Kate Mulgrew [CAUTION: large image]

TrekkieMage · **Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:28 pm Kate Mulgrew [CAUTION: large image]**

*gasp*

It's actual fan art!

Refrence pic.

Painted in ArtRage2 Free with my tablet. More than an hour, but not more than three.

Voyager2004 · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:49 pm**

Wow, TM...that's very good! I've seen that picture before...and it's a good one. Very nice representation there!

squiggy · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:55 pm**

Holy Jeez! That's bloody amazing!!!!

TrekkieMage · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:05 pm**

Thank you ^-^

I got a little lazy with the hair since my wrist started hurting, but I'm feeling smug about finishing it

Voyager2004 · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:32 pm**

Well even if you did get a little lazy with the hair, it still looks amazing. Just think of how much better it would have looked if your wrist didn't start to hurt....*stares into space* ooohhh, pretty!

TrekkieMage · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:46 pm**

Thanks

I may go back in and touch it up a bit, just to make it look a bit more done. But I'm gonna stick with calling it finished for now

squiggy · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:29 pm**

You captured her 'aura' pretty good too. Not many people pull that off with drawings. Especially simple black and white ones.

TrekkieMage · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:35 pm**

Last time I tried I failed miserably...She's tricky because she's got such distinctive features - particularly very high and distinct cheek bones. It's easy to overdo/underdo her features.

Voyager2004 · **Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:49 pm**

All I did was edit this pic in a manner I liked...there are a wide varieties and ways I could edit this, but I kinda like this one best...What I did was increased the highlights in the pic, added a "glow" effect to kind of enhance the highlights, because I didn't want more highlight because then it would start to overpower it, and then did a "soft focus" on just her face...causing her hair to be a little blurry...Let me know what ya think.

The bottom picture is the new one...There is a difference, but not a whole lot...Hope you can tell. LOL...

TrekkieMage · **Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:42 am**

Awesome job! I think that it might be a bit more polished if you kept her jaw line and chin more focused, but I love the effect on her hair

squiggy · **Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:37 pm**

Spiffy!!!

Voyager2004 · **Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:28 pm**

TrekkieMage · **Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:43 pm**

You might be able to work on two layers then merge them. Or fiddle with the softness and blur of the layers.

Voyager2004 · **Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:55 pm**

Hehe...one problem. I don't have a real photo editor. What I'm using right now is Picasa from Google. It's simple, but you can do a few neat things with it, seeing as to how it is a simple program. I'm in the process of trying to get my hands on Photoshop, but I'm unsure of the cost at the moment. lol.

TrekkieMage · **Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:44 am**

Try for Photoshop Elements. You could probably get an earlier version (3 or 4) for not too much.

Or try GIMP, it's nto quite as good, but the price is right

Cathexis · **Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:52 pm**

You kick A$$, TM !!!!!