Handpainted Portrait: Lady Lara by ShadowWind
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Description
Lady Lara, seen here actually wearing a dress. Get a good look, cause she wasn't happy about this shot. She is quoted as saying, "I look better with two guns and tight shorts."
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Photoshop/Painter/Vue
Lara was handpainted from scratch (in photoshop) on a white canvas and then merged in with the background and frame that were rendered in Vue. Painter was used for some small touchups and blending.
Credits:
Lara Painted by ShadowWind
Background curtains by Daz
Frame found here Alexander Kroener
Comments (36)
Kageboshi
I'm glad this one finally saw the light of day. Excellent job, Kaze. Rhona was always my favorite Lara as well.
kingkyle
again shad bloody great.... love the bluring ing the background too;)
linkinpark
Amazing work,I love it...fantastic painting!
ladynimue
Wonderful work :) I love the line you quoted from her ;]
gallimel
I like the way you've made her realistic. very peculiar look she's got in her eyes, I am in love with this picture. I see lot of humour, and still lot of energy. No matter if there's lots of pink ;) Great work :)
dreampaint
pfiuu again a great pict, with hand your style is perfect as with poser or other software. Excellent work.
danob
Great artwork and a dead ringer for Rhona!
estevez
Wonderful work as ever ! Excellent composition and excellent effect of painting ! I very like your techinique ! Great idea ! Congratulations !
potrimpo
Lara .. is going .. to hurt you, he he.
Mikeangelo
Great painting, very talented result. Dave
che18530
Excellent work Shadow. I'm so glad you did not model her after Angelina Jolie. Rhona is the genisia of the character. Excellent work on her hair. I love the braid work and that somewhat sardonic look in her eyes. Nice subtle shading...wonderful skin texture and color. I love the feel of the portrait you have given us by the stage-like background curtains, (yes, I know they are by DAZ, but I'm sure you did some work with them)very old-style. And, I love those pink sunglasses...very rebellious, I would suspect...making sure her personality shines through. Just fantastic work Shadow! I really love it! Once again, you have raised the bar in artistic composition!
Hyria
Another gorgeous painting Shadow :)
Moebius87
Love your painting works, Shad. I like the highlights and the skin tones here. I guess she does view the world through rose tinted lenses. :o)
HobbyHopper
Wow, nice stereoscopic image ShadowWind. Character, frame, curtains and outside have individual depth. The girl has nice facial expression with nice pink grasses, eyes and beautiful hair. Total color balance is also great. Conclusion: This is another success in your fantastic gallery. I like to look your next image.
clemens-k
very very good! great technique!
ariaans
Very nice tones from lightning on dress and skin! I think the reflection on the glasses must not be rounded personally... I love the more blurry background too!
racin-jason
Shadow my friend - this is absolutely beautifully executed. Your ability to paint by hand in PhotoShop becomes more finely tuned and expert with every new addition to your growing gallery of excellent art. I'm not familiar with many of the people you elect to portray in these exquisite portraits you paint, and in the case of this 'Rhona Mitra' - unfortunately - again, I've never heard of her much less seen a picture of her. Even so, knowing the quality of your work, I'm assured this render reflects her most excellently. I have seen Angelina Jolie in the film version of Lara Croft, (amazing huh) but I honestly thought she was miscast, and looked nothing like the game rendition - even figure wise! In my personal opinion my friend, I think the 'rounded look' of her rose colored glasses is perfect, and having them slightly off-set on her nose to reveal a hint of the expressive eyes is the Coup d'Grace. The heavier right-hand shadow adds such depth to the portrait,. Simply a wonderful image Shadow - out of 1 to 10 - a definite 100.
bkelly
I always love the painted work that you do. this has such quality,expression and warmth as all of your work has. I truly love the expressive smirk. You are an inspiration to anyone that wants to improve their painting ability. Thank you for this fine image.
Henrik_K
amazing work - the expression on her face is fantastic
artistheat
Great job with this 10+
blessed_isis
wow! terrific job! wonderful as always!
mqshocker
Wow what can I say that hasnt been already said ....Oh I know you are a credit to your artwork both style and grace and puts you up there with those that have mastered this Art... MQ
Bobbie25
OMG that is nice hun and pink is my fave color xoxox good job
jaideep
This is great. I especially like the sunglasses. Keep up the good work.
dragonmagic59
Wow oh wow! Dang I hate being late to the comments. All the good stuff's already been said! My comment: Read all above comments, multiply by infinity, you have my opinion. This is fantastic Shad! I really love your handpainted works. I also hate you for being so talented. Ok, not really, but sheesh, quit hogging all the talent will ya! Egads but I LOVE her expression! So Laura Croft! Sigh, I think I'll just sit here and stare for a while, then go to bed and dream of stealing some of your talent. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
lemonjim
fantastic, shad' - the slight "smirk" is so delicately done, and a full 180 degrees from all the other lara pics, yet still with the unmistakable personality. quite an achievement!
ex_cal
You make me wish I could paint...
Flak
Me too, ex, me too......
zxcvb
Wow this is amazing , love the way you paint
thomaskrahn
There's a "John Lennon"-feel about here... must be the glasses :) Fantastic work!!!! Do you use a wacom-tablet? IF this is painted with a mouse... WOW!