HOME | DD

BikerScoutCarlzon portrait

Published: 2007-09-14 21:03:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 54534; Favourites: 1167; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description Digital painting based on this wonderful photograph by *carlzon

This is my most technical, and hence ambitious, painting yet. The ref photo has a number of light sources so the colour graduations are subtle and varied which really tested my eye for colour.

And I worked directly with colour - something I very rarely do - but this piece demanded colour from the very beginning.

Again, huge thanks to Bernt for allowing me to use his photograph as a reference.


Photoshop CS2 + Wacom Intuos3
approx. 16 hours
WIP stages
Related content
Comments: 570

BikerScout In reply to ??? [2017-06-18 12:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ponthooval [2012-10-15 05:01:13 +0000 UTC]

amazing work.................i also try to draw

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

aymenjoe [2012-09-24 10:34:59 +0000 UTC]

my god!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Zcorpio [2012-05-13 22:37:03 +0000 UTC]

Truly beautiful!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to Zcorpio [2012-05-14 12:23:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Mr-Ripley [2012-01-11 17:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Hello, your wonderful work has been featured in this journal [link] , and welcome to my contest if you are interested.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to Mr-Ripley [2012-01-11 21:21:08 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks for the feature.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheSatanicNun [2011-07-26 21:21:28 +0000 UTC]

wow it looks amazing. beyond amazing

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to TheSatanicNun [2011-07-27 21:54:42 +0000 UTC]

There's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to paint something like this!

It just takes practice. Lots of practice...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

TheSatanicNun In reply to BikerScout [2011-07-31 08:50:44 +0000 UTC]

Well, I doubt that but who knows
You're very very talented.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ancengli [2011-01-19 18:44:11 +0000 UTC]

this is BREATH TAKING

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to ancengli [2011-01-21 18:25:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

robert-kim-karen [2011-01-16 21:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to robert-kim-karen [2011-01-17 20:07:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

robert-kim-karen In reply to BikerScout [2011-01-17 23:34:06 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Enkphoto [2011-01-15 21:30:47 +0000 UTC]

featured here [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to Enkphoto [2011-01-16 09:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

4anyMood [2011-01-07 22:16:15 +0000 UTC]

How you get all that skin detail in there i'll never know!! wow...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to 4anyMood [2011-01-08 16:55:03 +0000 UTC]

The secret is layering. If you look at the WIP stages, it starts off very rough and then the detail & colour is built up gradually. Check out the video tutorials of the Big Red Speedpaint. There's a lot of detail in there, or rather there *appears* to be more detail.

Glad you like it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

noopysma [2011-01-07 04:44:20 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I'm breathless!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to noopysma [2011-01-08 00:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much - glad you like it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MrDotD [2010-12-23 23:32:24 +0000 UTC]

WOW! .. That is an amazing piece!

The detail is breath taking breathtaking..

Dee

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to MrDotD [2010-12-26 21:17:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you - glad you like it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

KiyaMM [2010-12-23 00:06:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow. That's all I have to say.

Thank you for adding your work to Digital Delicacies!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to KiyaMM [2010-12-26 21:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Valedhelven [2010-12-12 01:47:34 +0000 UTC]

You have been Featured this week: [link] I hope you don't mind

Great work, sweetie!
~Ellen

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

moogoorel [2010-11-22 13:48:05 +0000 UTC]

good one! Check out my try on Bernt portrait... well, it's not totally done, it's different because it's airbrush, but... it's a start.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to moogoorel [2010-11-22 22:57:30 +0000 UTC]

Your work is great! The detail is astonishing. Let me know when it's done.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

moogoorel In reply to BikerScout [2010-11-23 12:44:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks. I'll post here the progress and final result.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

baxxspace [2010-11-19 11:44:45 +0000 UTC]

amazng. i thought it was photograph.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to baxxspace [2010-11-21 09:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks - glad you like it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

no-i-am-spartacus [2010-11-09 21:59:56 +0000 UTC]

honestly thought i was looking at hdr, first glance, (=
great work my man ~d
(&did check out *carlzon 2- will have2 revisit him sometime when i have time, heh)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to no-i-am-spartacus [2010-11-18 17:37:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much. I owe a lot to Bernt and his photography skills!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

xeena-dragonkizz [2010-10-22 15:50:08 +0000 UTC]

Featured [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to xeena-dragonkizz [2010-10-22 20:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the feature - very much appreciated.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

pczo [2010-10-09 12:45:01 +0000 UTC]

All my thumbs 4 u !! Amazing work !!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to pczo [2010-10-10 10:27:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

taste-of-sunshine [2010-10-05 23:55:25 +0000 UTC]

Stunning, and wonderfully detailed. You added a depth of color that the original photo (although amazing in it's own right) seemed to lack. The lines on his face are well detailed, the hair is the same.. The only criticism I could conjure up is about the hairline. It seems his face is.. floating? Like his head doesn't continue back to where his hair is.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to taste-of-sunshine [2010-10-10 11:14:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for your comment.
I've always struggled with hair & when painting digitally, I tend to work the hair on a separate layer, just in-case everything goes wrong (and it usually does...) I guess I was hoping most people wouldn't notice the stuff at the edges and would be focussed on the detail of the face. I'll have to bear in mind that that's not always the case.
Thanks again.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

taste-of-sunshine In reply to BikerScout [2010-11-04 13:33:00 +0000 UTC]

You piece is fantastic, don't get me wrong. Your deviation requested critique, and it was all I could find.

And on that same vein.. You're still loads better at hair than I am.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ThatOrangeHaze [2010-09-19 21:10:38 +0000 UTC]

Your choice of colours for the skin tones is absolutely genius! Amazing!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to ThatOrangeHaze [2010-09-29 21:16:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ThatOrangeHaze In reply to BikerScout [2010-09-29 22:15:47 +0000 UTC]

No problem. It's awesome

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

glmBr [2010-03-13 00:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Like ever, AWESOME!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to glmBr [2010-03-13 09:14:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RedRock3d [2010-03-04 19:45:22 +0000 UTC]

Amazing

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to RedRock3d [2010-03-04 21:28:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SaskiaFantasyArt [2010-03-04 07:35:35 +0000 UTC]

great work and wonderful details !!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BikerScout In reply to SaskiaFantasyArt [2010-03-04 19:07:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

guibertuol [2010-02-12 13:14:25 +0000 UTC]

very nice...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1


| Next =>