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And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, 'She has a lovely face; God in His mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.' -Alfred Lord Tennyson (1843) I wanted to do this piece forever, something different than the usual dead girl in the boat usually associated with this part of the poem. Really just a practice piece, done between working on a contest piece that is taking me forever. This was just supposed to be a quick study illustrating a line from the poem by Tennyson, but ended up taking me much longer. Painted all in Photoshop LE with a Wacom tablet, I spent a very long time on this, most of it on her clothing. (Some of you might say, but she has no clothing. That's because I used a special brush to paint the delicate lace and embroidery work on her dress. It can only be seen by those that are good and pure of heart...oh, wait. That's another tale.) I really did spend a lot of time on the clothes, but never could get them to come out the way I wanted, so I just left them off. (You can comment on the clothing if you want to confuse the folks that don't read the descriptions.) Seriously, comments and critiques are appreciated. Reference for 'the lovely face' is from  .Reference for the crucifix (which is a nod to Waterhouse's famous Lady of Shalott painting) is from *enframed. |
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Most of the pieces I dream up are from songs these days
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Cast off your fear!
Look forward!
Go forward!
Never stand still.
Retreat and you will age.
Hesitate and you will die.
Shout.. my name is..
..ZANGETSU!!
I don't know, but here is an absolutely fantastic list of tutorials I've seen:
[link]
Maybe those can help you.
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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
-- Ayn Rand (1905-82)
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Your friendly neighborhood mint.
Digitalmedia | =DA-Networking | former Creative Staff
"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." -Van Gogh
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No need to argue
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~Ayleene de Monn~
And thanks for offering your stock. I very much appreciate stock artists such as yourself.
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Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
-unknown-
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Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
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The colors were meant to be a bit unsaturated and dead-looking, but it ends up looking sorta flat and I didn't know how to fix that. Stronger shadows with more color (blues and purple as you suggested) are exactly what it needs.
And thanks for the list of tutorials! It should prove very, very useful.
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Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
-unknown-
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Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
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