Ellie Fenhill (Term 53)

Thanks Berserker79 for the comment! Sure I'd hope people would vote for Sebille too, and Jesse is certainly someone I'd love to draw!

Elyza

Not familiar with Ellie and The Outer Worlds, but she's certainly a nice addition: it's good to see a short haired character once in a while and as always your attention to details when it comes to the character's outfit is spot on! Also, would you look at those abs! :D I know that I still owe you some comments on earlier works and hopefully those should be on their way soon! In the meantime, with respect to suggestions for a new poll I hope that Sebille from DOS2 will get another chance this month! :) Also, do you think Jesse Faden from Control might also be an option for the poll?

Thank you very much Ciarán! Really gald you found this interesting and giving a positive and very detailed feedback!

Elyza

Oh now this is very interesting! Ellie, is not a character I found particularly attractive if I'm honest, the short hair being the main reason... however! Your take on Ellie here looks very nice indeed! 😻😻😻😻😻 Starting off with the background and colours, as is always the case, I enjoy the textures of your backgrounds a lot and the colour balancing is very nice with cool blues and whites in the upper half, transitioning towards warmer tones at the bottom. An especially nice touch is how the blue is set behind Ellie's head, letting her warm-toned hair and skin pop against it. The colours for her clothing are very vibrant too, especially the red scarf and pale-blue shirt, the greens for the trousers as well as the warm greenish-brown for the belts and straps are very nice too, suffice to say, there's a lot of great contrasts going on here. I also like the pose a lot too, the way she peels back her jacket with her tight abs in view is very alluring and the hips pushed out to the side gives her an appealing sway and accentuates her curves. The rendering is terrific too! Ellie has a tonne of texture to her and her clothing, her hair has a great shine to it and I adore the folds on her scarf, the rippling light and dark tones with zig-zags showing off the folds is fantastic, the patterns in the material are excellent too. I also really enjoy the folds through her jacket and trousers and especially the folds in her blue shirt that lead into the tied knot. Her outfit also has a tonne of detail to it with so many little touches like the rivets in the straps and the different belt buckles and... I'm not sure how to describe them but tonnes of things on her jacket too. The lighting/rendering of her chest is great too in SFW version with a soft light across the breasts that smoothly transitions into the surrounding shadows to define those shapes. And I've left this part deliberately for it's own little section and that is the face. Holy moly, this is an exquisitely painted face! I absolutely adore the skin textures as well as the painterly way the tones are blended together. The actual definition of her features is beautiful too, I love her nose ridge, her cheekbones and their various plane-changes as well as the eye-sockets and eyelids. The lights and shadows on the skin just look fantastic! and goodness knows I love her bright, shining blue eyes 💙💙, they are exceptionally captivating and so very vibrant, I can't help but look right there every time I throw my gaze back to the painting. Her lips too are lovely with a nice contrast between the dark upper lip and brighter lower lip which has an appealing shine to it. And with the NSFW version that pose suddenly becomes even sexier! I really like how the jacket on her left side still falls over her breast, accentuating the shape even more, while the actual definition of the breasts is beautiful with soft, smoothly rendered skin and subtle light and dark tones that show how the breasts connect back to the chest, as well as defining their shapes. The nipples/areolas are lovely too and I really like the small shine spots as well as the blending of the areolas into the main skin tone. And lastly, her midsection is absolutely amazing! Those abs look stunning with each section being so nicely rendered, especially with the painterly brush-strokes. I especially like how the top abs receive more light with darker shadows cutting in above her bellybutton, showing the inward bend in the stomach. Absolutely amazing work on such an intricately detailed painting with a tonne of vibrant colour and possibly one of the best faces that you've ever painted! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Ciarán M