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I think most people look more inspiring from profile view, but I doubt there's ANYONE on earth with a more interesting profile than joaquin phoenix :] (besides, is there a more wonderful name than that?)
This is my first painting using the new Photoshop CS!!! I absolutely adore it and I am 100% pleased with the result!

What I liked so much about the reference photo was not only that he looks gorgeous, it was also that the photo, with the extravagant colours and the strange décors, has something mysterious to it, and it seems to tell an entire story just by itself... I tried to emphasize that on my painting, because that's my interpretation of the image.. incidentally, I could only think of the title of one work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and in this case that would be.. "his thoughts are with him, and they are far away"