Very clever concept well executed aside from the Danny Devito element. As CMYK46 noted, the baby's hairline is all wrong for Danny Devito although the baby's size does seem spot on. More fundamentally: what does Danny Devito have to do with Madonna? Pop music is WAY outside my area of expertise, but from what I've seen in surfing the 'Net, making the baby Lady Gaga, for example, might be more compelling commentary.
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Thanks both of you, I should know better than to post entries late at night!! Have replaced Danny with Justin Bieber!
Flipping Britney's face makes it not align properly. The eyebrows would match up better with the original image, which would make her forehead not look so wonky...
Thanks to Karmenmartise at photobucket for the Bette Davis source; and thanks to lisby1 at flickr.com for the Portrait of Elizabeth source photo; (5 years and 3012 days ago)
There is a very noticeable dark demarcation at the hairline which throws the depth off, making the face look pasted on, rather than part of the portrait. Also, the highlighting of the eye area looks almost like a mask, while the deep shadow beneath the nose does not correspond with the rest of the image, adding to the "pasted on" look.
The brightness/saturation of the face gives it the pasted-on, mask-like look that MossyB noted. [Personally, I don't find casting Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth particularly innovative.]
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Very well done overall. The highlights on her nose and forehead are too intense, i.e., visible, however. I think tilting her head ever so slightly to the right to match the source painting might add a subtle coyness more consistent with the demure notion of womanhood in the Renaissance.
The retention of the unadulterated third figure highlights both the un-painterly aspects of the first two figures and the incomplete (but already incoherent) overall concept.
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Danny doesn't look like Danny with all that hair, but the rest is great...GL author!
Very clever concept well executed aside from the Danny Devito element. As CMYK46 noted, the baby's hairline is all wrong for Danny Devito although the baby's size does seem spot on. More fundamentally: what does Danny Devito have to do with Madonna? Pop music is WAY outside my area of expertise, but from what I've seen in surfing the 'Net, making the baby Lady Gaga, for example, might be more compelling commentary.
Thanks both of you, I should know better than to post entries late at night!! Have replaced Danny with Justin Bieber!
britney's got a massive forehead and madonna looks weird too
IMO you should have quit while you were ahead. Danny was a much better choice.
Flipping Britney's face makes it not align properly. The eyebrows would match up better with the original image, which would make her forehead not look so wonky...
Fantastic image...Aguilera fits perfectly...well done author
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