Photo-realistic paintings

One thing that I have learned from self-studying as an artist is that you have a bit of 'you' in every piece that you do. Every piece that you create, every sketch that you draw. A piece of 'you' has to be in there, it's what makes artists unique. Though this doesn't necessarily apply in a piece that you created from work. The personal things the very raw, unhindered, unsupervised version of your piece has to have 'you' in there. It's what we do, in essence you create art in your own point of view. 

This is why I don't get the photo-realistic pieces. I mean given the artists technical skills are amazing but in terms of composition. It looks too photo-realistic, PHOTO. One thing that I've realized over the years is that painting and the traditional art never was defeated by the camera for one reason. The photo is camera's point of view. It is totally different from an artists point of view, by mere numbers only it's a whole different thing. An artist has two eyes to see an object, the camera has one. 

It's not that I hate the photo-realistic artists (I actually admire their skills) out there. But in my opinion, If I would want a photo-realistic painting, I would prefer getting a photo from a camera instead. 

No offense. :D

Updates!

Updated that girl with red hair. Just needs a little more tweaking!

These are my new paintings that I just started today. 

Left: is based on World of Warcraft Figurine and the other well from a statue

Just wanna share the "Evolution of my paint pallete. Started with the smallest at the left and my current one is the biggest on the right.