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mikemayhew — Vampirella 6 Cover Painting
Published: 2009-11-04 00:59:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 23534; Favourites: 748; Downloads: 1112
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11x17 in acrylic.Related content
Comments: 84
This is a really cool piece and I love the background along with the action. I also think her hair came out really awesome!
Since you want me to pick this apart for you however I guess I could say that the contrast on the rest of the body could be improved to match the face. Underneath her eyes could use a tad softening and she could look less like Uma Thurman and more like Vampirella. The guns could use more finishing and the head looks like it may be a tad on the small side.
You may also want to try and bring her into the background with a backlight.
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its so good and a great mix of drawing and paints/colour skills and it kind of looks like china the wrestler that made me giggle but honestly its so good
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I like how intense she looks. Nobody will mess with her!
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Is any of this airbrushing? the background looks like a "wet on wet" method was used, it's sooo beautiful, but her skin tone is sooo perfect... how did you get it so smooth?
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I use a tiny bit of airbrush to smooth out many layers of very thinned acrylic wash.
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Ahh I thought maybe so. That's so great. I admire airbrushing so much, and I just don't see a lot of traditional airbrushing any more (carnival t-shirts aside 
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You like Desert Eagles
V is my all time favourite female character, and this one is made by a true master.
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amazing. I love the shading.. makes me want to get my airbrush fixed so badly.
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I just picked up this comic book issue and the cover is a big eye catcher. Great job.
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Acrylic you say, not bad, not bad at al!! Onlu thing I have to say her belly button is a bit ... uhm ... black
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Reminds me of Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction . Which is fine with me . I think the piece looks sexy and dangerous at the same time . I don't recall ever seeing Vampirella with guns , but I love it .
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stunning!
(although the belly button seems a bit... extreme)
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Dude, This is KILLER. The wild bits of hair give this piece motion.
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Unbelievably realistic, stunning, ... /mumbles as he looks for more adjectives...
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yes, some. To smooth out the brushwork of the many thin layers of wash.
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wow vampirella now use guns
is the bullets silver?
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Now that's some hot stuff right there. Mmhhmm, yes sir!
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I see in your gallery that your work with the expressions of the characters is very very good!
You always make your characters very natural,very realistic. I think this is the greatest part of this illustrations, you feel the soul of the characters.
Love the eyes and lips of Vampi here... well, not only the eyes and lips!!
Congratulations
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You're a genius, man.
One day I will get close to your level!
Hug
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Cool!
Did you ever mention why you've switched from acrylic to watercolor in your newer work?
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watercolor is more forgiving, and I can be more experimental with my color choices since the paint mixes on the the paper, as opposed to acrylic which just stays put.
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Interesting, thanks for the info.
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amazing i wish i could work a brush but alas i have no skill with that i must say though taht i just bought prisma markers and will have some new stuff up so i cnt wait. lol i love coloring
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Great Dramatic Piece mate. Great work on the foreshortened biceps, that's not easy to do.
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Truly the best Vampirella and use of acrylics I've seen to render her. I'd love to get some insight into your process and add something new to my repertoire. Cheers!
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I like it 
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this is amazing, i work with acrylics also, but i cant seam to get that color brightness & brilliance. Truly amazing.
Any chance u wanna share ur color palette. I have a hard time wih skin tone mixing
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The best vampirella cover... well one of it, at least.
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