http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2008 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:27:24 EST MichaelO Painting / Figure I wish I knew how to play your song. http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/168708 MichaelO Painting / Figure I know you're in there somewhere http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/168707 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Dark Well, I pulled this random one out of left field. Although, I knew eventually my set with MOSH would yeild some kind of spider like image, for some reason. Over 1300 droplets. Phewww The alt key is a lifesaver! http://miss-mosh.deviantart.com/ http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/167074 MichaelO Painting / Figure A few people have said to me after hearing my name (MichaelO), 'you're the modern day Michelangelo.' That's quite a stretch but the idea got me thinking about doing a contemporary statue in homage to the great Michelangelo. Here we have Donna - let's call her... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/164661 MichaelO Painting / Figure 90% of the images I create are vertical and I need some horizontal ones for my website. This one took a little longer than expected, 2 days, with hardly enough time for a bathroom break or two. ...and I think it could still use some tweeking. http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/163461 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Light 'Crocodile Tears' is a term used a lot in theater to describe fake crying. Also, "The expression comes from an ancient anecdote that crocodiles weep in order to lure their prey." If you know my work you have undoubtedly seen my other statuesque-style paintings and... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/162862 MichaelO Painting / Figure ~I placed you so high on a pedestal, now I can't reach you~ http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/162753 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Uncategorized I really like this pose. It seemed very, stern and strong, yet feminine. I tried to figure out how to retain those elements while also, doing what I do best, enhancing the image into something different. As for the name, Amalgamate means to mix two things to make them one. I see that here as... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/162260 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Uncategorized more fun stuff. Let me know if you like the oversized curlers. I have another version where they're not so big. http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/161300 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Light I've been busy on non-art-related work and I just had to squeeze something fun in. Of all the ideas I have to choose from, running around in my head, I decided on a sequel to my other work - Candy Girl Candy Girl by   MichaelO This is my first artwork of 2008. Expect a... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/160991 MichaelO Painting / Figure This is one of those unending paint styles where no matter how many edits you make, it's never really finished. It's my poor attempt to emulate the work of Craig Mullins, one of my favorites. I go back and forth to photoshop and painter using every trick in the book I can think... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/160017 MichaelO Painting / Figure I wanted to make another image with the same theme as my other work, 'Timeless Beauty.' This time I took the reference photo myself so I got the pose just right. I'm going to do that more often from now on. Model: Maria G. "Sculpture is the best comment that a... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/159063 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Dark I went on a spontaneous photo shoot in Washington DC with MOSH http://miss-mosh.deviantart.com/ (who is a great model as you can see) I had this marionette idea for a while and we did a few poses to get it just right Thank to GingerLatte for the suggestion on the mouth. http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/158875 MichaelO Photo Manipulation / Light My pixie Someone saw my image 'Dream Weaver' Dream Weaver by   MichaelO and they told me about the work of Lori Earley http://www.loriearley.com/ whom I had never heard of before. Of course, looking through her galley inspired me to do another of a similar... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/157111 MichaelO Painting / Figure Cassandra: I'm eventually going to write the story behind this scene because there's so much to it in my mind that leads to this climax. I know I'm leaving questionds like, 'why isn't she being pushed off?' but that adds to the mystery right? The theme is -... http://michaelo.gfxartist.com/artworks/156684