@Claidis
Lauren Rankin
I drew this for a contest that I unfortunately lost. I later learned the criteria was not how well-drawn the image was but how well you "captured the personality of the character". Needless to say I thought it was bullsh*t. Um..I'm somewhat less than pleased with the foresty background, particularly the left side. That's supposed to be sunlight streaming through dark forest trees.
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Yeah, the skirt is one of my favorite parts too. And I was worried about the "magic" effects too, since I don't think I've attempted anything quite the same yet.
And thank you always for your kind and gracious comments! I really have to go re-raid your gallery soon and return the favors, heh.
This is a really beautiful piece--what is it, markers, colorec pencils mixed? Maybe a tad of CG? Please let me know how you created this lovely image--especially the sparkle effect. It makes her look so... radiant.
The beams of light in the background were something I also attempted in my image 'green.' I would suggest that giving them more yellow would help to emphasize the idea that they are light--although they would have a green tint, coming through the leaves. Also, I think they would have a more transparent quality--you would still see the tree trunks through them, and whatnot.
The detail in this image is simply amazing. I really do love the plant life--it's absolutely perfect for the Goddess of Life. I love the black frame around it as well--it brings out the colors and gives it such a professional look. Consider selling prints of this piece? I bet they would sell like hotcakes--well, better, since I don't think I've ever really bought a hotcake, but I would buy something as lovely as this.
Thank you! It's mostly colored pencils and markers, yep. The CG part of it is just a tad bit more shading on the tree trunk, and of course, the sparklies. Those are just some simple, standard Photoshop brush though, nothing difficult to do.
Yeah, the sunlight left me a bit stumped, and I started rushing towards the end to get this image sent in to the contest owner before the deadline. I'll take that into future reference though shall I ever be doing another with radiant beams of sunlight, heh. I also noticed, they need to be straighter as well to make it seem like they're all coming from the same light source.
As for the black border, another Photoshop trick---just increasing the canvas size with black as the selected background color and then cropping it as you like it. Some nifty text on the bottom is good too.
And prints! I'm so flattered you'd want one of this! I'm not sure when or even really how to go about starting to sell prints of my work, but I may sign up with DeviantART prints soon.
Thank you ever so kindly for your comment as well, and for previous ones! I appreciate them a lot.
Wow. Nice job with this--I love the way you've colored everything, and also the design of her skirt. The magic effects are really nice and subtle.
Keep up the nice work!