Absinthe by lwperkins

Poser • Portraits • posted on Feb 20, 2008

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As soon as I got IgnisSerpentus' Absinthe (on RDNA) I wanted to portray her in the place of the girl in Eduard Manet's "Bar at the Folies Bergere" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edouard_Manet_004.jpg and try repainting that image myself, by hand. If you look closely you'll see that most of the elements in the original painting are there,but I changed the angle of the mirror (the mirror frame is plain in Manet's version, it's just a dull gold strip above the red wallpaper)and flipped the man talking to her to look the other direction, so that she is the center of interest (Manet accomplished this by making him very sketchy, and setting him behind her reflection.) I did remove the bowl of oranges, though they are one of my favorite parts of the original, because I wanted to leave room for her pose--the original girl is a calm angel in the middle of a busy, smoky bar, this Absinthe is a little devil and a purveyor of dubious drinks. Everything but Absinthe'hair, head, neck,her arms and hands are painted in Art Rage and Photoshop.

Comments (52)

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Kartika

1:49PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Excellent work! Very well done!

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Loveheart

2:39PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

BEAUTIFUL postwork! Excellent image!

shipmanjonathan

3:17PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Excellent work!!

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prutzworks

4:00PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

never drink it!! ;-)

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StarGazer9

5:33PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Amazing work!

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SaintFox

5:42PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Awwww... you recreated one of my favorite images. It large print of the this scene hung in my classroom in school and I never got bored by it. What a sweet idea to make an elf from the barmaid and move her a bit! And now: May I ask for "Le déjeuner des canotiers"?! snickers

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Alex_Antonov

8:03PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Stunning work! 5!

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eportscreations

11:34PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Beautiful and charming art work!

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Flint_Hawk

10:51AM | Fri, 22 February 2008

This is an absolutely amazing work!

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bigmama1972

1:23PM | Fri, 22 February 2008

great amazing image!!! absolutely perfect!!!

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sim3344

6:15PM | Fri, 22 February 2008

Awesome scene!! Excellent work !!!

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awadissk

7:09PM | Fri, 22 February 2008

impressive work very nice!!!!!!!!!

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CaperGirl42

7:26PM | Fri, 22 February 2008

Stunning work!! WOW WOW WOW !! fav! hugz anne

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Mark@poser

5:04PM | Sat, 23 February 2008

Very good. Very imaginative work...Gives me a lot of ideas....5 stars from me.....

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arwenone

3:31AM | Sun, 24 February 2008

A gorgeous image!!!

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louly

9:23AM | Sun, 24 February 2008

I'm impressed :) Incredible scene and painting! You should do more painting, you're really talented! TheNess often offers amazing freebies at Daz and he's got an absinthe set for free on his site if you feel inclined to do another :) http://www.nessrepros.co.uk/downloads2.php

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