A very good work!!! 
Ahhh, love this Ken!
Her posture tells a story. You can see her underlining anatomical structure and it looks like she could really breath!
Where do you get your inspirations from??
I really like the transitions between material & skin. I’d like to know how you did the jeans, but I know you’ll make it sound easy, and that’ll baffle me! Is it similar to the Warrior Class thread I put into the modeling comp??
Cool
Upham 
PS. What did Rebecca think of the “Ten Things” movie after all that???
Ken that is fricking amazing!!!
Absolutely fantastic and brilliant,Ken
stargo
The hair was a plane 3D object, duplicated once and formed to either side of her head. The plane had a hand-painted, tiled hair image which gave it most of the color. And since it was applied to the 3D object, it conformed nicely to the modifications.
To soften the straight edges, little bits were erased from the separate hair layer. Finally, loose strands were painted on indivdually.
The jeans were done much like the warrior class image, but this time with much more 2.5D and color work later, where as the previous mentioned image had very little of that.
A sweep profile shape was made with an inner thickness and formed around her waist. While the object was still in edit mode, a demin image was applied. This was from a photo image, but still needed to be made to tile. (In photoshop, go to filters/ offset/ and set a number to approx half the height and width of the image. Then you will see the areas that need to be cloned over to match)
As you can see in this early stage, the jeans were very simple shapes.
I’m just inspired by people in general that I see. There isn’t usually one specific person that sparks an idea for an image, rather they are a combination of many people. And even if I form a specific image of a person, it rarely turns out as I imagine. After a certain point in the process, I try to “let go” of my concept, and let the character emerge on its own. When I fight this and try to keep imposing my will over the face, then it doesn’t usually work out as well.
For a good part of the process, I may be frustrated or unsure, but then, magically, something clicks and I see the new character. That’s when it gets exciting. When I can look at these “people” and feel like I had very little to do with their creation, is when I’m satisfied.
(she loved “10 things”, and Heath Ledger is just SO CUTE!)
Thank you so much for the insight! I concur with your observations about the subject taking on a life of it’s own. I find that my best work happens when I “let go” as you say. Well said!
i agree 
great stuff ken
ken that was a great write up about this image. you are truly talented. thank you