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Sometimes I think "Lord of Utterly Pointless Details" makes a pretty good title. Other times I think I'd look spiffy in a straitjacket, bouncing around in a padded cell. Either way, there's just no getting around the facts that I'll advise against stupid details one moment, and then break my own rules the next. :iconfacepalmplz: [There isn't any OFF switch for my obsessiveness, once I kick off in that direction.]

Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen in Burn Notice, for a good friend who's been asking for this since last year. I don't know whether to thank you for recommending such an excellent series, or to smack you for giving me one more thing to hurt my wallet over!


Tech details

Hard round brush for painting.
Hard round brush at 1px for details (yes, I painted every strand of that damn fabric. Yes, I'm insane, obviously).
Chalk brush for extra texture.
"Add water" watercolour brush (sparingly) for areas that stubbornly refused to blend.
Shape tools (line, circle, square, polygon) and hard round brush for the background.
Font: various versions of Arial, tortured into submission.
Details and WIPs here: [link]



Burn Notice created by Matt Nix.

Daily Deviation

Given 2009-09-06

Sun, Surf and Espionage by =DarthFar is mind-blowing! Be sure to check out the WIP and detail shots for more reasons why this artist is crazy-awesome! (Suggested by ~WraithTen and Featured by ^ArtisticAunJuli)

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:iconrobokop:
Uuu a Trigger Happy Girlfriend! :giggle: :D
:icondavincipoppalag:
It looks like a photo FAr..

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Be nice to everyone!
:icontheartyst:
awesome piece - a tidbit of info 4 ya -- I Live in Miami Beach, and an artist/craft designer sold a necklace to the babe "trigger-happy girlfriend" a while back, ... but, not too far back :lmao:

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:iconmaquaii:
I see you beat me to it, was thinking of painting him with his fake smile that i love so much.

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From what grave did I come? From what evil mixture was I compounded
:icontheartyst:
oops sorry I forgot to type in (he's an an artist/craft designer Friend of mine) :doh:

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:iconsvera:
Lord of Utterly Pointless Details
I had to laufh really hard about that, because the minute before I read it I sat there and thought: "How did he do it? It's impossible to make it so realistic!"

At least you can be sure your details are noticed :D
*goes to greet her new neighbour Far in the padded cell*

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'Svera just suffers from perfectionismophilia.' =tanabatablossom
:iconcallsignkatejones:
Trigger happy ex-girlfriend, and I really like Burn Notice.
It's sort of my Alias replacement, every girl needs a good spy series.

And you should get yourself checked, every strand of fabric?! Yikes! It's paid off though, awesome work!
:iconpsychoticdustbunny:
Manipulative mother? You make that sound like its a bad thing. :confused:

Wonderful as usually Farsky. :huggle:

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Come and visit the photographer wanna be me.
[link] psychoticbunnyshoots

"I'm afraid that one day I may wake up and find that I have gone stark raving sane!"
AnonyMOUSE.
:iconfalconfan:
:jawdrop:
:faint:

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

...Where's that d#$mned "standing ovation smiley" when I so desperately need it...?

Seriously--if we weren't all a little nuts/obsessive/crazy, life wouldn't be nearly so much fun, or half as interesting! :p

I totally agree with the "photographic" comments from above--utterly!--and the layout is terrific! Perfect--and I do mean PERFECT--likeness, and the realism overall is quite...well... :jawdrop: Fabulous work--and the obsessiveness so richly pays off! :clap:

FF

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"Hear me, Baby? Hold together..." Han Solo, ANH
:iconwesternphilosopher:
Heheh I like reading your descriptions as much as looking at your paintings. :love:

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Anyone remotely interesting is mad in some way.
-Doctor Who

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