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This is my Cinderella. Though not actually from this, she was inspired in part from Gregory Maguire's novel 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' which tells the Cinderella story from the viewpoint of one of the stepsisters. Cinderella, in that story is somewhat fragile and isolates herself in her home. It's a very different telling of the Cinderella story, without magic or fairy godmother type stuff. The gold shoe is a nod to the Cinderella story in my copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales. No glass slipper, but instead the gold shoe. The birds do help Cinderella in that story as well. The mice are included as a nod to Disney's Cinderella. The window is a nod to Waterhouse and other painters of his time.
This painting took many, many hours, especially the cloth and the dress, but was fun to do. I love doing folds in cloth. There is no photomanipulation in this. All painted using Photoshop LE and a Wacom Graphire 3 Tablet. Nearly all of it done with the airbrush. The reference for the girl is from =AttempteStock. Really great stock there. I will definitely use more of her stuff. The reference used to the dove and birds in the background is from ~sadestock. Reference for the window is from ~slobo777-stock and for the sparrow is from ~ravenhearted-stock. A couple of references for the mouse, including a live mouse I had here for one of my snakes. |
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If you like it... keep working
Just promise to still talk to me when you're famous
I hope you're proud of yourself. You should be.
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Wit in a woman kills her sexual allure;
therefore, she must decide whether to
Take Lovers or Take No Prisoners
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Wit in a woman kills her sexual allure;
therefore, she must decide whether to
Take Lovers or Take No Prisoners
The only problem I'm having is the dove, is it supposed to be real? It just doesn't look as if it is on the right angle to the floor
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Anyhow, I'm faving this! If I could, I would 'double fave' this one. Keep up the good work. As always very appreciated! And euhm, sorry for any possible mistakes in the writing. I'm having one of my Dutch moments.
The details are so wonderful done. I want to see some closeups. Please, please, please
Really! Everything! The environment, the character, the details!
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