Portraits using GIMP

[oldmangrumpy]

My portrait of Neil Finn, a Kiwi now in his mid sixties, a singer/songwriter/guitarist who played in Split Enz, Crowded House and Fleetwood Mac. I was lucky enough to see him play live twice in Sydney, once with his family band at Taronga Zoo, overlooking Sydney Harbour and the other time when he was with Fleetwood Mac three or four years back.

[mahvin]

Good job!

[oldmangrumpy]

Mahvin - thank you. Now for a fantasy portrait.

[Tas_mania]

Very nice, congratulations OMG.

[Uzugijin]

Very good!

[dinasset]

I like it a lot, OMG.
Great!

[Pocholo]

Awesome talent OMG, that is wonderful

[Erisian]

That is so beautiful OMG. Do you use any reference when you do your fantasy portraits?

[Wallace]

I always enjoy seeing your portraits OMG.

[oldmangrumpy]

Tas_mania, Uzugijin, Diego, Pocholo,Erisian and Wallace - thanks all for your kind comments.

@Erisian - yes, I do find a reference to use as my inspiration when I do fantasy portraits; typically its a line art or even clip art image to which I add further "sculpted' effects. Sometimes I even combine/massage a couple of these 'inspirational images' to produce a new outline to my liking, then I work on it with colours and shaping.

[oldmangrumpy]

Sketch portrait of Kylie Minogue.

[oldmangrumpy]

Fantasy portrait of a thoughtful young lady.

[dinasset]

Great fantasy portrait OMG, just a little note: pay more attention to the lips

[Griatch]

It's great that you keep exploring and working on your portraits! Keep it up.

[oldmangrumpy]

Diego & Griatch - thank you both for your comments.

[oldmangrumpy]

This one takes me back to my sporting youth. Here is my portrait of (now) Sir Bobby Charlton who played for Manchester United and England in the 1960s.

[oldmangrumpy]

A fantasy sketch portrait.

[dinasset]

Very nice the fantasy sketch portrait, OMG.

[Issabella]

I think like Dinasset, very, very nice fantasy portrait. Please, continue with your art, as we enjoy it.

[oldmangrumpy]

Diego - thank you.

Issabella - thank you so much. I'm learning more all the time and trying out different ideas/techniques; as you ask for more, here is more.