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Oil pastel on bristol. A design I did for a friend. I ended up loving the design so I kept drawing her beyond just mapping her out for her visual look. She is a black widow in human form with an eye for a pseudo-Victorian fashion. Some of the piece has been touched up digitally in photoshop.2007
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i absolutely love this, the only thing i have to say is her neck looks a bit off. maybe a little too long.but i really love this, the colors are rich and dark it adds to the over all mood
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The enlongated neck and limbs are intentional as part of stylization. I find boredom in the perfection of anatmy, especially when it comes to cartoon works.
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very beautiful, very nice... Wooo, that drawing inspiring, inspired me here...
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I love her smug expression despite the bleeding skeleton next to her, if that was me I'd look a little like this:
XD haa, but I do really like this-its very dark and pretty
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Amazing shapes, the short supple skin and sharp cold talons, wispy hair, truly inspiring forms. I love how the skeletal figure is just partly within the canvas, for a portrait there's a lot of interesting going on here.
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This is fabulously eerie! The black widow motif and her overall look are very similar to a story I started writing but lost interest in. This may be the inspiration I need!
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Have you ever seen the Magic the Gathering card called Diabolic Tutor? This looks like a female version of it. I absolutely love that.
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Nope, can't say I've seen it! Man, I haven't seen a Magic card since high school. brings back memories!
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That is really pretty! She looks so sinister. Man, it is so wonderful to see your art again!
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Wow, she's beautiful. Love the design and especially how you drew her face and hair, here. =3
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There's a wonderfully consistency in all your public displays despite the various mediums use. I must ask is the jewel in the pendant altered digitally or does it really glow on the original canvas?
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Altered digitally, though if I painted some gouache on the canvas I could make it glow. Just kind of lazy I guess haha.
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Oh man, if I had nails like that I would scrape them on people's bedroom windows at night.. while they slept.
Also, I love her hair.
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no fashion like pseudo-victorian fashion <3 i like how your colors are always so rich despite the dark mood.
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That's gorgeous. I love the skeleton, and the shading. Her stylized hands are creepy as shit but IN THE COOLEST WAY EVER.
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Thanks! Though I really wish I had done her hand at a more interesting angle/pose
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I think that simple pose works well- makes it freaky cause she's so unmoved by the skele's presence.
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Mmmmmf, such fantastic rich colors... *admires gleefully* She looks BADASS.
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Its A Decent Whatever you used on it the balace however is a tad crooked...sorry im verrryyy much a perfectionist...
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Oh I did not even notice the balance issue! thank you.
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no prop i do it to every body all the time
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Sometimes I just have a hard time telling when the balance is off after I've manually cropped something. I really should get over my laziness of utilizing photoshop beyond its manual controls
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