eyes - digital portrait

sent me a package with painter XI tutorial.. in that dvd he sent me a 4082 x 2719 px image of [link] ... tittled 'make me a painting of this one' .. the details on it are crazy.. love his amazing work .. and just loved paintin it..
started off with a 1024 x 1768 with just the eye.. kept expandin the canvas and ended up with a 4924 x somethin !!!
4"x3" stylus tablet
Photoshop CS2
single custom brush (discovered a awesome brush i had created a while ago)
approx 5 hrs ..
finally got satifactory lookin skin..
details
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