Indian girl by rayburg
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
For those of you who liked the photomanips that MJR and I collaborated on, you might have missed two that MJR posted in the 2D gallery, the following links will take you there.
Where do you get your models ?
Where do you get your models 2?
The pics and his stories are very funny. Be sure to check them out.
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Today's pic is another from my Native American series. This young lady was dressed out in her Native American outfit, waiting to go on stage for judging. She looks deep in thought or prayer.
I did a little playing around with some filters and the gradient tool to get the effect shown.
I appreciate all the wonderful comments and please feel free to critique my work. I'm a big boy and can take what you have ,,LOL
ENJOY TODAY

Comments (36)
Critique? What is there to critique? Another fabulous post of a lovely lady. The only thing is, where am I??? Aloha and keep up the fantastic work.
I agree....what is there to critique??? HONESTLY??? Hmmm...must find something...must find something....hmmm....the only thing that i think could improve this is the color of your frame. Not really my cup of tea, lol. But your "mixed" photo is absolutely brilliant!!! AS ALWAYS!!! Have a wonderful day Ray...and yes of course, paint away. #:O)
YOur creative mind never ceases to blow me away and leave my jaw on the floor ... yep you are brilliant and a true amazing artist just looked at the collaberation work you did with mjr totally amzing!!! as is this wonderful pic fading into drawing . i love it .. !! your r my heeeROooooooooooo!!!
Wow Ray you just never cease to amaze me with your endless creativity.I love how she seems to be lost in thought and the framing looks very artistic and eye-catching.LOL I love those two collaberations you did with Mjr.What a surprise...NOT!THEY ARE ALL AWESOME!!!Have a great one.-M :)
Excellent effect .. :)
I like the composition,the concept, and the model but I too am not fond of the blue. Not sure what color would be better but i think it needs to be darker. Maybe one of the feather colors?
very cool picture as always
une crtivitsans pareil!
Interesting color effects. She does look like she is praying and hoping that everything goes ok. I don't know what to critique or suggest, but I wonder what she would look like naturally with no change. Aloha
What a FABULOUS idea that you executed quite wonderfully!!!! i love the image of the girl and the postwork!!! suggestions? hmmm...well, just something to think about...i would try this in b/w maybe. there's so much going on in this image for me, and i think if it were in b/w perhaps, it might look a bit less...uh...what's the word????...uh...well...there's just a lot of texture and color in the image...hard for me to focus on it. could just be that i'm having a bad ADHD day! LOL! Seriously....that's what i do. i think it would add to the intensity of the image too. Wonderful work, Ray! i really like this one! :)
Graet post work on this piece. Works beautifully with the subject matter!
looks very interesting*-I like this shot from this side
Oh wow!!! Now this one has to be one of my fav from u Ray!! The effect is totally awesome!! Half cartoon and half human!!! Fabulous!!!
I like the effect on the left. it's an excellent portrait with nice expression. have a good day
Interesting effect .. don't 'cha just love them filters and plugins?? :) I played some last night too .. check out my pic !! Have a great day .. Ray.
Love the effect! Like she is a sand mandala come to life! Very cool!
Great shot and postwork.
How can one critique on perfect work. I wouldn't embarass myself. I hope that someday my work is half as good as yours!
My only suggestion would be to tone down the artificial backgound, not lose it but deepen the tonal range so it doesn't fight the figure. The pensive moment was a great capture, and the post on it is really interesting; very well done.
Very interesting effect - the postwork seems to give the headdress a sort of oriental feel! But perhaps that's just me. I'm always impressed with your creativity and vision to see these things, Ray. Wonderful work!
Captured at this angle, she looks more european and less native american, but still is a beautiful, regal looking girl. I really like the beaded postwork effect you came up with. Those were 2 really fun collabs with mjr that you did as well!
Great capture and marvellous image.
another very beautiful girl and excellent post work Ray
Wow... I love how perfectly you have the drawing fading into this pretty princess! So perfect as always and I find nothing to critique! Loved the pics you did with MJR as well, so thank you for the link! :-) They were so funny!! LOL I agree with Sheila...I'd like to see it in sepia or black and white too!! :-) V
Beautufil portrait and very interesting effect on the scarf. Excellent work!!!
Ooooooooooh Ray.. I like very much the technique you used here..A very exciting image. Well done!
your postwork gives this image a fascinating artistic touch.you never cease to amaze,Ray. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
This is ugly! It's awful! It's--Oh, hi! I was just talking about myself... Seriously, what's to camplain about? I wonder about the apparent motion in the background, but that's a mystery, not an issue. The effect is very creative and well-placed, and I like the cornflower blue. She does look more anglo than Native American, but so do I... And I don't think it hurts her looks! :D
Me? I have no complaints! I feel honored to even be here! This is very creative. I love the way you did the effects, It really makes the photo even more interesting! 8-)
Love your work.