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Published: 2007-07-07 04:23:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1606; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 29
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My friend was nice enough to pose for me.Must. Keep. Painting. Must. Get. Better.
Oil on Canvas
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It seems like the eyes are always doing something interesting in your work
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I love this painting, you did a fantabulous job
This deviation will be featured in my journal, cause i love it
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oh wow...thanks very much. I am so glad you like it
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Your friend looks sort of sinister there. I like the coloring quite a lot. It seems like everybody you hang out with wears Victorian era looking clothes. That's got to be an interesting school.
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Oh yes. Even more interesting is that we all usually speak in Victorian English. For serious, quite indeed.
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ha ha. Yeah, I don't think I could do that. I'd start laughing all the time and break the spell. How do you laugh in Victorian English?
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"Har Har. Good show. Very well done, indeed."
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So you actually pronounce the "Har har."? What about hilarious laughter. Do you just say the "Har Har" louder, or does that warrant a third "Har"?
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A third "Har" should suffice.
Oh man, I just did a photo shoot yesterday where I modeled in full victorian garb in a victorian studio. I look much classier than what I really am. Har, har , har indeed.
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"Good show!" Those pictures sound like fun.
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Got the proofs back already! [link]
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Oy, I forgot to tell you earlier. These look great. I have to say that there are a couple of pics where your boyfriend looks a little jaded though. ha ha. I get the impression he ends up modeling for your art a lot.
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Haha...starting to recognize him in my work?
He may look broody, but the reality of the situation was that he was without his glasses so everything was blurry...he said he was focusing on a candle and looking for what animal shapes he could see. That's serious work, that is.
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ha. Yeah. I'd probably recognize the guy if I saw him on the street. I can't say that I pity the guy though. I definitely wouldn't mind being a muse for a bit. That's got to be an ego trip.
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Never thought about it that way....must be why he doesn't complain for too long when I ask him to dress in a costume for source photos.
In college he used to hang out with all of us in the studio and modeled for a few of us...so when the big student show came around, his image was everywhere. He would go stand by the big paintings of him in the same pose just to see if anyone looking at the art would notice.
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ha ha. Excellent. Did anybody make the connection?
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I don't see how they couldn't have...but I'll never know for sure.
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wow. am liking this. great work with the colours
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Gorgeous job, those paintings you posted-all of them, caught my eye.
I'm not used to seeing oil paintings here, everyone's going digital now! But this is just beautiful, i can't keep my eyes off it.
Truly, i think it's a great piece.
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wow thats real good. I like the way that its really dark.
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Ooo--are you going to bring this one??? 
*sigh...* I do so envy people who can really paint!
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Yes...I was planning on it...which is why I wanted to rush to finish it!
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Scary, isn't it?
And I'm still not done this paper...maybe we should plan on next weekend if you're free at all?
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Indeed it is!
Okay...confess...you've been putting off the paper, haven't you? 
Next weekend would be fine, actually--although I'm not sure yet if I'll have to work on Saturday--I'll get back to you on that. I'm definitely free Sunday, though... I'm afraid that this weekend was kind of a bust, painting/work-wise, due to a great big family issue...so I'm REALLY going to have to get my tail in gear, to get things done in time! :/
Incidentally--have you see this photographer/artist's work? She's quite amazing!
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Okay...I admit that I've been a little distracted by ABC Family because they've been showing the Harry Potter movies and I've never seen them...so I figured it was a good time to watch them since Chris isn't home to call me a nerd. Otherwise, I've been doing pretty well! I only have a section and a half to finish.
So why don't we plan on next Sunday..and I swear I'll try to get most of my other papers done as not to interfere!
Oh...and when I was in Salem I picked up a little oval antique frame...it's in pretty good condition except someone had painted the whole thing with an ugly gold mat paint....but some of it has chipped away and I can see little blotches of the original gold luster....which makes me think that it's gold-leaf under there. I have no clue how to get that ugly paint off so I can restore it. Some people are absolute idiots!
That photographer's work is lovely...I've watched her. Thanks for the link
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Well...watching the Harry Potter movies for the first time is a most excellent excuse!
Movies that come to mind with that style are the first two HP movies...Love Actually...all Hobbiton scenes in LOTR...King Kong...but as I said, more and more of them are using the style, and it really makes me happy.
The later HP films used completely different styles--and I didn't care for it as much...
This coming Sunday works for me!
And congrats on your new find! That sounds lovely!!! I wish I could help you with ideas for how to get the old, ugly paint off...but I'm clueless. I'm afraid I'm more of the "paint over" school, if I'm not happy with the original finish (or re-leaf, in this case!
(And glad you liked that photographer! She literally takes my breath away!)
