Title: Don't Tell Me To Smile
Tools: Mouse
Process: Digital painting
Time: 20-25 hours
Completed: 30/6/06

Comments:
OMG, yes, that is Cole, and OMG, yes, he looks real! *pinocchio's voice: I'm a real boy!* Yes, he has purple hair, purple eyes, and is wearing a purple cape. Funky eh?

I've been working on it for the past couple weeks. It's had hours and hours of find tuning all the little iddy biddy shadows and hair details, as well as trying to get the ears, eyes, eyelids, eyelashes, eyebrows, nose, nose ridge, cheeks, forehead, lips, chin, neck, and all the other parts just right. I used one reference cos I can't draw people anywhere near this good from the top of my head. But the guy had a Cole-like expression, so it's all good! I had no references whatsoever for the cape. I drew it from my mind. You can tell. The background? 'Tis the beaches of Elcheane. Simple as.

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