Wow, this one is looking really good! Is there a symbolic significance to the number 23?
Wow, this one is looking really good! Is there a symbolic significance to the number 23?
Thanks 
The significance of the number “23” is that it was the number on the shirt of the model in the picture I was using as a model for this painting .
But now that I think of it, 23 is also the amount of years in my life that I wasn’t so darn busy studying, and had more time to paint .
Ha–I saw this the other day, and it reminds me of your picture! The kitten is very similar, plus it says “camouflage,” and your girl is wearing a camouflage shirt. I like cats, btw. Yours is very cute. One thing I notice when I look at your picture is that her right hand looks small. Is that because it’s not finished yet? The color on her legs looks really good.
One thing I notice when I look at your picture is that her right hand looks small. Is that because it’s not finished yet? The color on her legs looks really good.
The kitten in your picture is so cute! And so fluffy!
The right hand is definitely smaller than the left. It is still in the same shape since the first draft, which was smaller. Which reminds me something about how I created this painting:
At first I tried to take a different approach with this painting than my usual approach:
First I measured and scaled the original picture using a pencil and my eyes. Then I took the total size of the girl (or young woman) as I wanted it to be, and divided that block into smaller units, according to some converting method between the small blocks on the original picture and the drawing area. Then I started drawing the external-lines according to how they appear in the blocks in the original picture. This was the first time I was using this method, so about half way through I noticed that her shoulder is half a block lower than the right shoe. I realized I must have made an error in dividing the blocks, but the darn thing took over an hour to do and I did not have a strong desire to go through the boring process again. So I erased the whole blocks and just continued drawing using my eyes (fsheew! what a relief!). And it turned out fine.
I would love to hear your thoughts about my art.
Hope you enjoy, and please tell me what you think.
This particular painting is my favorite of yours. More: the scene actually had inspired me to write either a story or a collection of poems that had everything to do with what is taking place in that painting. Now seeing how my writing spans many pages, napkins, post-its, paper towels, envelops…it’s still literally scattered and literarily scattered, but I was wondering if I could run some thoughts by you on it, seeing how a huge part of it was inspired by one of your paintings. I think it would be rather nice to show you directly what your art can do to a viewer and maybe learn a little more myself on why you painted that scene and see about getting other scenes painted…
PM me if you are interested.
I really enjoyed looking at your stuff. Your use of color is fantastic!
This particular painting is my favorite of yours. More: the scene actually had inspired me to write either a story or a collection of poems that had everything to do with what is taking place in that painting. Now seeing how my writing spans many pages, napkins, post-its, paper towels, envelops…it’s still literally scattered and literarily scattered, but I was wondering if I could run some thoughts by you on it, seeing how a huge part of it was inspired by one of your paintings. I think it would be rather nice to show you directly what your art can do to a viewer and maybe learn a little more myself on why you painted that scene and see about getting other scenes painted…
Thanks for the compliment, and I am interested in knowing the thoughts that my art “inspires” or evokes or relates to.
However, I don’t get along with poems so well. I don’t “get it”, usually (with few exceptions).
So unless it’s some article or short story, I sympathetically refuse.
Got a question for you though: what did you mean by “see about getting other scenes painted”? (You can PM me about it if you wish)
Thanks for the compliment gags. I also like the colors in this one: I tried to make it very colorful, yet in the dark. I love that combination of colors hidden in the dark, of something full of life which is hidden, in a way.
I’ve added a new section to my site, for new paintings.
It contains 1 new painting thus far
Enjoy!
“Girl and a Kitten” is the best one I’ve seen by you from a skill standpoint, because the proportions and grace of the woman are more natural than the others. Her arms and especially her legs look sexy and soft. The pattern on the shirt is expertly painted on a curvaceous form.
In terms of content, Metal Suit is my favorite.
I’ve enjoyed your work. You have a fun style and entertaining content. 
Thanks for the compliment, and I am interested in knowing the thoughts that my art “inspires” or evokes or relates to.
However, I don’t get along with poems so well. I don’t “get it”, usually (with few exceptions).
So unless it’s some article or short story, I sympathetically refuse.
No, it’s just some thoughts on it, as I said. It won’t be in any poetic form , and if it was…I’m confident enough in my writing, that most would “get it”. I have written it initially as a (far from finished) story, and recently was trying to translate that into poetic form. I don’t know which form it will end up, but certainly not in a crumpled form in the trash can.
Got a question for you though: what did you mean by “see about getting other scenes painted”? (You can PM me about it if you wish)
Oh, I will. Just please allow me a few moments to organize myself a bit.
I really like a lot of your artwork. You chose very interesting concepts to portray. As other people mentioned, your use of color is superb too.
Personally, I like “safe city” the most right now. The light colors you chose set the mood of serenity well. Also, the woman looks like she enjoys pondering. How much can I buy it for?
The woman in “bride” is very enticing. She has a nice butt(thats meant as a constructive compliment).
