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Published: 2009-10-04 08:18:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 54726; Favourites: 1136; Downloads: 2634
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Sneak preview of some art I did for SQP art books "NightSong" almost a year ago - book is finally out - so here's a cropped in shot of my contribution to the book.Pencil sketch and then painted in photoshop. Took about a week for the whole thing (not just this bit).
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I love how you posed her left hand! Β Sexy body!!
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Cheers! She clearly didn't skip the hand posing classes at vampire school, did she
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Ha! Right!! Β That would make a cool mermaid hand pose with webbed fingers!!
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Thanks Jeff.... glad you approve
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i'm quite astonished by the execution and rendering of the figure, no 3d was used in the process?Β
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Nope... I did have a friend pose for some reference shots which I used quite extensively for this painting though and the full painting was about 80 hours work. Oh, I did use a 3d grid to map out the perspective on the stone work after getting annoyed drawing all those perspective lines, but thats as far as it went 
Cheers!
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She made it herself.... took some sewing lessons at night school after one too many stitching problems. Undead minions can be great for keeping out the peasants, cleaning the stairwells and changing the candle sticks, but they make very poor seamstresses.
Cheers mate!
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The more I look at it the more detail stands out! The lighting is really cool it brings out the colors.. beautiful job
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Thanks! Glad you like
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Thank you so very much - muchly appreciated and rather flattered 
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I love the way the costume looks like tooled leather.
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The brocade on the costume is masterfully rendered
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Thanks man - and bonus points for 'brocade'
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Thanks! it took me all night to think of it!
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THanks... I think.
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Dave.... i`m anking HOW... PLEASE!!. i just can`t blend like you!.. a lower opacity brush.. and a lot of patience... and i can`t get near this!.. your work is AWESOME dave!
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Coz I use a mouse, there is no 'pressure sensitive' stuff going on and it helps keep your paint nice and even as you build up. Try turning the pressure sensitive bit off on your tablet.
Cheers man!
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Is that true, you are working with a mouse?
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Yup - kind of like painting fine lines with a brush made like a potato
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Sweeettttt. I just heard a rumor that you don't use a tablet to produce such awesome work. Could this be true?
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Yup. Paint with a mouse. Tried a tablet/pen many, many years ago, but back then there was a bit of a lag between movement and action on the screen and it was soooo annoying, I went back to the mouse and after using it for so long, it kinda works for me. Bought myself a Cintiq recently, tried it a couple of times and then last time it just stopped working. Havent been bothered to try and fix it yet. Just picked up an old tablet to try out, but I'm pretty fast and accurate with the mouse these days, so I'll see how it goes.
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Thanks! Mixing a warm and cool light is always good for effect
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Thanks ma'am! - and thanks for checking out my work!
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Your welcome and I got a idea for you to try with her if you would like to hear it?
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This particular illustration was a commercial job for a book cover and took me a couple of weeks to paint. Cant say I have much real spare time to play around with things at the moment, but fire away, I'm always happy to hear peoples ideas!!
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here is the idea in this idea Nightsong is teaching a little girl how to play a piano going from the scales and the keys to how to use the pedals and teaches her the song that she learned as a little girl from her mother
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You think you could draw a pic like that?
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Thanks mate - real nice of you to say!
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that goes to my faves too!! congratulations man!!!
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Thanks, and thanks for the fave!
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