Sweet pretence.

[waheednasir]

hello there everyone, sharing a portraiture, of a girl at a masquerade. wanted to give colors and lights of a ball/party and worked to achieve that special ambience.

ive painted this using tablet in artrage. its all self-visualized and from scratch. no reference used, its all from my mind.

ah...its one of those sweet encounters that stay in our minds for long....

pleasure viewing.

[BrianMyers]

Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed your work!

I hadn't seen Artrage before, I found it here for those interested like I was:
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

How long did it take you to accomplish this piece? Is using this hardware/software a comfortable medium for your work?

[TheAllusionist]

Once again you amaze us! THe only thing in it that isn't working terrifically for me is the nose, I can't tell if it is part of the mask or if her nose is turning that white? Otherwhise it seems like every stroke is in it's place and justified, very nice work

[neil]

Hey Waheed. Another great work. Very beautiful girl.
If I am not mistaking I think there is a bit problem of balance between nose and leap and chin. May be I can be wrong also.

[deltasteven]

ok , it is all rigit,

thank

[neha]

Very beautiful piece again!

[kiittea]

grear work waheed

[prats]

An excellent piece of work. The colors are really vibrant and fit well into the concept.
I felt the right eye, could be worked on a little ,I guess ,IMO. The hair is very good.

[waheednasir]

first of all, im sorry for being here so late. little occupied these days.

thank u so much everyone for visiting and for admiring this and for the input as well.

brian, thanks. this took me about 6 to 7 hours in total, worked on and off. and working in this medium is very much enjoyable for me, as i paint on canvas too (fine arts background).

theallusionist, thank u mate. yes, thats right, nose is not the part of the mask, but due to the lighting some parts might be appearing like that. i was after a different setting, with colored, intense lights around. so that might be the reason behind everything.

neil, thanks, the balance looks alrite, im not so sure about your observation. i dont actually get it. thank u for the input.

thank u deltasteven, neha and kiittea.

prats, thank u so much. i didnt work on the right eye as much as i did on the left one, just because its little away from the light. i wanted the left one to be more defined.

thanks again everyone.

[TheAllusionist]

No apologies necessary, I really enjoy the special flavor that the traditional-like work adds to the forums