Carpenter girl

[sabotabby]

I think she is finally done. I left her a little rough around the edges, but I dunno, kind of works? If it were Photoshop I'd slap a texture on there.

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[frandroid.livejournal.com]

try the photoshop texture and see if you like it better? you can then use a projector to pain the texture back onto the canvas :)

[sabotabby]

That comment was somewhat self-deprecating. I tend to slap textures on things in Photoshop when I get frustrated and run out of shit to do with it. I wouldn't actually put it on a painting.

Another Sabofacet!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I like this quite a lot — is there a larger image online somewhere? The woman's expression & body language all seem very real.

(Also, I like that the easel legs look almost like they are the woman's legs coming out of the canvas.)

Re: Another Sabofacet!

[sabotabby]

One I decide that for sure I'm done, I'll post a properly cropped image on my Real Life website (which desperately needs to be updated because I've done some cool design lately too). Need to give it a day or two because I'm sick of looking at it.

Re: Another Sabofacet!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking that about her legs, too "kind of skinny".

Re: Another Sabofacet!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

Clearly, we under-estimated Our Sabs' inclusivity. The woman is disabled and those are her prosthetic (peg) legs, matching the late 19th/early 20th technology and fashions. Presumably, she was a pirate before the injuries.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

...not only is she disabled with wooden legs, she is also, to my unstoppable satisfaction; left-handed at it. Serial carpenters often are because why be anyone's wife when she can obviously get along killing just fine on her own?

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[sabotabby]

Thanks!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

She is great, ready to stab some idiot! You're a great artist.

[sabotabby]

Yeah, she came out a bit murderous. I was going to change it but why would I?

Ambiguity rules!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I thought she was just kind of grumpy after a long day, personally. Definitely no reason to change it! Quite the opposite, in fact: She's got the kind of expression that just begs each viewer to make up a different story about. (Returning, I realize that I really like this painting.)

[mimicucumber.livejournal.com]

Nice! I like her expression actually. She's got something to say. I also really like the detail and light on the apron. Where does the image come from? Do you work from models or found images or just from your head?

[sabotabby]

It's from a really bad cellphone shot I took a few years ago at Black Creek Pioneer Village. I'd post it, but a) it's really not a good photo, and b) it ended up not looking much like her.

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Agree about the expression thing, so many different things one could read into that. Ready to snap? Depressed? Just a bit grumpy or sad? Or maybe just pensive and a bit sardonic. Very powerful expression, staring out at you.

[sabotabby]

Thanks. I'm fond of it. Her face also looks really different from different angles for some reason.

[rinue.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[sabotabby]

:)

[funnel101.livejournal.com]

I think she's wonderful.

[sabotabby]

Thank you!

[marrythebed.livejournal.com]

Damn, girl!

[sabotabby]

:)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful picture!

[sabotabby]

Thanks! Now to figure out what to do with it.

Make it into a book cover illustration

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

And also, put it on display somewhere; I'd really like to see it in person (and I very seldom say that about paintings).