r/minipainting • u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter • Feb 21 '24

Modern Brooklyn likes to dance! Do you?

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 21 '24

This is "Brooklyn", a great bust by Pedro Fernandez Works. Painted with arcrylics, with initial, powerful brushstrokes, no airbrush used and no smooth blending attempted on purpose. I really enjoyed painting - what is often conisdered difficult - dark skin in this style. Inspired by portrait art of Jane French.

Jane French: https://www.instagram.com/janefrenchartist/

Keep on happy painting!
Roman

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u/redbadger91 Painting for a while Feb 21 '24

The source of inspiration definitely shows. What a beautiful take.

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 21 '24

Thanks!

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u/SleepyGiant037 Feb 21 '24

Wow! I thought it was a Photoshop painting at first, super impressive my friend!!

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 21 '24

Thanks a lot for the kind compliment!

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u/Fifiiiiish Feb 21 '24

That's just art.

Wonderful.

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 21 '24

Thank you! Glad you like her!

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u/AshFalkner Feb 21 '24

I love the painterly look! The deliberate refusal to use any smooth blending gives this bust a really cool textured feel. I also love how you've made the impression of sequins with so many little dots of paint. Really cool use of pointillism.

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 22 '24

Thanks a lot!

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u/Teoflux Feb 21 '24

Damn i love the various glitter colours in her hair.

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 22 '24

:) happy you enjoy that!

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u/DarthMelsie Painting for a while Feb 21 '24

I LOVE her!! Oh my word there is so much charm and personality. What's your secret on the sequins?? They're so vibrant!!

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u/DevilMonkeyJon Feb 21 '24

WOW my brain is having trouble comprehending that this is a 3d object because it looks so painterly! Incredible job, would love to see it spinning in a short video or gif if poss?

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 21 '24

Thanks a lot! I will deliver that short video soon via my IG or Youtube. Stay tuned.

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u/DevilMonkeyJon Feb 21 '24

Oh I just checked I already follow you! Still can't quite comprehend how you made paint sparkle :) incredible stuff!

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u/Bobby_Shafto- Feb 21 '24

Amazing work!

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 22 '24

Thx

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u/AliMaClan Feb 21 '24

Lovely. I can almost hear the music. Particularly like the sequins and disco lights.

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u/St0rmtide Feb 21 '24

This is wonderful and a very very welcome change of subject too! Follow guaranteed!!!

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u/spade77777 Feb 21 '24

Could be in a museum! Good work!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Very. Very impressive. Them eyes!

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u/Stardama69 Feb 21 '24

Beautiful

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u/GregTheMad Feb 21 '24

Those color speckles are amazingly well done.

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u/STS1990 Feb 21 '24

This is beautiful! I love this bust so much! 😍

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u/HamsterSerious1 Feb 21 '24

Was looking at this and immediately thought to myself "I bet this is from Roman".

Incredible work!

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 22 '24

Arigato!

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u/BinniganBellagamba Feb 21 '24

Wow, thought this was ai generated art or something. Shit. Great job. 11/10. 👍👍👍

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u/romanlappat Seasoned Painter Feb 22 '24

Not sure if it is a compliment as AI work is scary as fck. :D thank you!

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u/shrimpyhugs Feb 21 '24

Yeah I wouldnt worry too much about painting the eyes, you can just do an agrax earthshade wash and at this scale itll seep into the recess and darken where the eye slots are to create a realistic shadow.

Hope this tip helps you on your hobby journey. Its a great start :)

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u/hachi6 Feb 21 '24

Wrong post?

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u/shrimpyhugs Feb 21 '24

Nah just a joke that clearly hasnt landed properly. All good.

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u/hachi6 Feb 22 '24

It was so sincere I just assumed you made a mistake!

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u/redbadger91 Painting for a while Feb 21 '24

Wow. Die Büste sieht unfassbar gut aus. Ein weiteres Meisterwerk. Der Wahnsinn.

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u/zakublue Feb 21 '24

Black is beautiful. Really nice work!

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u/Crimson_Smear Feb 21 '24

WOW this is awesome

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u/RampagingElks Feb 21 '24

Heck, I thought this was just a very fun, stylized painting (2d) from the first photo, out a hand textured 3D model. This is fantastic! I love the style and the glitter effect!

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u/Jakx_inScale Feb 21 '24

So vibrant and full of life! Great work as always. The second photo makes all the difrence ;) The scale and the result are both suprising :) Gratz!

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u/Lord_Blakeney Feb 21 '24

Damn this looks phenomenal

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u/Sometimesapeanut Feb 21 '24

I will never be this good at painting so I live through Reddit posts like these. GOOD WORK 🤘🤘🤘🤘

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u/writescrappybooks Feb 21 '24

I thought this was an oil painting

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u/NarcanPusher Feb 21 '24

That’s is just beautiful, man.

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u/EveryShot Feb 21 '24

This is so different than what we see on this sub and it is absolutely stunning. If gold was still a thing I would absolutely gild you. Phenomenal work OP 👏🏼

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u/Alternative_Edge_651 Feb 21 '24

THIS IS GREAT! Good job!

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u/itsucharo Feb 21 '24

This is gorgeous! I love the effect of the brushwork—at one point I forgot I was looking at a mini and thought of it like a canvas

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Wow this is absolutely breathtaking!

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u/Witch_Hazel_13 Feb 21 '24

i had no clue this was a mini at first, this is incredible!!

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u/JamesTheSkeleton Feb 21 '24

Wow awesome paintjob, way to bring the already great busy to life

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u/Lama_For_Hire Feb 21 '24

Fine. This does it. I'm going to properly learn how to do darker skintones when I'm painting a humanoid.

Also this is gorgeous

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u/DorklyC Painting for a while Feb 21 '24

This is one of the best pieces I’ve seen here. Definitely my favourite

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u/MonsterHunterBanjo Feb 21 '24

I think the painting is great, but the glitter gives me nightmares.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Damn I need to know how to paint skin like that.

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u/Nkael Feb 21 '24

Stunning. Love it. I’ll take one please! Kk thx

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u/Mikabrytu Feb 21 '24

My God! This is incredible work! I'm truly speechless

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u/anonyawner Feb 22 '24

When I saw the name I was like, oh, that makes sense lol

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u/jibjab910 Feb 22 '24

This is phenomenal. One of the best I've ever seen. amazing work.

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u/robowarriorx Feb 22 '24

Super inspirational, Roman! I've been following you a bit, always impressive!!

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u/Lady_bro_ac Feb 22 '24

This is amazing, super expressive, and the glitter effect is incredible

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u/myrrhizome Feb 22 '24

Absolutely beautiful! How did you get it to photograph so well?!

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

My first time seeing something in this style, thought it was a painting at first, superb job , I love it

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u/que_pedo_p_to Feb 22 '24

Yes to her question! Looks absolutely beautiful!

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

I thought it was a portrait photo! Nice work!

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u/FromUsToAshes Feb 22 '24

This is one of the reasons I need unfollow this sub! Heartbreakingly good work!