# Long Head Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Artworks\ **Tags:** featured, fantasy, portrait\ **Created:** [January 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712 "2025-01-27T13:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Celes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/celes/32/135126_2.png) [@Celes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Celes)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/1 "2025-01-27T13:57:55Z")
![longhead_guy_10-24](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/0/50f3c2f64e06a5c0a40efdeafbba8f80a824f641.jpeg) Portrait from months ago. This only exists because I had been drawing too many women in a row. I wanted to push his proportions further but chickened out. 😂 Beard detail. Rake brush worked nicely for this. ![longhead_guy_10-24__CLOSE](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/7/e77156fd4d257d2e07957259e236a46a19b6b6e9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tamoha](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tamoha](https://krita-artists.org/u/Tamoha)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/2 "2025-01-27T14:58:17Z")
Wonderful work as always, @Celes I like his traits. Bit of a coffee shop looking bloke, haha. That light in his forehead is so balanced, - something i struggle with - the marks and wrinkles are so well presented. Thanks for sharing with us, and have a fantastic week! ---
**Author:** ![Deevad](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/deevad/32/39730_2.png) [@Deevad](https://krita-artists.org/u/Deevad)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/3 "2025-01-27T15:06:41Z")
> [@Celes](#): > > ![longhead_guy_10-24__CLOSE](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/7/e77156fd4d257d2e07957259e236a46a19b6b6e9.jpeg) I love how you suggested the texture of his beard without being tempted to detail every single strand of hair, as I usually see with male portraits. Top quality painting! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/crazycatbird/32/26371_2.png) [@CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/u/CrazyCatBird)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/4 "2025-01-27T16:18:05Z")
Excellent work! Quite a handsome man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pisarka](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Pisarka](https://krita-artists.org/u/Pisarka)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/5 "2025-01-27T17:56:33Z")
#jelaous good job ---
**Author:** ![DavB](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/davb/32/137250_2.png) [@DavB](https://krita-artists.org/u/DavB)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/6 "2025-01-28T09:50:26Z")
Beautifull, that’s really well done. I love your textures and brushwork ---
**Author:** ![MangooSalade](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mangoosalade/32/93003_2.png) [@MangooSalade](https://krita-artists.org/u/MangooSalade)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/7 "2025-01-28T11:18:48Z")
Love the beard, the snow on the coat and the cord. Looks great. ---
**Author:** ![Ape](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ape/32/124671_2.png) [@Ape](https://krita-artists.org/u/Ape)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/8 "2025-01-28T21:51:44Z")
Looks amazing. d===(￣▽￣\*)b ---
**Author:** ![Celes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/celes/32/135126_2.png) [@Celes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Celes)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/9 "2025-01-29T11:10:39Z")
> [@Tamoha](#): > > Wonderful work as always, @Celes > > I like his traits. Bit of a coffee shop looking bloke, haha. > > That light in his forehead is so balanced, - something i struggle with - the marks and wrinkles are so well presented. > > Thanks for sharing with us, and have a fantastic week! I thought it’d be funny to give him fantasy-like clothing to go with the contemporary haircut. The best part is that I just had been looking a lot at Rockwell’s work and wanted to do a similar haircut, I just made it longer. Trends walk in circles. 😄 And I’m glad the forehead worked. It’s one of these regions that significantly impact likeness but gets completely overlooked when people teach drawing. “Here are the eyes, you draw them this way, here’s the hair. Oh, yeah, there’s this big empty area in between, don’t mind it just get the distance right”. > [@Deevad](#): > > I love how you suggested the texture of his beard without being tempted to detail every single strand of hair, as I usually see with male portraits. Top quality painting! 👍 Thank you! ❤ It can be hard to control the amount of detail sometimes, I just over-rendered a whole lot of grass then had to take it down a notch for example. 😂 Because I’ve been gaming for longer than I’ve had serious academic interest in art I tend to think about it as games LOD, level of detail. You gracefully reduce the amount of detail in the background and in this case, where it doesn’t matter, because what we really want to look at isn’t lots of tiny details, are points of interest. So a specular glint here, a sharper value change already do the job without taking away the breathing room. > [@CrazyCatBird](#): > > Excellent work! Quite a handsome man. 