"Family Portrait" by Chris M. Rubenstahl

Surprised that there's no comments here yet, this is an excellent piece. I can really FEEL the emotions here; the daughter seems sad about something, I'd wager that she gets moved aound alot and doesn't want to leave someplace behind yet again, I'd also go as far to say that the father looks like the kind that try to keep up a strong exterior, but wishes they could stay for his daughter's sake- even though something important has them moving out. Beautiful picture, no flaws that I can spot- Except, what does that say on the arm of his shirt? All can make out is 'Lone Star', is he from Texas? All in all, my favorite non-powered-armor picture. Keep up the good work!

Oops.. should've mentioned. Kamikaze was my character in the Shadowrun roleplaying game. He was an ex-cop in a privatized police force, much like the Detroit police in Robocop. The police force is part of a corporation called Lone Star. The patch says "Lone Star--Seattle", and beneath that are the words "To Serve and Protect".

Very, very nice - i especially like his hair and beard; very well done.

Chris M. Rubenstahl replies: "Not surprisingly, I based ol' Kami off of my dad, visually. For a while, my dad's beard and hair were much like this. He currently sports a beard more reminiscent of a Civil War general, but as recently as two weeks ago, a family friend commented that my Kamikaze drawings looked like my dad."

The guy reminds me of Jim Raynor of StarCraft fame.

Chris M. Rubenstahl replies: "I've never played Starcraft, but I assume this is complimentary... thanks for the comment!"

I really like the girl, reminds me of X-Men's Jubilee. Good thing, good thing! *g* I can just hear her siiighing heavily, 'Aw dad..'

Chris M. Rubenstahl replies: "Thanks for posting! I'd hoped to get that feeling across in the drawing, and it looks like it worked. I'm amazed that it does work; this drawing's over ten years old, and was done at a time when I was still working out my 'style'."

Still working out your style, eh? I should try that sometime. I think they work pretty well together, although composition-wise I think the headband might have worked better on the left than the right. Seems a tiny bit unbalanced. Or my head is. One of the two. Lone Stars, huh? Not just S.T.A.R.S.? Or maybe I've been playing too much Resident Evil...

Chris M. Rubenstahl replies: "You're probably right. I could probably still manipulate the pic and check out the composition that way. And in Shadowrun, it's Lone Star, a for-hire police force that contracts out to various cities, including the default Shadowrun setting of Seattle."