before. The second one is in my portfolio out in my parent's garage in California. Luckily, I do have one photo of the very original sketch I did from this picture, which sucked of course but given how much my skills have improved over the last year I'm not too concerned about it [link]