Nothing too involved here. It started as a tablet demonstration for AnMal but I thought I would do a little something with it.

The texture on the skin is very nice!
I think varying color would make it more dynamic, but this is very nice nonetheless!

It's eye is scary. o.o

Good point. What would you do if it was yours Moko?

erisian: i love torvald, he looks even better now than when i last saw him - the texture on his skin works fine. hmm... of course more differing colours would make it more dynamic, but i like the rather monochrome look of this painting very much, and i wouldn't change it if it was mine. i'd love to see what moko would make with it though ! i'm very impressed by the background and framing - you used such simple methods and got such a nice, varied background and some real depth in the picture.

edit: i didn't say i love the light in it. i love the light in it!

Thanks AnMal. I kind of like the monochrome look too but I'm just wondering if a splash of colour somewhere might enrich it a bit or whether it would distract from Torvald.

I like it, just looks a little flat, so maybe more contrast in the colours rather than adding more dynamic colours would help.

Thanks he4rty. I was thinking maybe a little detail in the foreground trees. Not too much - just a hint.

I added purple, yellow, orange and brown using different layer modes then some extra shading using black and white with overlay and an overlay of a gradient and turned it down to add atmosphere to the image.

Thank you very much conbagui.

Moko - I love it. I'm not sure it's what I wanted to do but it looks great. Thank you.

You're welcome!
I'm just a color junky, ignore me. xD

Wow Eris, that is excellent. I missed this one. The texture is absolutely realistic. So is the eye. woo hoo. cool dude.

Thank you Mo. I think you were busy with environment map problems.

Yes, I was very frustrated all day, really calmed down now though. Now I want a pound of chocolate. I think I should pull out my tablet and get back in MyPaint to draw and paint something, I also like doing eyes.