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love beer · by **Rhunyc** » 27 Jul 2011, 16:50

Hi, I'd like to open a spot up in here, seeing as how I feel like I'm finally getting a comfortable hold on digital painting. I still have a ton left to learn, but with what I know up to this point, I feel as though I can finally call some of my art "good."

And this should be the place to put those pieces. Don't expect it to grow... if at all.

However, whenever I do finally make a piece that I've put a ton of effort into and it shows, I'll be sure to add it to this.

So far, this is what I have. One image, and it's a portrait of a friend I know on facebook. She asked me to do a portrait of her, so I was sure to make it look as good as I could have had her expect it to look... And even then I find places I fall up a little short, but I think it is overall one of my best pieces.

The thing is, she didn't have any idea of what she wanted me to do, so I flipped through her profile pictures for some sort of inspiration, and I found an image of her where it looks like she was straight out of the '50/'40s. It was a fun looking image, so I decided to paint her as though she were a poster girl for something world war 2 related, and I did a quick search and found out war bonds was a big thing in ww2 that was on a lot of posters.. So I chose that.

I did have a reference of her face, the hand and body are all from imagination, and the text is supposed to say "Buy War Bonds!" "Support your country!" I chose to have it zoomed in and cut the text out, so that it seemed more about her and less of an advertisement.

But here it is!

A.I · by **KITCHEN BOT ::** » 27 Jul 2011, 16:50

Hello Rhunyc !
It is good to see you posting here!
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Let me provide you with some helpful info
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Have fun posting!

love beer · by **Rhunyc** » 11 Aug 2011, 09:19

Okay, here's something a bit more ethereal. I was inspired by a couple of different artists on this one, but I feel as though this image is pretty well done and finished in my book.

love beer · by **Rhunyc** » 29 Aug 2011, 13:02

Here's something new:

Next glass! · by **Izene** » 29 Aug 2011, 20:00

Ooh~Looking pretty good

want more beer · by **cgaddict** » 30 Aug 2011, 19:39

Nice work here, I really enjoy your last two concepts especially. As for critiques, I would say try to focus on values a bit more; Finding a more well balanced midtone should help. Keep it up! :b3:

love beer · by **Rhunyc** » 22 Sep 2011, 13:29

Thank you Izene and thank you very much cgaddict! I appreciate the kind words very much!

Here's two more I've done!

They're both very gory and for a contest over at Newgrounds.com for the madness day contest! The due date is today, so here's hoping I'll get a mention at the least!