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looks magical. :)

Beautiful! I would definitely wear something like this. (And I'm not a jewelry wearer, either)

:) :) :) Thank you Phroggie!! They're gorgeous ;)

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Beautiful!

Oh my gosh - I can't imagine the time and dedication it took to make this. It's gorgeous, and the craftsmanship is inspiring.

Looks like a faintly tinted photo from a much earlier period. This era was the 60's - bright modern colors that weren't afraid to clash and splash. :) She looks very tranquil and pretty, though!

I think you may have used the "multiply" mode a little too much here. Or else made your curves adjustments too dark? If that's the case you could try "color" mode instead of "normal". It's really dark and unnatural looking in terms of her color, but I really like what it did to the chair vinyl! :)

Nice base. It looks like you could build on it though - varying tones in the background, hair and chair vinyl. Her skin is very nice and peachy, though. The lipstick is a bit unnatural looking.

Ooo she looks like Jean Harlow with all that platinum hair and big dark lashes. Nice glow from the background. I think overall it's not quite neon-hued to say "sixties" to me... needs some bright orange or purple on the chair I'd think. Very nice creamy skin and ptty lips!

NICE! This one is closest to the way I chose to color this picture. :) (I'll share it in the color tut thread after voting's over). Needless to say I like this one a lot! :D

Great job on that background, hair and skin. You missed her shoulder, but the Worth logo kinda hides that fact. I think for the 60's the chair vinyl would be some kind of electric hue, but that's easily overlooked compared to her beautiful treatment. :)

I love the brightening you did on it. The background looks so natural, and she just shines. :)

Gorgeous saturation. The background is done extremely well, and the hands/nails are particularly great. :)

There's not a whole lot of variety in her skin tones, making her look bronzish in some places, gray in others. She should be a lot warmer looking. The contrast of green against purple is pretty, but I'm not sure the purple background really works.

LOVELY! She's overall a little too yellow, so a warming filter might have helped her skin. But I think this is one of the more realistic colorings here. The background is really nice! The reflection could use a touch more color - her lips are seen in the chrome, but they're not pink. ;)

I like the light treatment here. It comes out a little too contrasty for my taste, but it really makes her shine. The big purple background is a little confusing to me - I think a green or yellow glow would have worked better. Nice fingernail and lipstick coordination :)

Nice base - needs a bit more work to make her really pop, though. Try bumping up the skin saturation and putting a little more variety in the background. I see you masked the reflection problem by just darkening it - but there should be more colors in that chrome part of the chair.

Love her blue eyes. Overall she looks a little washed-out. The reflection is all one color, tsk tsk ;)

I really like the golden tones in the window, but it stops pretty abruptly half-way up. A more gradual transition would look more realistic. Lovely skin and period colors. I love the variety you've put into her hair, and I think this hair color is probably closer to her real (although I hesitate to say "natural" lol) color.

Very nice! Looks like a California tan. The hair is a little orangy and should have different colors throughout - especially where the backlight glow is around the front edge. Nice job on the reflection in the chair and the jewelry. Not overdone but very effective.

Very nice vibrant colors! The hair is a bit reddish for my taste and needs a little variety. But everything else is so spot-on. The reflection in the chair is actually her face - so it should be skin-toned and the lip reflection the same color as lips... but that's hard to make out with all the detail. Great job!

Wow! Congrats Nik!!!

that actually looks good!

What can I say, I like big heads. It was a choice I made, obviously the wrong one, but I like it still. :)

It was a learning process for me - that's why I did three and did them totally different from the next. This genre is inspiring but I typically prefer tamer subjects. ;)

Congrats!!! Well deserved gold and only 1/100th of a point away from a 9 average!

Goregous as always, Maggie! Her face is so sweet. I love the way you do fabric. And there's so much detail. I admit I'm mythologically challenged. I should have put more effort into the details because they really put you heads and shoulders above the pack. :)