@Mind, I say you should try to simplify your brush strokes, right now there's a lot of dark spots in random places and overall he's very cloudy, try to find places on him where it would make sense to be dark. Perhaps work on the design a little longer as well.

@Dr Evil, Thank ye!

Thanks for the advice, madmax. I tried to make the brush strokes not so random in these.


I wish I could just get amazing without practice

That last guy reminds me of a character from an old Nick cartoon. Good work. They're definitely easier on the eye that's for sure.


Don't we all...but then again, where would the joy be if we never got to experience our skills evolve?

i wish i could get amazing even with practice, *sigh*

Portrait of a Finnish Officer

And the original
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/524632-1/Aho_Martti

That looks pretty goddamn sweet. Cheers!

Also, how the hell did you end up doing that? Most people don't even remember that Finland took part in the second world war.

Thanks. I chose him randomly while browsing WWII photos (not that I didn't know about their involvement) but it was just a coincidence.

Didn't Finland do a bang-up job as well?

That. Is. Awesome.
Photo-realistic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
One might say that, yeah.

A bang-up job in what mind? Finland did put up a good fight against Russia but Russia just had about 3 times as much soldiers as Finland.
Also, Finland had 13 tanks if I recall correctly and 17 fighter planes.

EDIT: Dang, ninja'd. Also, the wikipedia lists all the tanks while I mentioned only those that worked properly and could still be used in battle. Same with the planes.

Simo Häyhä. 'nuff said.

People, a bang-up job means a very good job, not a bad one.

I had to look up that term as well, lol. yeah who could forget Finland when they had legends such as Simo Hayha. They laid such heavy casualties on the Soviets, but then again, so did the Germans because of the Russian's primitive tactics, not to mention the NKVD staying behind and killing the deserters.

I actually asked a bit around and most people don't even know where Finland is. Most english people, that is.

That makes me a little sad, that we can't understand rather basic knowledge :/

Don't worry about it. You're pretty awesome as is.

Me too, me too Contrary.