Friday, June 02, 2006

Illustration Friday: Portrait


Afgan
Originally uploaded by Olias444.
You may recognize this portrait of an Afghan girl which appeared on the cover of National Geographic. It was so stunningly haunting that I had to draw it. As you can see, I never finished...

9 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, I recall her. Stunning how you captured those eyes. THis is a great and significant portrait.

3:15 PM  
Blogger TheTart said...

Haunting ... great colors!

Smooch,
The Tart
; )

3:25 PM  
Blogger FoodChiCa said...

I recognized her from the thumbnail I saw in IF site! Great portrait!!

3:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW! The skin is flawless. Beautiful!!!

5:24 PM  
Blogger CRISTOSOVA said...

Wow, fantastic! Those eyes are truly the most haunting ever. Last year (or so) they had managed to find back the woman and the photograher took another portrait of her. If not for the eyes, you would have never recognized her...

11:33 PM  
Blogger AscenderRisesAbove said...

wonderful vivid colors

7:23 AM  
Blogger Powpourri said...

The eyes are different but yes, I remember this photo. great job on the colored pencil work. CP is a great medium! Brandi

1:42 PM  
Blogger TESSA said...

i love the colors you used, very warm. The eyes are freaky, but awesome job. great portrait

7:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i totally remember that cover... her eyes are simply amazing. nice rendering.

8:32 AM  

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