Friday, April 23, 2010

Valentina

I painted this portrait of my wife a few years back to be used as a prop in one of my many Halloween setups at our house. I was a projected ghost painting the portrait. Sadly I don't have any pictures of the final effect. But you can see a similar effect I put together of a ghost playing the piano in our front window. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EntsUMlHAzs
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20 comments:

  1. NickApril 24, 2010 at 4:40 AM

    That is insane! What a great portrait, the lighting as always is phenomenal! Would love to have seen that setup too, sounds cool! Lovely work as always Mr Lasaine!

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  2. A. RiabovitchevApril 24, 2010 at 5:10 AM

    Beautiful portrait of beautiful women!:o)
    Valentina very Russian name to me.:o)

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  3. Daniel LjunggrenApril 24, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    just lovely..

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  4. jesse winchesterApril 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    Incredible.
    Just absolutely incredible....

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  5. Amanieu RebuApril 25, 2010 at 5:48 AM

    Thank you very much for your com,I think i've written in the previous com that i love very much the lighting atmosphere, especially on her face and on the hat, it is very sweet.
    Don't worry for the old comment, it's very kind of you to tell me :)

    As well don't hesitate to come by.

    Best regards.

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  6. Jason PruettApril 25, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    I love the orange light defining parts of the left side (our left) and other parts just falling away into shadow. And her face being under lit by the light bouncing off the white shirt - very nice.

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  7. Pineapples101April 26, 2010 at 8:09 AM

    Superb

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  8. Nathan FowkesApril 26, 2010 at 2:57 PM

    Well it's about frickin time.

    Fantastic portrait:)

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  9. Chase StandleyApril 26, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    very nice, I really like the detail you have on the texture of the hat.

    ps:I was wondering if you are teaching the vis dev class for illustration at art center. Or are you just doing it for entertainment design?

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  10. Marcos MateuApril 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    Nice painting! the effect is great, and definitely works every time :))

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  11. Norman HundertApril 28, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    It´s fantastic!
    Acrylic or Digital?
    Or a mixture of them?
    It looks like Acrylic... :)
    LG
    Norman

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  12. Paul LasaineApril 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    Thanks all!

    To answer Norman's question...it's 99% Acrylic. I did the straw texture on the hat digitally, as well as a tiny bit of contrast sweetening.

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  13. AlexanderApril 29, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    Nice portrait and good brush ( acrílic),,, and good texture... ( i see your last comment) jejjeje ......
    I like more the ligth, but i don´t like more the link ( video )O_O uuuu

    godd work Paul

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  14. AbzApril 29, 2010 at 4:02 PM

    brilliant!

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  15. Jared ShearApril 30, 2010 at 7:37 PM

    Beautiful work Paul!

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  16. Dilanka SMay 1, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    Beautiful!

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  17. Sylvia LiuMay 2, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    beautiful portrait!

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  18. ShardMay 5, 2010 at 3:21 AM

    glad to have found your blog..amazing works dude!!

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  19. DreamerDharma3dMay 9, 2010 at 2:23 AM

    Beautiful work Paul!

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  20. GraciaAugust 14, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    incredible! your light work is amazing. so cool!
    it is surprising how you can be so outstanding in all subjects: portraits, landscapes, realism, imaginary characters, matte painting... and with all the techniques: digital or traditional...
    I really admire your artwork!
    thanks for sharing it!
    :)

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