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I liked them a lot. I had seen the first one a couple years ago and wasn't that crazy about it, but I remember that I has watched it with a bad attitude...so I figured I'd be a little more open minded now. I could definitely see the difference between the first 2 and the 3rd (I have yet to see the 4th)...but a different director did them, so I'd expect them to be different. It's weird though...I tend to like films that have a muted color...raw and earthy...especially with blue tints. Perhaps that's why I felt so compelled to paint Snape...every scene around him was so dismal...haha.
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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed them--there are some movies that you really *ought* to see--books you *ought* to read, whether you like them or no--because they've just added something really incredible to our culture. The Harry Potter books and movies definitely fall in that category.
I can understand your liking muted colors in films...with those blue tints...in which case, you'd definitely like the third and fourth movies, better--if you get off on colors in the same way I do, anyway!
(Had to laugh at your "not having the right attititude" the first time around--I get that way, too!
I do like some other types of digital grading...the delicate, muted tones of "Girl with a Pearl Earring"...the palette used in "Possession"...in addition to the pinky/salmon skin thingie, Peter Jackson also used a really cool effect in LOTR and King Kong, where all the "bad guys" would be in desaturated cool tones...while the good guys were more saturated, and warmer looking. Very effective way of creating an eery effect...a chilling effect...also really liked the way they lit that film, in post-processing--with a sort of glow around people's eyes--very cool!
I SOOO want an Autodesk Lustre system for the amazing control it gives you over your final images...unfortunately, it's not just software, but an entire workstation with all kinds of special controls--and is something like $120K...and oddly, I don['t happen to have that kind of cash floating around.
BTW--GREAT news!!!!
So I called today--only to discover that no one knew what was going on with it, and, in fact, NOTHING had been done to it! I was furious, and pointed out that I had clients waiting on orders, and had told them I'd start work on them today--so the guy who I spoke with put me on hold for a while, then came back and told me that the problem was apparently that they don't make that monitor anymore, and this tech guy arranged for them to upgrade my monitor to the next model up--which just happens to have a CRT gamut (12-bit color!!!)--and they're shipping it out next day air to me!
YAY!!!
The bad news is, it doesn't have any USB ports on it--and I used the ones on my old monitor...and it always takes quite a few tries--and several hours of trial and error, to calibrate a new monitor properly--particularly when you've got two, and need to get the luminence in synch, as well...so I won't just be able to plug it in and start working on back orders...but hey, all things considered, I'd say they're doing a good job of making a ticked off customer happy!
(And can't wait to see the new monitor--it was about $500 more than the one I bought, when I bought it a year and a half ago, although today, it sells for the same price I paid for my old monitor...but it's definitely a step up for me...and it will continue with the other's original warranty--so it's got another year and a half to go on it!
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I liked the coloring in all the films actually....I appreciate both extremes...although I didn't care for the 4th film as much as the others (I found myself wondering why the film suddenly focused so heavily on a teenie bopper ball AND I was seriously disappointed by the lack of "Snapedge". Seriously!)
That's awesome that a little inconvenience got you a new spiffy graphics monitor!!! I can tell already that you're going to have a lot of fun with it...and you're going to make some fabulous things! I guess good things come to those who wait (and complain
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The 4th...really suffered from trying to fit a HUMONGOUS book into two hours. They left out SO much that it's scary...and, well, it's a bit forgettable, IMHO. The book, however, is extremely good--one where a LOT of stuff goes on, and the story really moves forward at a rapid pace.
It would've easily made two movies--or one, that's three hours long.
And yeah, I'm pretty psyched about the monitor--although sadly, they wouldn't let the concierge sign for it...so I'm going to have to take a cab to go pick it up, Saturday morning, instead of having it to play with tonight. RATS! 
Ah well--a small price to pay, overall!
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I kinda want to read the books....but I have such a short attention span when it comes to reading and now I have 7 books to get through before I'm completely caught up! I'm actually trying to convince Chris to read them out loud with me as like a bedtime routine...but he's not digging it.
OoOoOo...you will have to show it to me!!
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The books are very good--but relatively easy reads. I would recommend just trying the first one--it's shortest, and easiest. If you like it, you can always go on...but if not, you'll have been spared too much pain.
And I will!
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my thing is, if i can't finish something in one sitting, then i tend not to pick it up again. and i find it hard to concentrate when reading...even when I'm enjoying something because I get inspired to paint (especially when I'm enjoying something!). But right now I feel like running out and buying the books to read them........however, this sudden motivation may be coming from the fact that I have 3 papers due next week and I just don't feel like doing them
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Ah. I can understand that, actually. Lucky for me, I'm a fast reader--the average novel takes me about two hours to read...so I race through it--then I can do something else.
I have a hard time sitting through movies, though--as it often inspires me to work in Photoshop--so that's kind of the same thing...
And I think you might be right about where the inspiration for buying the books is coming from--I know that would be inspiring me, plenty! (**3** papers??? UGH!!!! I love school...just hate the homework! :/)
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