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Banshee, read its legend via [link]A legend of irish/scottish fairy lady who predicts or announces one's death by wailing. Some said it sounds like a mix of human wailing and owl moaning. Mmm, I have no idea how owl's moaning sounds like. Some described it to be like two boards scratching each other, which I in fact know how bad it is... I kinda played this 'joke' on some people since it didn't affect me.
Heh. I worked very hard on this and believe it to be one of my best. More to come I hope!Designed for kitchen forum's RPG thing. Also a long study from me. I unfortunately do too many speed paintings which has became a crutch. Not good! I need to get more serious with it! I can do it, yes I can! Big thank you to all Kitcheneers for your support! ^^
A lot of things in it are symbolic, including her hair. It's an incomplete infinite sign, declaring that even though we want to be immortal, the infinite source of life in our body is not possible, something like that. And for the rest, I'll let you use your imagination and feeling to interpret it.
Semi rant: Had both good and bad but LONG weekend. I just wanna call this finished and sleep. Got a lot to do tomorrow :
Chores and commissions for a starter
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I thought it would be appropriate to give you something by the way of proper critique as your reaction to my two liner earlier made me blush e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/p… " width="23" height="15" alt="
I also chose something that was a more than a speedpaint, because with strict time limits you make compromises and mistakes that simply with more time you'd have sorted out yourself.
The colour pallet is nicely suited to the subject, ghostly but with a touch of colour that keeps it from getting too drab. The pose is also very good, dynamic and rhythmic, in particular her outstretched hand. The way the dress frays and dissolves is a nice touch too.
As for the critique bit, there are 3, possibly 4 things I've noted.
First is the angle of her head, torso and outstretched hand versus the one that swings behind her. If I block out the arm behind her, the rest of her upper body mostly works, but together there is something amiss. I have some suspicions on what may be the cause. One is the way her arm behind her doesn't recede into the distance. It looks too close to her body for the short length between her shoulder and elbow to make sense. Doing deep perspective on anatomy can be a bugger. so an easier fix would be to change the lengths of that arm to match the distance it currently occupies. I'm assuming due to the quality of your work you know basic anatomy and realize where the elbow would reach in that case.
I also think the shoulder area that goes to the arm that reaches out towards us is missing some size and definition. It's the shoulder of an arm at rest at your side, not one that has muscle bunching it up for lift and force.
Next is her face. The shading is great, but there is something about the mouth, the way it nearly grazes her nose, that takes some of the drama out of her expression. Thinking duck lips can suck the seriousness out of just about anything e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="
The last thing is the circle behind her. As en element it's a nice touch, but the fact that it's pretty far from a perfect circle is visually distracting. Time for a circular marquee tool I think e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="
I hope this has been useful, and that you now have some proper standard for what is a lengthy comment e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thank you sooooo much Maverchare for your in depth critique lol! Now I see what you mean, you do write a loooooong one, not that it's a bad thing.
And for anatomy issue, you have all good points. It's not exactly my strong point, but that's exactly why I'm trying to do more of those- to poke myself so that I can expand further in my art journey- hopefully in this journey, the knowledge of anatomy will grow on me. And with your help, I'll definitely have some good progress.
Thank you once again! <3
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You're very welcome, and merry Christmas
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Great,I love red and orange lines on her,maybe blood?
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Yeah, I think it's her blood. She's a banshee after all. Hehe! Thanks.
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Such a beautiful work!!! I featured this on my blog with a link back to here. 
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Aw thank you for the feature.
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Of all the banshee art out there, yours I felt was one of the best images. Sad, not terrifying. I've got my banshee short story up for free for now on Smashwords: [link] If it's no long free by the time you see it, let me know and I'll send you a free version.
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I'm reading it as we're speaking. I've downloaded it in pdf format. Thanks.
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Haven't signed into DeviantART for a while and just saw this. I hope you liked it. Kelpie is the next one but I've taken a break from all other projects for personal health issues as well as focusing on a sci-fi novel. If I can raise the money for it, I'll be looking for an illustrator. If you are interested then check in with me from time to time and I'll keep you posted on the progress and let you know when I'm going to be looking for an artist or artists. www.TerraBellum.com Thanks!
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No problem at all, I hope your health issue isn't too serious? In meantime, take a warm break whenever you need it.
I have checked your site out and the idea of earth/space battle seems interesting. It reminds me somewhat of a book called, Ender's gamer. One of my favorite books I read in school. I'll keep on checking your site out now and then.
And for the progress and artist thing, please do keep me posted.
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I'm glad you are interested in Terra Bellum.
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Ok sent you an email.
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Thank you very much brody-lover for the feature! <3
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I just wanted to let you know that I featured this in "Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 41 - Banshee", you can find it here: [link]
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Thank you very much ladyarch for the lovely feature! <3 <3
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This is the stuff I like from you
There's quite some movement and detail (skull at the bottom, and I like how the dress transforms from fog into fabric) in it.
But what's the circle in the background? It feels a bit distracting.
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Thanks FiXato!
However, I think you're somewhat right that it's distracting. I'm afraid I don't know how to fix it.. I'll keep that in mind though for future. Thanks.
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