life painting 12.06.07

(4½ hours; Photoshop + Intuos 2 Wacom Tablet)

Haaa, my first decent painting all this semester (probably because up until now I've been using actual brushes and FAILING MISERABLY at that).

Here's a shot of the working environment: [link]

Don't trust the lighting/color in the photo because my digital camera is being dishonest. IT LIES SOMETHING FIERCE. Do trust the fact that the instructor encourages us to tweak the lighting anyway. :3 (That's his painting poking up from the bottom right corner btw. He finished quite sooner... ^^)

<sub>Advanced Critique encouraged, if you think you know what needs to be improved in my technique. ^~;

EDIT: resolved some of the splotchiness on the face like you all suggested, but otherwise, I'm done working on this one~ ♫</sub>