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Oprah......lol, yes...

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LOL >_>

Let it be known now that I DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS.

This was possibly the most painstaking, annoying, God-awful piece of art that I've ever had to draw/paint. I was basically *forced* to do this, lol. (They meant well... ^^; i.e. my family and family's friends)

The Mr. Jenkins who commissioned me before knows a pastor that Oprah donated a million dollars to, to help start his church. He's going to give this to the pastor so he can give it to Oprah. She normally doesn't accept mail...

Now... the MAIN reason I didn't want to do this was because I thought it was cheating. (I *still* think it's cheating!) My first *instinct* told me, 'this is bad. Nothing good can come out of doing something so ego-stroking'. But, no... my parents would not have it, lol. ~_~ In a way, I am kind of glad they made me do this. I learned a lot about oils while doing this. BUT... >_> oh my God... What would normally take like 2-ish weeks to do, took like 3 MONTHS!! (procrastination + screwing up stuff) I HATED doing this!!

**Small edit: This is not to say I hate it NOW, but I hated the process of doing it. I'm okay/happy with the end result, even though it is still not perfect.

I screwed up her face soooo soo much that it's not even funny (not to mention, I screwed up other parts too, but mostly her face)... >__< I usually use a grid thing to make sure I get everything in the right spot, but from the last painting (of Mr. Jenkins' father), I felt like it was kind of limiting me/ making me rigid. But... it just kinda made it harder, LOL >_> Well, some of the things are still not completely accurate, but I didn't want to redo it *any*more, lol >_>

The earrings were fun to do... (though they should've been bigger)... The clothes were somewhat fun to do...¬_¬ (more fun than her face, at least) :XD: lol :faint: Let's see, what else... Oh yes, this is such a bad picture of it. =_= I don't know what's wrong with my camera. Maybe it's only good at taking close up pictures (since this one is a little bigger than the commission ones... it's a 18"x24", whereas the others were 16"x20" so I had to move further back to get the whole picture)... or maybe it's just the bright-green color of her shirt that threw it off, I dunno.... >_> :o :faint:

Well... I don't know if anything will come out of this, but I'm just glad it's over, lol! This was part of the reason I was sooo weird and emotional during November-time (you probably couldn't tell, unless you read my journals, maybe...). I felt like people only liked my realism art and not my comics as much... but I didn't start practicing realism JUST to do realism; I did it to become better at my comics/cartoons...
Not to mention, if I ever get 'known' from this, I thought, 'But people would only see the visual art side of my comics'... and that's half of what a comic is all about... I'm much more interested in the stories and the interaction between the characters... you can't really explain that on t.v... (can you...?) maybe...

Well, anyways... if something does come out of it, my friend, ~mienaiusagi said I should just accept it... and maybe this is God's way of telling me my path in life... who knows... : o... (:hug: thanks to her, and to ~fyrefly-nyxa too for helping me through this). LOL, you have no idea how much I hated this painting. I resisted the urge to paint over it in black many, many times. >__<...

*Will stop being emo in a sec, LOL just having bad memories*

I almost didn't even submit this. This is such an embarrassing thing to admit to having done... >_> I still think it's cheating. >_> I wanted to be able to say in life, 'kids, all you have to do is to believe in yourself and your abilities and your dreams will come true', not 'stroke the ego of some famous billionaire so you can get ahead in life'. UoU...
But, after almost a year of job-hunting, I'm beginning to realize that 'who you know' is just as important as 'what you know'... Like, 'you couldn't have gotten there by your own abilities' sorta thing...? hm >_> I don't believe in instant fame, anyway. You just become a fad. And I don't want to be known in history as becoming a fad... that'd just destroy my whole purpose for doing art...

To tell you the truth, I don't feel as if I am good enough to become 'famous' yet. But sometimes I can't tell if I'm just being too hard on myself or if I'm just telling the harsh reality...
I don't need any more ego-stroking on this picture... I did my best, even though I know it's not perfect... I don't want to put hate into my paintings tho, so I'm not going to work on it anymore... It's done as far as I'm concerned.

After a recent bout of art theft (I won't tell you who it is, because it might cause flaming), I've decided to include my deviantart id url to my pictures now. Oh, and that's my signature above it, lol :giggle: (messy, right? :XD: )

Well, we'll see where this goes. :m Got to make the most out of 'a bad situation', rights? :hug:
I am not a 6-year-old genius or anything >__> I think there are much more talented people who deserve the attention. I just practice... I actually think I'm quite slow at catching onto things, lol. I just do my best; but that's all we can ever do, right? : ) :nod:
*ends inspirational talk* lol :XD:

:phew: Oi! Out of my system!! :D :D :faint: :XD: :laughing: FINALLY!! :dance: XD

This is in my sister's former room, drying XD... maybe another week till it's ready to send~ If something comes out of it, I'll letcha know; if not, I probably just won't say anything, lol.
Oh by the way, this was from the cover of her"O" magazine from March 2007. mmyup :nod: ...*dies*

*reads some of this over* Wow, I was kinda over-dramatic there, lol XD sorry XDXD...:sprint:
Don't hate me for doing this, please. >_< ugh :phew: ...:sleep:
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LindArtz's avatar
You did an AWESOME job! Looks even more life-like than Oprah herself! LOL And those earrings! Marvelous!  (I have to disagree with you though; if they were any bigger, they wouldn't have looked right. This is just perfect!)