🙂 Thanks! Hah, you’re the second person calling him handsome. I suspect it’s the beard, they’re so cool! > [@Pisarka](#): > > #jelaous > > good job Thank you! Fun fact: I used to not be able to draw men at all. 😄 > [@DavB](#): > > Beautifull, that’s really well done. I love your textures and brushwork Thanks! I tend to go a little wild with brushwork if I don’t control myself, hah. > [@MangooSalade](#): > > Love the beard, the snow on the coat and the cord. Looks great. In hindsight the coat choice wasn’t very clever, I spent a lot of energy rendering that fur, but I’m happy it looks somewhat wet and I’m glad you find the snow good enough! I’ve never seen snow up close. > [@Ape](#): > > Looks amazing. d===(￣▽￣\*)b Thank you, sir! 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Rita\_Verni](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/anna_rita_verni/32/22825_2.png) [@Anna\_Rita\_Verni](https://krita-artists.org/u/Anna_Rita_Verni)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/10 "2025-02-01T14:36:27Z")
Beautiful work ---
**Author:** ![CristianPerezArtist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/cristianperezartist/32/224851_2.png) [@CristianPerezArtist](https://krita-artists.org/u/CristianPerezArtist)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/11 "2025-02-09T18:18:06Z")
did you use the brushes present in krita?? If so, would it be possible to know what they were? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/celes/32/135126_2.png) [@Celes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Celes)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/12 "2025-02-09T19:07:49Z")
@Anna_Rita_Verni Thank you! @CristianPerezArtist It’s been a while since I painted this so I don’t recall exactly everything I used. I used the default **b) Airbrush Soft** for sure for the base, transitions and atmosphere, but I also used quite a number of custom brushes for the texture work: A couple of pencil brushes from the **Sketch V2 (SK2)** bundle, a modified version of the rake brush from the **Bug Craftsmanship** bundle for the beard, a **Memileo Impasto** brush + a custom textured brush I created for the snow. All with lots of freehand selections to control their spread. ---
**Author:** ![CristianPerezArtist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/cristianperezartist/32/224851_2.png) [@CristianPerezArtist](https://krita-artists.org/u/CristianPerezArtist)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/13 "2025-02-09T19:21:10Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/14 "2025-02-14T23:23:15Z")
Congratulations! Your artwork has been inducted into the featured artwork gallery row. May I have your permission to post this artwork on Krita’s social accounts (Mastodon.art, reddit, X) and on [Krita.org](http://Krita.org)? If yes, I will credit your K-A user name (or a different name that you specify). If no, no problem. Please type @sooz in your reply so I get pinged. ---
**Author:** ![Celes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/celes/32/135126_2.png) [@Celes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Celes)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/15 "2025-02-24T03:00:51Z")
@sooz Hi, sorry for the delay in replying. I’ve not been able to keep on top of forums and social media in recent weeks. 😅 Sure, but only [Krita.org](http://Krita.org) and Mastodon. Thanks! You can credit [@camilabrun](https://mastodon.art/@camilabrun) at Mastodon. ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/16 "2025-02-24T04:18:13Z")
Thank you, @Celes [Mastodon post](https://mastodon.art/@krita_artists/114056928383750867) This will appear on [krita.org](http://krita.org) in a future edition of the monthly update. ---
**Author:** ![Grimmercat](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/grimmercat/32/99118_2.png) [@Grimmercat](https://krita-artists.org/u/Grimmercat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/17 "2025-02-26T20:41:31Z")
What a Pro ❤❤🔥🔥 ---
**Author:** ![LordCasco](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/lordcasco/32/132900_2.png) [@LordCasco](https://krita-artists.org/u/LordCasco)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/18 "2025-02-27T17:24:29Z")
Love it. ---
**Author:** ![lymboever](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/lymboever/32/135993_2.png) [@lymboever](https://krita-artists.org/u/lymboever)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/19 "2025-02-28T03:05:03Z")
Excellent work! ---
**Author:** ![Celes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/celes/32/135126_2.png) [@Celes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Celes)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/long-head-guy/113712/20 "2025-03-02T01:58:15Z")
@Grimmercat @LordCasco @lymboever Thank you! I’m glad you like my silly dude painting! ❤