Hi all, thanks for your great comments!
Gurglur, no Poser. Just a lot of photo references. The movie helped me understand her “face” a bit more. So I came home and finished the image. I had started it about two weeks ago, working on it when I had the time.
Send the image to her agent? Hmmm…
I’ll let you know what happens.
thanks again,
Adman
Look out Captin! Them lips are going to blow! Wonderful job, especially love that raised eyebrow. I think you captured her very well.
Adman that is absolutely wonderful! What a great job. You should send it to her.
HOLY #*$( Batman!!
THAT IS AWESOME!!!
INCREDIBLE!!!
This BETTER be on pixologics site SOON!!
WOW!!!
121? you are kidding! 
i was that mucho blown away by your AWESOME portrait - i definitely need a medi-pack (large) now… ahhhh!
Adman, what was the resolution on this image?
Hi Adman . . . Superb image quality!
I haven’t seen the movie “Tomb Raider”, so I can’t compare your work to the original, but I can say that what you have posted, is indeed worthy of praise.
And no poser . . . I think it really shows, that anybody who is interested in creating from scratch, in ZBrush, & has the talent to do so, can indeed succeed. 
Have a good one . . . 
Mark.
Adman,
I saw the movie today and have to say #$@&* awesome piece of work. Both yours and hers. I suggested doing carictures (sp) along time ago on this (I mean Chris’s forum) when I couldn’t even spell ZBrush.
Geez… You should put a warning on this one…
Nice work as usual Adman. 
Hi Adman,
This is one of the best images I have seen up here in a long time. The last great Image I viewed up here was Lediscots ‘Tarzan’. And I know we all remember that one. But I will be honest with you (in my eyes) this one is even better than Tarzan. Amazing, just amazing. Any other works laying around like this one? If so, please show, please.
Again, just have to say WOW.
Nikko, actual resolution is 1630 x 2038 pixels. That just seemed the max size my machine could comfortably handle, without waiting forever between each brush stroke. Below is a portion at actual size.
There are still places on the image I need to touch up to make it print ready. Which reminds me, a little note on resolution for print media. Common practice in the business is to have rastorized images at 300ppi (not dpi) at 100% of the size being used. For example 4 x 5 at 300ppi (1200 x 1500 pixels) or 8 x 10 at 300ppi (2400 x 3000). This resolution is based on printing screens at 133-150 dpi. In fact, 300ppi is overkill. Probably better to use a resolution of 225 - 285 ppi. These resolutions, from the beginning, related to ‘scanned’ images. Unfortunately, this is still the standard for images produced from scratch, digitally! The apparent resolution of digitally created images is much greater. You would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a digitally created image at 150ppi and 300ppi and printed using a 150 line screen. I only bring this up because a service bureau or publication will usually ask for a 300ppi image. And will often not except it at a lower resolution. To them, the customer is not always right. Even if the customer is the artist that created the image! The memory and processing power needed to create images as large or larger than 8.5 x 11 at 300ppi in a 3d package can be prohibitive for most people. Many times, detail is lost when an image is at too high of a resolution for the dimensions required. An image setter (which is producing film for burning plates) has to actually “decide” what part of the image to discard when it breaks the image up into little dots. The more optimal, not greater the resolution of the image, the better it will look when printed.
Okay, where the hell was I going?
Oh yeah, thanks again for all the great comments. It’s like looking at my work through fresh eyes.
Adman
Adman, thank you for sharing the close-up of your pic at actual resolution. The attention to detail is amazing, down to the different nostril sizes and skin tone.
And thank you for the explanation of the printing process resolution problems. That info will come in handy.
I have to agree with Dragon on this. It’s been a while since the last image that blew me away! The last one I remembered was Le Discot’s Tarzan! Of course your other image (French painting) was also great but this one mad my jaw dropped on the floor.
Your skillset has tremendous potentials and if you keep going at it., I’m pretty sure you’ll make it big!
'Nuff said, I’m simply AMAZED!!!
Adman a great piece of work
Never ceases to amaze me what is possible with ZBrush and great artistic abilities. Awesome!
Holly smoke, hey The Saint. How the heck you been buddy? Did ya break another joint or what?
Actually, remembering your images (I still have some stored away somewhere on one of my zips) they were/are just as great.
Do you have any new stuff to show? Whatever happened to the game your company and you were working on using ZBrush?
Well, hope to hear (as well as see new images)from you more often.
Take care my friend.
Dragon out.
Go Saint GO!!
I mean go and make some more magic.
Really superb!!!
Another master piece here!..Damn…We must be better than you now!!!
Well,it’s an interesting challenge here!
Let’s go all!!
C.O.N.G.R.A.T.U.L.A.T.I.O.N.S!!!
Olivier.
That’s a People Magazine cover for sure. Amazing as always.
dave
Holy Smoke! That’s a damn fine picture you’ve made there! I can only echo the astonishment from all the praise and crongradulations from the posts above.
W E L L - D O N E Adman!!
Upham.
PS. Isn’t she married to one of the ugliest guys in hollywood - Billy-Bob Thorton? I heard they carry samples of each others blood around in their necklaces! (He’s one lucky guy! - There’s hope for me yet!)