Wow how long did the whole creation process take? I have been wanting to make a portrait of someone for such a long time. This is great! It's hard to gauge the time took in the creative process, but it's a lot of work for the method chosen to create the composition. Nodes have to be placed precisel...

Thanks for the opinion. I think I grasp what you are saying that it seems flat and there should be a bit more tonal areas in the white head-dress that would help bring out its form similar to what's happening on the white shirt. The funny thing is that I did the tracing and a full mock-up color post...

Well, that's how it was in the original black and white print. He was wearing a white knitted woolen head-dress over his dreadlocks. The photo didn't give much detail in that area of the portrait and I really couldn't add what I didn't see. This is not photo realism in the purist sense of the term. ...

I looked the composition over and I agree that the text is too bold, too extruding, and a bit in the way. So I modified it. The text is really suggestive of his thoughts. The violet area of the background complements the green area. http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8022/atributetoalegend2xt6.png

The head shot in the image was taken from a black and white print. First, I placed blotting paper between the print and drawing paper. I traced the outline of tonal areas onto the drawing paper and then drew a grid over the tracing. Using the tracing with grid as a reference, I proceeded to draw in ...

I thank you all for your comments. More will follow soon enough as I further explore the depth of Inkscape. I've laid off somewhat since I completed these because I was working with Bristol Board and colored pencils.

The following three images were my first completed works done entirely in Inkscape last summer. The actual sizes of the works are large (poster size), but were reduced here for upload purposes. Morning Glory http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3895/morningglory2ke7.png Radiance http://img337.imagesha...