Beautiful image! Beauty, charmed and originality ! Good job ![link]

You're right! They DO always have fabulous shoes

Yeah, classy indeed! Nowadays it`s just boobs and other round bits, lol.
You go, 40s pinups, you go!

Hrm.....

You know, I really hate to give bad reviews, because as a rule you are such a wonderful artist. However, overall, I have to say I don't like this piece. I'll start with what I *do* like though so because it seems so mean to just rip into it

Likes:

I *love* her right hand. The detail and lighting on the knuckles allow for a clearly "slightly bent but relaxed" look. It's very natural, and the proportions seem dead on for the fingers.

The shoes are fabulous.

The proportion to the ankles looks good, and she has night meaty "1940's" thighs. The bend of the right leg is very good and "classic" for the pose, and I love the added detail of the slightly side-cocked shoe as well (which would be required for her to keep her knees together like that).

The white scarf thing looks like a decent drawing of real fabric, and it seems to be laying fairly well.

The overall body colors are good. The hair is ok.

Sadly, I have to stop there.

Dislikes:

Her left leg, though turned well from knee to the ankle, leaves much to be desired. Rather than looking like a properly sized leg that is obscured from view by the other, it *looks* like you drew it simply to show the parts we can see. I think the problem is in the non-curve along the thigh...the line's just too straight, and takes away the necessary three dimensionality. The positioning of the left foot gets to me, only because I cannot fathom where the heel of the shoe actually is. The ankle direction and angle of the foot would seem to push it *into* the wall, and there is neither a sliver of visible shoe heel, nor a shadow on the wall to alleviate that impression.

The waist and torso appear overly elongated and the shoulders seem simply too thin or wrongly angled. She needs a very slight boost to the curvature of her cleavage (not so much bigger as a bit rounder on the outsides, with a little more indication that her arching is sending the tissues back towards the shoulders).

Her neck is entirely too wide (compare it to the width of her upper arms).

The face, though recognizable as Elanor, seems frozen or plastic in some way (could be the harsh smile, but I think the problem is somewhere between the eyes and the brow line).

Her left handand arm while basically angled right, appear to be floating uncomfortably in nothingness somewhere behind her head, rather than appearing to indicate that she's relaxing and leaning back with the weight of her head in that left hand.

Lastly, there needs to be a bit more definition in lighting between the wall, the floor, and the platform on which she is laying..Right now My eyes keep wanting to put a 30 degree join about 1/3 of the way across the bottom of the page going from left to right....but that would put her leaning "through" the wall that would be behind her head (assuming her body and legs are on a different wall if that made any sense).

A very nice Pin-up. You really capture the style. The colors are bang on also.

hey! luvin' it but...


i gots a question, u've done it on photoshop, have u just built up layers of paint brushes?

im doing a piece like this for my diploma, im trying to replicate the 1940's look for a feature wall of a hotel lobby. im considering using pencils, copic sketch markers or cs4 photoshop...

which did u use and how?

Present for Takashi? XD Kidding, but I love this. She looks incredible.