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(My first personal work of 2013! - meanwhile, doing a lot of illustrations for clients!)

When I was a child I was always afraid of looking at Van Gogh self-portraits.

I saw him as a spooky man, with a strange glance in his eyes. I also notice that he looks anatomically different if we compare his self-portraits. Those distortions of his impressionist style (still) are for me like nightmarish visions and I didn’t know what was worse: sometimes I saw deep sadness in his countenance, sometimes I saw just evil.

Was I imagining too much?

Here is my own interpretation of one of his self-portraits, this time, in peaceful, but dark mood.

Painter 12, Wacom Intuos 3, Fine Tip soft Airbrush, Sponge, Sumi-e

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*isissousa2 May 15, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Super, many thanks :D Cheers!
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~Sicilium May 11, 2013  Professional General Artist
Van Gogh would have approved ))
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*isissousa2 May 12, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Hi Sicilium! Many thanks! I am really glad you think so :D Cheers!
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~MeerkatFish Apr 25, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Oh also this painting is beautiful :D
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*isissousa2 Apr 30, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
This is one of my favs. I am glad you liked it!
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~MeerkatFish Apr 25, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I love the way his eyes have just a hint of tears in them... you're right about his appearance changing between portraits, I wonder why that was... in a photo taken when he was about 20, he looks almost unrecogniseable as Van Gogh, the man in the self-portraits, and it is thought that at the age of 37 when he died he could have passed for a 50-year-old, so maybe he just aged quickly...
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Mood: Joy *isissousa2 Apr 30, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Indeed, there's a hit of tears in the eyes, and it was difficult to bring on the grim expression! Exactly! I think the fact that he was a pessimist and highly depressive, aged him a lot. It's incredible how he changes along the years... Kind of sad and interesting :)
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*allison731 Apr 22, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
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Mood: Love *isissousa2 Apr 23, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Hi Allison! Thank you very much for this incredible badge! I really honored in having my work in your group in the badge folder! A chance to win the Gold Star monthly finale is also really exciting! :D Thaousand thanks! Have a great week!!!!
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