comp. from 4 seperate snaps. Monochrome painting(called an underpainting), tried working in a similar method as Bouguereau(sp?), an artist i really like.
Blue beacause the fleshtones lean towards orange, blue being complementary to orange.
the u'painting(when dry) is followed by transparent colour layers over it
try and stare at your skin, youll see huge sections of blue and green showing through (its basically transclucent). the underpainting helps represent that aspect, rendering the skin tones realistic




the person shown is gilbert, a very close friend from college (which reminds me...if any of u know his email address, please let me know....mol??)
the upper guys are supposed to be staring down at a memory of them together or something on that line............whatever! words arent exactly my thing

oh yeah the guy on the top left and lower centre is your truly..........rest of them are gil. Had quite a time working out the expressions correctly.......came out pretty well i think. Its amazing how the tiniest change in any feature completely alters the implied expression on the face, that too on a monochrome. working with colour's an entirely different ballgame, gets freakishly complex. Trust me it looks much easier than it actually is.