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20 April 2008 @ 08:48 am
New Manip  
Base by Luis Royo. Brushes by [info]uglybusiness.

I was happy with the manip, so I spent some time playing around with it, trying to come up with a more interesting way to 'present' it. I feel I struggle a lot with composition - enhancing a manip, especially - and I really want to work on that more over the next few months.

Constructive criticism welcome. :-)

Best viewed in Full Size. Hope you enjoy!

Lethal Weapon – Full Size.

Lethal Weapon Wall – Full Size.


Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon Wall
Lethal Weapon Wall

 
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Sotia[info]ssddgr on April 20th, 2008 02:26 pm (UTC)
Really awesome! I love it, and she truly is a lethal weapon! Great job!!!
*hugs*
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:31 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much!

she truly is a lethal weapon

Hee - and it's not just the claws, either!! :-)
Elena[info]moscow_watcher on April 20th, 2008 02:33 pm (UTC)
O.M.G Stunning. Just stunning.
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:31 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much!! :-)
Karen: autumn horse[info]kazzy_cee on April 20th, 2008 06:13 pm (UTC)
Very pretty. I know what you mean about making manips more interesting - I'm hopeless at framing things....
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:37 pm (UTC)
I feel like I get them done and then they just kind of sit there... I have folders full of pieces I love - where the coloring and composition are just so gorgeous. I think it might help me if I try to emmulate some of them (not copy, of course, but borrow ideas, you know?) for awhile and see if that helps me to start 'seeing' ways to finish/frame a piece so that it makes a pleasing whole.

I wish I could take classes for it. :-)

Glad you like this one - thanks!
manoah[info]manoah on April 20th, 2008 08:47 pm (UTC)
Very lethal...and not a little scary!

I like how your work is so seamless, not forced at all.
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:32 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much - glad you like.

I like how your work is so seamless, not forced at all.

This is a wonderful compliment and is much appreciated. :-)
louise39: buffy moon[info]louise39 on April 20th, 2008 10:47 pm (UTC)

Gorgeous and deadly looking.
So well done!
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:32 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much - glad you like!
enigmaticblues[info]enigmaticblues on April 20th, 2008 11:13 pm (UTC)
They are both really gorgeous.
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 20th, 2008 11:29 pm (UTC)
Thank you - glad you like them!
Lidia[info]beloved4always on April 21st, 2008 12:35 am (UTC)
stunning. just stunning. I feel that the added color highlighting the bird in the WP really pulls the composition together.

You really do incredible work Mary. Your work almost always looks natural and real and yet spectacular at the same time. ...And here's something that I hope you take as the compliment it's meant to be. I rarely keep copies of buffy manips unless she's paired with Spike, but I have quite a few of yours because they're always so special.

As always, thanks for sharing!
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 22nd, 2008 01:54 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the wonderful compliments. I'm so glad that you like my stuff enough to want to save it - hearing that alone was enough to make my day. The rest of your kind words were just icing! *hugs*
Chiquita Juanita[info]spikes_cj on April 21st, 2008 01:12 am (UTC)
Snagged that gorgeous wallpaper, and its not beautifying my poor widdle desktop! Great job!
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 22nd, 2008 01:56 am (UTC)
Hee! I'm glad you liked it enough to want to look at it more than once - thank you!
Corinna: bsv_always[info]alwaysjbj on April 21st, 2008 04:14 am (UTC)
Absolutely gorgeous!

I am always blown away by your work. The one or two manips I've done have simply reinforced what I always knew--it's bloody difficult! Your work always looks so 'real'. Amazing!
Mary[info]mary5958 on April 22nd, 2008 02:07 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment!

Manips can be a bugger, I agree. Sometimes I seem to find just the right head and things go together better than I could have expected. We won't even talk about the folders full of failed attempts...

:-)
nmcil12[info]nmcil12 on June 3rd, 2008 05:35 am (UTC)
splendid piece - and I love your large Spike in all those world shades of browns and beige - a perfect combination - I started trying to do some of these and I now appreciate your work even more - tough stuff to do right -