I'm all in favor of using famous people in doing these pictures, and using A.J. in one of these is always cool,so it's great in my book and I can't say anything bad about it!

I would have to agree with Jr. The seems and wrinkles seem to bold and pronounced and not blended into the costume. Still a good job just not your best. great base picture though.

What they all said. A huge improvement, and a little critique: The edges of her lips are too sharp. If you used the Eraser set to one of the Blur Brushes, you can soften the edges a bit.

Believe it or not, if this image was a little smaller some of these slight problems would go away! (I know, I can't believe I said it, either...)

BB

Wow she is hot nice job

It looks really good, but I think you just gave away a secret.

It kinda makes me tingly...

Billy... as long as I am always Critiquing your stuff.. here is some more...
When you go to a larger image, don????????t enlarge your seams too. Your seam work on your smaller images is great... Apply that same seam work to a larger image and you will nail it. These seams look a little ???????lazy??????? compared to your other seams... And I am sure that they are executed the same way... So, My advise is to make your seams smaller on the larger images... I mean... A seam really is small... Even ones in latex.

But I still have to say... WOW!!!!! Now... where is his folder... sheesh... it is around here somewhere... ahh.. .there it is... ok, Right click... Save...

wow billy, you are one of the most quickly improving artists i have seen in a long time. so i give this critique with the best intentions.

i really like your new use of wrinkles, but they lack a subtlety, they are just BAM....there. i think some well placed smoothing and blending would help out. think of wrinkles as hills and valleys....different degrees or heigh and depth, and also a rolling feel to them. you want people to see your wrinkles...but you don't want them to notice them....if that makes sense.

this is something i am highly guilty of is heavily contrasting an image. your lighting is a littl wonky in spots, but nothing abhorrent. her chest stands out really hard though. the way the chest is lit it is more square than round, just some more careful rounding of the lighting and such would prevent this. her arm stocking doesn't really wrap either, and the lighting doesn't seem to matchup. it looks like you applied the same gradient lighting on the forearm as you did the bicep. in this case it causes the forearm stocking to not wrap properly. some darker edges and a stronger center highlight would really help the wrapping effect. also with the stocking, a very subtle and in tight drop shadow would help as well.

i really like the eyes...very beautiful. you could have gone the extra mile with the tongue lick and added a rusted effect to the lock as well as a little sparkle of power, but then again that is your call. also your call, but for me i think it would take this pic out of the ballpark if you went thru and cleaned up the grain on the skin. for in tight shots i think a good skin cleanup helps them stand out from the crowd.

with all of that said....i really like this piece...it's a bold move to go for tight face shot, and it's a great pose.

dan

WOW....

It takes my breath away...