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Julie Deane · 03-09-2005, 08:51 AM

Thanks, everyone. Heidi, you guessed correctly - I deliberately dulled down the flowers - I felt they were too bright a pink and competed for attention too much in their original colors.

Jimmie Arroyo · 03-09-2005, 09:56 AM

Julie, just noticed it, great job. Everything looks so well handled. I would tho, appreciate if you could post a closeup of the face. There's something about the eyes, they don't feel like they're staring at me. They look like they're staring just a bit away. You know how when you walk around a painting, the eyes follow you around the room, I'm not feeling that. It could just be a need for a closeup, I've had drawings not have that stare when viewed too small on a monitor.

Other than what could just be a monitor thing, congrats and good luck with the ad.

Julie Deane · 03-09-2005, 10:55 AM

Hi Jimmie -

I'll post a closeup when I get home tonight.

Julie Deane · 03-09-2005, 06:32 PM

Here is a closeup of the face. I couldn't comment on it at work. What do you think?

That left eye, there is not contrast between the white and the iris, which is why it was probably hard to see what was going on on the monitor. I may need to delineate the edge of the iris more. And do you think the pupil on the left hand eye tracks okay with the right eye? Feel free ....

Sharon Knettell · 03-09-2005, 06:58 PM

Julie,

As far as I am concerned the eyes track. A subtle outline of the iris would work but it should be subtler than the dominant eye.

Michele Rushworth · 03-09-2005, 07:32 PM

But it looks like the lower lid on the far eye should be a fuller curve, like it is on the near eye. Symmetry = beauty in most faces. Since this portrait is flattering her already and since it will be an important marketing piece for you, I'd go ahead and make the eye shapes match more.

Jimmie Arroyo · 03-09-2005, 08:14 PM

Thanks for the closeup. It does work better now that's it's easier to see. I also agree with Michelle about the shape of the lower lid.