HOME | DD

Stigmartyr762 In reply to ??? [2011-09-06 19:58:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 In reply to Supercroc93 [2011-09-01 23:11:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

I wanted the background stars to read as a galactic swirl, and the hub of a galaxy always has a big cluster of close, bright stars. This isn't quite *intense* enough, though...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Supercroc93 In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-01 23:13:56 +0000 UTC]

I like it. I think it is great so dont beat yourself up about it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Symbiotic-Muse In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 04:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to Symbiotic-Muse [2011-09-01 23:10:25 +0000 UTC]

Glad ye like.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Symbiotic-Muse In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-02 22:28:49 +0000 UTC]

I like all of your work. You are extraordinarilaly gifted.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

squidink In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 04:22:21 +0000 UTC]

Gah! I love this to death! All that stippling and the stars that shine so beautifully against the black...!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to squidink [2011-09-01 23:10:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

It's not nearly as textural as your pieces tend to be, though. I think I prefer your mixed texture method even more than just-plain-dots.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 In reply to wulfdragyn [2011-09-01 23:09:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 In reply to i-heart-dragons [2011-09-01 23:09:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

Pointillism isn't all that hard; it just takes a lot of patience - I handle the madness by spreading a dot-project out over several weeks.

I'd had unexpectedly good luck with the first couple of Path Between Stars ideas in which I used cats (it was a "fail" and a "pass" for a book illustration); naturally, I wanted to try the same idea with a dragon. Plus, even though I'm not anything like an astrophysicist, I really like the whole galactic swirl thing from a purely visual standpoint.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

crocodiledreams In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 00:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Pretty! Now that you mention the shimmer, you can kinda tell it might up in the top swirl of stars.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to crocodiledreams [2011-09-01 23:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

I tried to pick up some of the highlights with Photoshop tools, though the effect really isn't the same.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 In reply to Rubbish-Spud [2011-09-01 23:06:34 +0000 UTC]

Nah, this one stays black and white as far as my own project pile is concerned. Others are welcome to color it if they want to, though.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Rubbish-Spud In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-01 23:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh, OK then. Love your avatar by the way!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to Rubbish-Spud [2011-09-01 23:23:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks kindly. The avatar is from an older project whose colors turned out particularly nicely.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Rubbish-Spud In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-01 23:33:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 In reply to LycreaMoon [2011-09-01 23:06:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm glad you like this picture - and all the little dots. The dots make an interesting texture, but they do take a long time to put on paper!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

LycreaMoon In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-02 00:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. And it's great that you had the patience to do this. I'd never be able to even do half of how much you did. xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

heartandsouldragon In reply to ??? [2011-08-30 23:31:58 +0000 UTC]

really beautiful!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to heartandsouldragon [2011-09-01 23:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

heartandsouldragon In reply to rachaelm5 [2011-09-01 23:15:26 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

pearwood In reply to ??? [2011-08-30 22:52:06 +0000 UTC]

oooOOOoooh. Shiny.

Beautiful work, Rachael.

Steve

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

rachaelm5 In reply to pearwood [2011-09-01 23:05:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankya kindly.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0