Artistic Tribute 2: Double. "Madame Harwell" by Antaran
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Description
This is a double artistic tribute. One is visual and I think rather obvious -- to "Madame X". The other is literary -- to an episode in one of Dorothy Sayers' Wimsey books. A portrait of Mrs. Harwell depicted her admiring her own mask. I wanted that mask to be more of a mirror reflection emerging from the mirror she is holding -- a materialized version of what Mrs. Harwell was seeing in her mirrors. Subtly softer and kinder version of herself.
Please tell me whether you think I've achieved these goals or not.
And, of course, any other comments, and criticisms, are very welcome as usual.
The full view version is indeed big, but the mask/face differences might be too subtle for the resized one.
Credits:
V4 with Alice morphs, Lady Jane morphs and a bunch of my own dialed ones.
Altered Ivory texture. Adjusted shaders all over.
Noctia with Carrara's procedural shaders, and an added morph to bend the hem.
Addition hair, altered shdaders.
Round table from "The Ballroom Exp 1", smoothed, and geometry and UV map altered to accommodate the smoothing.
Folkvangar's Art Deco Caprice background.
Daz Studio Dynamic plug-in and Dynamic Tableclothm, imported as .obj, geometry slightly altered to fit the scene. Carrara procedural shaders.
Fisty's free Antique Style Hand Mirror with added displacement map.
The postwork consisted pretty much of compositing render passes, and was done in Gimp.
Comments (18)
ragouc
Very good pose and render.
violet
Excellent work !!!
earthturist
Skillfully put together composition, you pay attention to the details! (you did the waves of the dresses beautifully)
MarkBremmer
Fantastic.
fabiana
this is outstanding, could perfectly have the Mucha acceptance... a real masterpiece, where all was done and placed with the skill of a master :) Chapeau.
evinrude
Nicely done!!!
Geophree
Outstanding!!!
tulipe
Excellent!
mansco
Really splendid... you have done a great work my friend ;O)
Skip1871
Very clever and very classy - Alphonse Mucha would be proud :) Beautifully composed.
bijouchat
this is a super tribute to the original, nice work
corvas
Excellent Image Love the pose and her strong facial features fantasic work
Virtual_World
Fantastic work!!!
JeffersonAF
Very nice image.
anorexicduck
Excellent work on this one! I love the imagery and your execution is flawless :-)
nfredman
Yeeehah! That's awesome!
kasalin
Wonderful idea, expression !!! Beautiful artwork !!! 5* Hugs Karin :)
phfrancke
Indeed she sees herself as she could have been. We always see the best in ourselves. But cruel and wicked as she is, she is also to a degree honest - and she is disappointed in herself because try as she might, she can't fool herself. The expression and pose - perfect. They breath.