venus Rising (XL) (Patreon)

I saw a stunning picture of @einamadisonx  (on instagram) I needed to recreate (almost recreate. I changed and added things just because I could and I wanted it not to be a pool picture). It was just a wow picture for me.
That  rarely happens. The lighting here was so right and accentuated all the curves and lines so well.
I do use photos as reference for likeness, if I use them at all, but I rarely use them this literal. I had to though. Look at Venus Rising 😊

I did a truly literal painting of a photo a year or two ago, of a model I followed for her excellent work, but I didn't post it anywhere. It was just too literal, a painted copy really, and posting it would not be right. I sent it to her in hi-res because I couldn't use it myself. I don't know if she did.

As the photo wasn't a nude but I wanted to do a Venus, I made it a nude anyway. The nude version is of course completely unrecognisable because of the contemporary shades and Venus just entered modern times. 😊Artistic license I say. I'll not bother the model with this because I'd probably feel embarrassed or she might be. Or I would get critiques on size and shape of body parts or details I can only guess, which has happened before in similar situations. (Total turn off really which made me regret even trying to pay tribute to beauty always)