This is pretty strange—I have started and stopped on this one numerous times, never quite feeling like much was being accomplished. It was always the expression or the eye work that never sat well with me. With the ultra-colorful version at the top created most recently—I am beginning to see a direction (composition is at right).
Looking back, I think the actual age of the female was the problem. I will have a lot of play with the background but am leaning toward monochromatic in my minds eye‚the girl needs to pop. There are a couple of things that need to be tweaked but overall, I finally feel as though she is closer than ever.
This is pretty strange—I have started and stopped on this one numerous times, never quite feeling like much was being accomplished. It was always the expression or the eye work that never sat well with me. With the ultra-colorful version at the top created most recently—I am beginning to see a direction (composition is at right).