The first half of the video got corrupt ]:
*wacks head against puter*
I need new screen recording software tbh.
Or at least an upgrade.
Well this is a member of the j-rock band called 12012 (though the song isnt by them its circle of fear by HIM). I found this awesome pic on the left and just HAD to paint it. It's actually my first realistic digital portrait so I hope I can get better in time..still I thought the outcome was satisfactory for now.
I used the smaller picture for reference all the way through, you can see how i scrolled around it and kept it constantly in view so I could make my own version as precise as possible.
I started with a very brief white outlined layer and used that as a rough guideline when adding colour. That's the white layer you can see disappearing and re-appearing thoroughout (I kept hiding it so as to see the full effect WITHOUT the horrid outline so as to better see the final result)
Took about 5 hours in total.
I'm actually still working on this picture as I'm going to make it a full body. But for the purpose of this video, it is just a portrait painting. The full length picture will be up in a few days or so on my deviantart account at w.xcryptionx.deviantart.com
As always, I used a Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet and OpenCanvas 4.5 Plus, Camtasia to record
So no need to ask :P