Portrait of Taz - Entering the Final Phase

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Okay, now that we've seen the finish of Pirate Bear (last discussion), let's go back to Taz and start to wrap things up. When last we saw this portrait, I had started the final "modeling" (using lights and darks to portray the three-dimensional form), and I had done a color correction to balance the warm and cool tones of the figure. Now I have finished painting the "cool side" on the left an have moved on to do the basic modeling on the warm side. I haven't gotten all the way to the "finishing touches" yet, but as you can see, Taz now has whiskers on the right-hand side, as well, and if not for the pink nose and tongue not being painted, yet, you might even think the painting is finished. I'm a fan of detail, though, so there's still a way to go. I do want it to look like a painting, so it's not going to the level of photorealism, but I will try to bring it to a level of crispness that makes it look fully-rendered and more three-dimensional and lifelike.