Epiphany blues.

initially, this concept portrait was meant to stay hidden along with many ninja talkshow concept, but i realized that this portrait is little below my standard for Ninja talkshow concept library.
well, i like the outcome, but Epiphany happens to be very valuable, gravitating character in the first volume of the NTS series, so i will have to take another shot at depicting this beauty.
as usual, i didn use any references on this, and i might just try using references on next piece, bringing up the "realistic" value another notch.
of course, ive done some stylized portraites before, like Astrochics character portrait collections [link] but giving it a realistic twist on portrait is quite a new challenge for me.
my focus as to keep the simplistic beauty in feminine facial future, yet giving subtle details.
this picture took a whole day of work, and i can proudly say that my speed in painting has gone up another plateau. result is pleasing to me as far as style, and the level of detail, but its just not quite "epiphany beauty" i wanna convey in her portrait.

EPIPHANY CHARACTER DESIGN ILLUSTRATION: [link]

Sorry i cant discuss much on the story of NTS, and characteristics of this character. but you know you will find out very soon.

1day-(about 12 hours) PhotoshopCS, wacom intuos,
Ninja talkshow, Copyright HOON & MESSS 2005

this portrait was designed for inside comicbook cover (where credits go) of NTS series. which spotlights each key characters of the chapter. first one happens to be EPIHANY.




also on a side note...
Check my journal entry:[link]

here you will find infomation about artbook, IMAGINE. mess studio took part of this book, and it will feature some exclusive artwork from NTS concept library.
all the work in this book is quite stunningly beautiful, and those who anticipated are no doubt great artists of next generations. YOU DONT WANNA MISS IT.
there are only 2000 limited prints available, so please make your move fast. thanks!