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Foxofwonders β Healing
#forest #fox #kitsune #lance #spear #spirit #warrior
Published: 2018-03-27 17:10:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1881; Favourites: 229; Downloads: 5
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The fox spirits were usually observing us mortals, occasionally guiding us, but rarely interfering. Exceptions, however, will always exist. I may never know why they healed me that day. I hope that one day, I will know. Though perhaps, some mysteries inspire more than their explanations.First time making a full digital drawing from a traditional sketch:Β fav.me/dc3oofw
I really enjoyed the process! It went pretty fast, too. Maybe if I find time I'll do this more often. ^^
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The combination of traditional and digital works really well here! I like the playfulness in the textures between the background trees and the ground
It's a very cool concept with the little story attached
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Thank you! The texture are from a brush I made myself! I haven't used it much lately, but it's fun for mild textures.Β
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If you know what you're doing you can make some really cool custom brushes and shapes. Mine was pretty basic, but I've seen some cool stuff pop up in a speed painting group.
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This is so much like traditional! Even your style seems quite the same. 
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Yup, this is Photoshop.
The effect you see is 100% the result of a handmade (with a tutorial, though) brush, no real fancy things (unless handmade brushes in Photoshop are fancier than I thought).
You're not the first one curious about him by the way! I originally didn't have any intentions to think him out further, but seeing people curious makes me curious about what they like about him- which makes me think about him more, and that might eventually result in ideas.
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Haha, well, I haven't figured the magic of creating my own tools in ArtRage yet, so to me all handmade digital brushes sound quite fancy. XD
Hmm, it's the scene of course, but especially the thing you mentioned in that snippet. Why they revived him? Who were they? Fox spirits, but do they have a deeper personality, interest in him? What happened to him that he had to be healed? Obviously something bad but in further detail? And yeah, why he carries a spear... something like that. X'D
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I wasΒ like: this is digital? it looks so traditional! The textures are so paper-ish!
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That's what I hoped to achieve. ^^ (Guess asking for advice in the journal paid off!)
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It looks really good! At first glance I thought it was traditional
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Haha, that's awesome!
I'm indeed trying to make my digital art have a traditional feel to it (because I have a weak spot for traditional art, heh).
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Aww, thank you!
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How we afraid in something doesn't exist
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Fear isn't really part of this artwork, but it's true that some fear things they do not need to fear. Probably to fit in (they might fear what happens if others notice they are publicly not afraid), or because they're scared of the 'what if's.
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what do you mean afraid from what ?
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I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean. I thought that by "How we afraid in something doesn't exist" you meant that some people have irrational fears, so I said that's not relevant to this artwork, but I agree with your point by itself.
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I really love the symbolism in this. The art is fantastic also !
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Thank you! ^^
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I really like it! Your edges and color choices are really nice! Great job
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Ahhh thank you!
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Interesting, intriguing ,good painting.I like fox and kitsune too!Good job!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it.
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(*w*)Β it really seems that you did it in traditional 
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That's a massive compliment, haha. That's precisely the look I was going for. (Some people even added this to their 'Traditional art' collection in their favourites. It's funny, in a way.)
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Soms kan snel werk heel karaktervolle resultaten opleveren 
Vooral de kop is echt heel mooi geworden! De tanden en uitdrukking komen er mooi uit. De achtergrond valt mooi weg en brengt je vos heel mooi naar voren
Maar ik mis je schaduwen wel een beetje. tis een snel werk ja, maar ik laat graag ook een uitkijkpuntje achter
(Die schetsen zijn ook gaaf
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Ik heb het licht zodanig laten vallen dat er een soort 'lichtcirkel' om de vos heen zit (op de grond ook), al is die wel een beetje willekeurig idd (ik had de schaduw al gemaakt -en heel blij mee- toen ik me bedacht dat ik een bos wilde hebben- oeps).
De geesten wilde ik juist met opzet niet laten lichtgeven, omdat ze niet 'echt' zouden zijn. Het licht van de genezing moest daarentegen wel echt zijn, als een soort link tussen het echte en het spirituele.
Ben het wel met je eens dat het contrast op de grond te laag is, for some reason was me dat tijdens het tekenen niet opgevallen. Daadwerkelijk 'intens' gebroken licht wil ik zeker nog wel een keer gaan proberen.
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Ja nou ja. Ik breek de regel van "werk van achteren naar voren" ook duizendmaal
Dat klinkt wel logisch. Ik denk dat je dat spirituele meer naar voren kan laten komen door het wat meer mistig of doorschijnend te maken, maar dit is tamelijk lastig.
Ach, neem je allemaal mee naar het volgende werk
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np and thanks for the llama
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