The Fish Eye Lens : Renaissance Technique Feat. Noble Creations.

Out for the Cosmopolitan round from 21st Nov. to 3rd Dec are these two offerings from Noble Creations :
The Duchess Headpiece
and
Elegant Cabinet

Which inspired me to create these images :

Guilty!

Piety

For Piety : (Using)
Bare Rose Nun Outfit
Genesis_Head_Nicole_2.0
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V3.5
Maxi Gossamer Necklace - Rosary with Black Pearls and Crucifix
The Annex - Snow Queen Pearl Earring
[NC] - The Duchess Headpiece - Black-White Stone
.ID. Splendor Eyes / Hazel

So yes I've been in a bit of a "painterly" kick  though exploring creating a faux oil paint style is not so new as I've also done :

Tudor Portrait

The techniques I've employed are slightly different in both.The above is more to do with creating an aged effect , by overlaying a cracklature over the original. The later is more of a morph in order to get the painterly strokes down what i did was to overlay a similar oil painting portrait on top so that the strokes would align. Then it was a case of blending and creating strokes to fit my original screen cap. in SL.

A before and after shot showing the actual difference in capture and final work.

Cropped image focusing in on portrait details.