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A Helping Hand by ~FlameRaven:iconFlameRaven:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Illustrations > Storybook

©2009 ~FlameRaven
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Second project for my digital class. The idea was to practice painting in Photoshop without lines, as I usually do. I figured if I was going to be trying a new technique, I might as well do it with a familiar subject... so here we have Mink and Puppy, off on more adventures.

It took me awhile to come up with the composition. I knew I wanted ruins and crumbly stone and I wanted some of those crazy tree roots that you see in Cambodian temples and beyond that... well, I didn't really know. But many sketches later, I finally got it.

As for what's up with those relief carvings, I'm sure I don't know. I drew in arches and knew I wanted carvings in there and... the figure with the hood just sort of showed up. Who they are or what they're doing, I have no idea. But they look cool. :D;

The final result took awhile, but I'm very, very pleased with it. Painting without lines turned out to be not too bad, although it definitely did take longer.

Mink and Puppy (c) Beth Zyglowicz 2003-2009
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~ninjahijinx Mar 24, 2009, 11:23:36 AM
Very nice! I like the creature and the relief carvings best, but it all fits together nicely and is fun to look at.
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~faerysong Mar 24, 2009, 11:53:26 AM
oh my gosh, that is absolutely amazing!!!! how many layers did you end up using? (if you say one, I'm certain I'll faint!)

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~FlameRaven Mar 24, 2009, 12:02:13 PM
Overall, it was like... 20. But I'm very lazy with layers so I sort of made a bunch, built up the basics underneath the lines, then flattened all of those, and then had a bunch of layers on top. There was definitely one layer each for Mink, Puppy, the background, the tree/roots, and the stone. Although it wasn't perfect, because again, I'm very sloppy with layers. And I had to do some corrections, so maybe a few more. o__o
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~dwolv Mar 24, 2009, 6:14:11 PM
wonderful. I like the amount of detail don in the cement.

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~Ferreter Mar 24, 2009, 8:29:19 PM
Jee, I wonder who that character is lol
The ruins and reliefs are sweet looking.

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~FlameRaven Mar 25, 2009, 6:55:51 AM
Mink is by far my oldest character, but still awesome. ;)
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~SumDood Mar 27, 2009, 5:40:54 AM
Nice. I like it.
Good work.
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~Transmutable Mar 31, 2009, 11:27:08 PM
I had forgotten how awesome bears with antlers are.

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