Can someone recommend me some good sites of portrait artists?

Great stuff here too though.

;^)

You can find very good sites that offer a variety of styles on fm.

marty

m. goodwin wrote:
You can find very good sites that offer a variety of styles on fm.

marty


Can you provide some direct links?

thanx

Just go out and shoot...

Duenkel Portrait Art. Kirk Voclain. Momento Images. Alien Bees Gallery in their site. Goole search them..Bruce

practice.. by taking photos and inspiration may come to you then.

later
B

TJ Krusinski wrote:
Just go out and shoot...

Ditto. Way too many want paint by numbers... Geeeeeee

Turn the PC off, get off the forums, and learn the craft...

If you want to go for the classics, check out Arnold Newman and Phillippe Halsman. There is Karsh too but he always seemed more rigid than the other two. Sometimes you need a push.

Tom

If all else fails ... click some of the www links here ... bound to find something that can inspire you

Pfiltz wrote:
TJ Krusinski wrote:
Just go out and shoot...

Ditto. Way too many want paint by numbers... Geeeeeee

Turn the PC off, get off the forums, and learn the craft...


Sometimes, this is harder than it seems man. I've been "marketing" the crap out of myself, and I'm having very few hits on taking portraits.

tomm101 wrote:
If you want to go for the classics, check out Arnold Newman and Phillippe Halsman. There is Karsh too but he always seemed more rigid than the other two. Sometimes you need a push.

Tom

Thanx. This is what I was looking for.

I don't need any motivation to take pix myself, just looking for some awesome artists to help with the inspiration.

Everyone can use a little right?

Some (many) may disagree with this, but I think you can learn alot from the classic style of Monte Zucker (now passed away, but his site is still up) and Clay Blackmore, a former student of Monte's. Learn the basics of lighting and posing faces, then create your own style fully grounded in the basics of what works and what doesn't. To go in a slightly different direction (but the basics are still there), look at Joe McNally, who pushes the envelope on excellent portraiture.