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found the source of the image, it's from r/photoshopbattles back in 2018. reddit link the source or sources of the images they used came from a Finnish Wildlife photographer. who can be found here. soosseli away from the Meta algorithm.

National Geographic is usually very up front about who took the photo that they are using either on social media or on their website. Care to post the name of the photographer? I don’t have Facebook so I can’t check.

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Oh I have to know more about this. Care to point me in the right direction?

I know the name of the group is “out of context comics”, but I’d love to know what comic this came from.

Agreed, finish a work and move forward. Don’t linger on something to get to “perfection”. Strive towards that in the next painting. These are always a delight to see, a bright spot in my day when things have gone sideways.

I haven’t commented in a while. Having skipped a few I can see a lot of difference between them and now. The color choices and blending looks so much smoother and more nuanced. Your lights and darks are looking more dynamic, but could use a bit more work, it’s ok to get really dark and to hide detail if the artwork calls for it (the bottom of the photo has the jacket and shirt almost too dark to see detail while the painting just a smidge too light in tonal value(dark vs light)). Keep up the fantastic work.

Looking great again. The head shape, eyes and skin are all seeing the work you put in from your previous paintings. By taking the artistic license to edit out the bit of jowl hang makes being able to see the chin much nicer. You have a wonderful job on the eyes so much of how Samuel shows his work is through the eyes so it’s nice with the whole package looks like it should. I think now you might consider doing a bit more on blending with your colors. Right now it looks like Samuel but you could much closer with a bit more time adding more colors to give yourself a smoother time blending.

This is just good, solid work again. The blending on the cloths is great and getting much better. You work on the face is where I feel you could use a bit more focus when you are painting the next Sam. Other than the dimple that someone else mentioned you seem to have lost a bit of his jaw line to help separate his jaw and neck. Not a huge deal, just an observation where you might consider putting more focus on color blending and light/dark color choice to help you.

I’m not aware of any specific examples, no, but as a photographer I would say a guide should have more info in it about what exactly you might look for when composition using negative space is important. Things like bad examples vs good examples, and if you have a good shot, but are considering using Lightroom to help yourself out of an overcast day etc. since I’m being asked, give me a bit of time and I’ll find something a bit more in line with what I’m thinking about.

I wouldn’t say it’s a bad resource, but all it’s doing is defining the terms of positive and negative space with some examples. I would not call it an essential guide like the site states.

Not to give into pedantry but….

A mushroom is a fungi (broad term)/funga (recent classification name adjustment to fit with fauna and flora), which is a separate kingdom classification to flora (flowers/plants), and fauna (animals).