Sijun Forums :: View topic - Lady with a mask (now posted in the right forum)

Enayla · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 1:55 pm

I'm so stupid. I posted this in random musings, first, not looking. Kill me, someone?

Anyway. I had one of those awfully productive days. This was done in about three hours.

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WitchLord · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:02 pm

Amazing

Only three hours and you get this incredibly result.

I'm not sure if you wanted crit or not, but here goes anyway. Obviously her body isn't finished, but also her chin is a bit too sharp edged I think. Her left eye (our right) seems to be a bit too wide, but maybe that's just shadows playing tricks with my eyes.

You really need to get yourself a nice homepage where you can show your best stuff. Or if you already have one, why don't you put it in your profile?

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Spydur · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:06 pm

3 hours! DAMN!
It would take me 3 days to get the hair to look like that.

Enayla · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:09 pm

Witchlord: I'm working on the eye right now - you're right... and trying to soften the look of her chin a little. I'll see how it turns out. When it comes to her body...

Well, no, not finished... but I lost patience with it. I do that sometime. As to the webpage... no. I'm afraid I don't have the time to design one right now. Got my art up on Elfwood and Toonscape however.

Spydur: Admittedly, I had part of her mask finished before that

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Axl · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:12 pm

Amazing piece. What resolution did you do this in?
Personally I don't see the problems that have been pointed out by WitchLord, but maybe that's down to different views.
One thing that does stand out to me is her nose. I found it a little hard to see the nose ring, it almost blends in with her face.
Possibly changing the ring to a darker bronze might help.

Enayla · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:16 pm

Thanks.

The original piece is about 2000 pixels high, and 1500 wide.

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rdgraffix · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:27 pm

Damn, that's nice!
I love it, esp. the beautiful shadow tone over her chest. Personally, I like to loose feel of her body, which contrasts with the detail of her hair and mask, and to overwork it might be a mistake.
Great work!

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Awetopsy · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:36 pm

WOW!! Thats beautiful. I love this peice. The only 1 thing i see that I would crit is that her tiara seems a bit crooked... like its sitting slightly off angle... and the skin on her arm seems a bit pasty... especially around the highlight..... but gorgeous work my man

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SporQ · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:54 pm

dang it Enayla, you need to quit making these kick ass pictures, your're making the rest of us look bad.

cant wait to see the finished piece.

SporQ

[edit]what's your elfwood page?

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Solitaire · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:12 pm

are you a machine? - you throw one cool artwork after another into the ring....

but look carefully to her hairs - they look kinda artificial; like rubber or latex. (the hair on the elf-like guy in your previous post was much better - at least I think that one was your's)

CyberLink · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:28 pm

WOW. The mask seems to be a bit flat especially in the place that is right over the nose (or probably my notebook shows wrong colors). But anyway this looks really amazing

Enayla · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:28 pm

Yep, I /am/ a machine! I'm surprised someone finally figured that out. A weird scientist created me out of sheer cruelty.

But as to the picture... you're right about the hair, Solitaire (Woohoo, I rhymed!

) ... I've already fixed it, as you'll see once I've done a bit more on the picture and uploaded the new version

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Enayla · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 4:25 pm

*Sigh* Ah, man, looks like the updated version will be long in coming. I lost my inspiration in the middle of the pic.

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Dryfire · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:11 pm

Crap man! Thats goin in my "AWESOME Pics!!!" folder!

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EviLToYLeT · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:12 pm

Excellent picture. Very nice

The things that look a bit odd are the tiara and the mask... both a little flat looking to me. Probably need darker shadows lighter highlights. But very nice look overall. Details great, can even see her eyelashes

And one place that is a bit wierd to me is the shoulder. Keep thinking that there should be more Shadow around that area and the neck... By the way, I personally like the hair ...not sure if you updated the new one or not yet. But woot! Great in 3 hours. Damn productive you are.

surferboi · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:32 pm

could you make a higher rez picture of it made available... i think its awesome

dr . bang · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:35 pm

Very awesome!!!!! i also demmand a higher res version of this pic!

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Hrm...I've seen this before somewhere...

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Solitaire · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 9:59 pm

...maybe in venice

yeah I demand a high rez, too!

ForgottenDavey · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 11:51 pm

As alway Enayla...

...beautiful...

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Enayla · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 1:54 am

http://www.geocities.com/dance_of_winters/countesslarge.jpg

There you go, people! A larger version. STILL not finished, but what the hey ...

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Enayla · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 2:08 am

Heh, and I'm hoping Visigoth isn't trying to imply I've stolen the picture from someone else. Not that I'm worried

And I forgot to thank everyone for their very useful comments! I'll try fixing the image when I get the inspiration and time

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kimzoll · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 5:08 am

very sensual, nice design on the mask, like the colours, only crit is...wheres the rest of her (I can imagine) killer body!!!

Kim

Enayla · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 7:41 am

Kimzoll: I'm afraid that's my big problem right now. I can't seem to draw her a nice body. Which is where I got stuck

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Dives · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 7:53 am

groovy, luv it. There is something weird with ther face (color or something).

Rag · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 8:17 am

Reminds me of Olivia De Berardinis' work. Love the velvety hair. Is that a word?

solidtransient · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 8:59 am

That is an amazing piece of art. Do you have a website so we can see more of your work? I really like the mask on that pic. geez...I dont know what else to say...wow.

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Enayla · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 9:09 am

Solid: Well... since I suck at site designing, I haven't got an actual webpage of my own right now

But I do have my art up on Elfwood:Here
And Toonscape: Here

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WitchLord · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2000 1:21 am

Well, if you want some help with designing your homepage. I'm sure that almost everyone here would be pleased to help you. I know I would, even though I'm not all that good at it myself

I checked out your galleries and I must say that I'm stunned. I know it might be considered rude to ask how old a lady is but I just have to know. Do you mind telling me?

Sometime in the future maybe I too will be able to do pictures as amazing as yours. My major obstacle for obtaining that goal is that I don't draw enough since I'm a programmer by heart.

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Enayla · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2000 1:43 am

Witchlord: You should be careful what you offer, or I might just go ahead and ask

Naw, I wouldn't want to force a lot of people to design a page for me... no matter how tempting that may be.

As to how old I am... eheh... I'm an old lady. Or not really. 23 years.

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