One thing about your characters is that they are all so damn serious. I checked, and there is literally not one piece with a character that is smiling. Why is that? I understand you want to show that your ideal characters are serious to have them portray a sense of strength, but even great heroes feel emotions. A suggestion I want to make to you is to add more emotion to your artwork. Do this with more detailed facial expressions, or certain gestures from the character. I like the characters expression in “naked”, and I wish there were more emotionally intense scenes like that.
Got something new to show off: Posing Naked
The woman in “bride” is very enticing. She has a nice butt(thats meant as a constructive compliment).
Thanks. I’ve worked hard on that ass, so it better. Though you might be missing the point of the painting by putting too much emphasis on her ass.
One thing about your characters is that they are all so damn serious. I checked, and there is literally not one piece with a character that is smiling.
That’s not true. Here is a sketch that I did a few years ago: Girl and a monster. She is having a wide smile.
But seriously now (assuming you got the humour in giving that sketch as an example of the kind of smile you were talking about): How about Victorious ice dance? If you click on the link to see more details you can clearly see that the woman is smiling, proud and happy.
You have Night Out. The woman is definitely smiling. And although I have issues with her nose, the painting does express intense joy.
Girl and a kitten (in the “New paintings” section) shows a very obvious emotion. And those are just the obvious emotion ones.
All of my paintings are about some intense emotion. This can actually be used as a key to interpret my art.
I understand you want to show that your ideal characters are serious to have them portray a sense of strength, but even great heroes feel emotions.
Few things: First, I never design the expression of the characters so that it would show something. The expression is the one thing I never have to design.
Secondly: the emotions are there, you just need to learn how to see them.
Thirdly: I think the greatest emotions sometimes reveal themselves only by a clue.
One needs to observe closely to determine the exact emotion: you will not usually see a character smiling widely (unless she’s about to try and injure you in some way :lol: ), or looking proud or in love in a very emphasized manner (like a caricature).
A suggestion I want to make to you is to add more emotion to your artwork. Do this with more detailed facial expressions, or certain gestures from the character.
Will do. But now I’m more into nudity. I’m going to be practicing drawing nudes (women, of course).
I’m taking introduction to painting this semester. I had high hopes, so far we’ve been learning perspective (which is great) but mainly trees (“Dear god woman, if you make me draw one more tree I’m going to draw you hanging from it”). Got some stuff to show from the class as well.
In addition I plan to add a fun section to my site about fashion: women’s clothing that I designed. So expect some updates coming up.
I, for one, love your unsmiling women. I love that sketch, too. I can imagine her standing atop the Empire State Building, glancing down at the city below her. Will she find something or someone in that city to rise up to her high level of self value? Her naked honesty and the honesty of the stone against which she leans and puts her hand upon are hard and intractable, unyielding, open and free.
I look forward to seeing your new work.
I’m going to be practicing drawing nudes (women, of course).
Ah, I came to this thread to ask if this was intentional, and here you’ve said it.. But why do you only do nudes of women and not of men? Do you not find the naked male form to be beautiful, too?
Got something new to show off: Posing Naked
I really like this. Your newer stuff seems to have much better proportions than some of the older sketches on your site. That’s an interesting pose, and a great facial expression. I like the shading on the breasts, too.
Love your sense of life, Ifat, I look forward to seeing the progress of your work bring this out even more. Thankyou for sharing.
Got something new on my site.
Ah, I came to this thread to ask if this was intentional, and here you’ve said it.. But why do you only do nudes of women and not of men? Do you not find the naked male form to be beautiful, too?
I do find the male form to be very beautiful, but I am more excited by the female figure.
I don’t understand why completely, but here is what I do know:
Creating art with a female figure allows me to experience my own sense of life while I create it, and this makes the experience much more intense than if I was just creating something beautiful.
This is the main cause. It is also a form of self-reverence.
Another reason is that strength and confidence on a female body are a symbol of bravery and persistence for me. On a man those things may have only been a result of physical strength, of something which could have been easily achieved. But a confident woman is more of an achievement: at least this is how I think of it. It is also tied to breaking of expectations: usually (in society) a woman is expected to be weaker and leaning on someone. The women I paint are independent and strong, and I like how it breaks and ignores the expectations.
Another reason is that I don’t have enough experience with drawing a male body. I had enough time to learn the structure of a female from observing my own body though.
There are more parts to the answer, but I don’t know them now.
Hope you enjoy the new drawing, I am very pleased with the result. Expect more in a while .
I don’t like many artists (especially contemporary ones) but I enjoy yours. I find your work to be very engaging, it is intersting and I find myself enjoying the process of analyizing it.
It is not completed, though most work is done. Will update when it is done.
In the New Drawings Section of my site there are more of my recent drawings.
I quite like your artwork, it is quite well done and like many others have said in this thread, and interesting to analyse. I will second the fact that the less cartoonish ones are more interesting.
I like the one with ice skaters, though possibly the guy looks a little stiff. The last one is nice so far, it has a nice level of detail and the women appears quite beautiful so far. I am just not quite sure what she is doing 
I like the nice simple, yet inviting look of your website. I am not sure why the central areas background changes to black in the galleries though..this does not work as well as other colors, such as some shade of blue.