Hi all,
This took me a looot of time, and finally it's almost finished.

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I have to fix the neck, some lights and shadows and i want to add a bit of textures ( wall, jacket)
Comments, Critics and Help appreciated.
Thanks, RM

Holy Moly! Thats awesome! How did you do the shading??

Looks great. Keep it up!

You don`t really think that you need help, or?
This is very great, i like it much. I reminds me a little bit on Neo from Matrix.

OMG, that's awesome!
Excellent work with gradients and blurs.
The only thing that jumps out at me is the left shirt collar (his right), where it meets his neck, and where the jacket meets it. But I'm guessing that what you mean when you say "I have to fix the neck". Awesome work!

Thank you all, blur tool rulez
You're right brynn that's the part i have to fix!
i'm really excited, can't wait to finish

The face detail is impressive!

This is strictly Inkscape

foreualways wrote:The face detail is impressive!

This is strictly Inkscape

Sure, this is 100% inkscape
Just a little update

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RM.

Really nice work RM, are you drawing over an existing photo of someone wearing a suit?

The face is particularly special because it's 100% Inkscape, and faces are the most difficult to fake!

Yes, i'm using a photo reference (:

Right on!! This is one of the best portrait/human piece I think I have seen so far being done with an app like this. There is only one thing left. When does the tutorial come out?

StevenD

Sorry there isn't a tutorial. What would you like to know?

Just to see how you did some of this. Even after working with Inkscape for over a year I still consider myself a novice and am just starting to learn a little bit about filters.

StevenD

I'm working with inkscape from a year too, but i haven't done a lot of works. This is one of the biggest i have on my hd. This picture http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-gradient-mesh-experimental.png made me think that is possible to make something like a gradient mesh. It's a long work 'cause you have to do a lot of paths and play with blur-gradient-opacity until you have what you want.

Thanks for the tips and link. This will be a good start. I saw another portrait that someone did that was also exceptionally well done and now I can't remember where I found it on the web. Anyway it will be interesting to see what you do next.

StevenD

Another update, how can i improve it? My notebook can't stand it anymore ahah

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RM.

I meant it will be interesting to see what new project you do next. That is if you post anything.

StevenD

Hi,
The image is quiet good.
Have never seen such a good-looking DEXTER !
Impressive !

ahah thanks!

update: the end is near!

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