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Monday, March 22, 2010

Portrait of a Monster: Avarice Milpond

Justin Gerard Oil Painting Portrait of a monster avarice milpond
11 x 14
Oil on Panel



Milpond Detail

13 comments:

  1. Where do you come up with these names? What attitude and wonderful expression.

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  2. Great piece. I love the close up. Your handling of the paint is masterful.

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  3. Fabulous application of the oils. The texture on that closeup is perfect - and the eye is terrifying. Great one!

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  4. hahaha I love this painting, great expression on the monster. I like how loose his body and hair are, but his features are tighter. awesome stuff dude

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  5. great piece. Noble, proud, and beastly

    Thanks for the close up. It's nice seeing the detail

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  6. I love how you've kept the warmth in the shadows. I like seeing that Rembrandt Singer-Sargent approach to creatures!

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  7. This piecei s excellent, the eyes r just perfect

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  8. Really nice to see that close up, man! Wow. Just wow.

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  9. Nice piece Justin. With these do you ever do a value study before you jump in with the oils?

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  10. Hey Scott,
    I usually do a value study if it is a bigger scene that I am working on. If it is a portrait the light sources are less confusing, and I find I need less guides to go by. Most of the value studies for oils will look like the doomhammer value study, even though that one was sort of a mix of everything.

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  11. Impressive, yeah that Doomhammer really turned out too! In this piece I really like the subtle use of the siloutte and value shifts. Nice work. Will you be going to Illuxcon again?

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