shakti

[jimboloco]

when ya know where ya are is right
ya will stay. feel th energi.
the way is here.

[hester_prynne]

Damn, I love this.....

H

[jimboloco]

Does she communicate an essence of vitality, energy, spirit in calm composure? I mean, she emanated the source in that pose.
Shakti.

[Doreen Peri]

fantastic!

your work, jim?

beautiful!

[hester_prynne]

Vitality, energy, spirit, in a calm composure?
She sure looks like she's on her way there at the very least. This is a gorgeous picture. Gorgeous.
To me, it's got a Mona Lisa quality to it, in that, you aren't quite sure if she's completely let go into that "calm composure", or if she's not just posing a leetle bit, (round the mouth).

I'm no art critic or anything, in fact I'm quite unknowledgeable about art except for how I feel about it.
This sends me, I dig it.

Nice work man.

H

[jimboloco]

Yes it is a posed drawing. I say drawing, because the pigments are pre-mixed and a natural brilliance comes thru with pastels, added to by the 'puter pixies enhancement, I generally increase contrast and decrease brightness. This helps to bring out the colors more completely and affords a semi-gloss finish. I cropped the photograph, the picture enlarged, I edited the brightness and contrast in increments untill I had the optimal effect with hues and values.
Energy, vitality, spirit were present in the "Shakti" poseur.

Plus, if you look closely, you can see all sorts of small distortions in the figure. But I got the pose and the hands, the details, were all emanating as it formed....emanating, I would see the small forms, the lines, the composition appears before me.