I'm really enjoying doing this kind of art. For some reason my brain gets space, lighting, and texture more when I'm doing photo manip than if I were to paint it. For whatever weird reason, I also have waaayyyy more patience. I'm okay with how this one turned out, but now that I'm done of COURSE I see things I want to tweak!
This is about eighty layers, and it took me around twelve hours. I did a lot of painting over things in this; the face is completely painted by hand, and I just used a reference for the stomach, which makes me happy to say! I had a lot of fun, anyway.

Alioth, getting ready to go to the beach. I'm really pleased with her face, because I've finally gotten to draw her exactly as I see her in my head! I'm going to upload a 100% of her face, because I'm very happy I finally got to do some really strong face work and happily age her a bit to where she should be.

Also, yes, she has the figure of a black Dolly Parton. You'd probably have larger breasts and an ever expanding ass if your annoying husband ran you ragged with TWELVE kids. But don't think that because she looks bimbo-ish that she is - she's not at all. If you think her looks can kill, you should see what she can do with a knife.

I categorized this as mixed media instead of photo because I painted over top of almost everything by the time this was done... and I did a lot in the character of just referencing and hand painting new shapes... So, it's part digital paint and part photomanip.



Resources
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Beach accessories: [link]
Painting: [link]
Flooring: [link]
Torso and all skin texturing: [link]
Room frame & windows: [link]
Chaise: [link]
Table: [link]
Vase & Rose: [link]
Arms and camisole: [link]
Wood panelling: [link]
Legs: [link]
Stomach, wall texture, lighting effects, face, hair, any wood not noted above, character, concept, the piece of pie I am currently eating, etc., is mine.