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Ashtoreth — Childhood in Avalon, v.2

Published: 2005-08-22 11:15:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1107; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 31
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Description Well I started this picture a little while ago now and it has always been one of my favourites. So I thought that I would finish it, it is probably on of the only pictures I have drawn a background to cause I am usually way too lazy. However I have finished one and I am pretty happy with it.

The picture is of Morgan Le Fay on the island of Avalon where she grew up and learned her magic. I wanted to draw her young but I am not quite sure what age I would put her at for this picture.

I can't really tell you what I used to create it, perhaps the mech pencil numbers and that are in the other pic description. However I used a hair model for this picture, I don't have the ref picture anymore but I think that it is a Garnier ad or something. I also darkened it on the comp.
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Comments: 19

Otherra [2008-02-14 18:26:33 +0000 UTC]

this is beautiful!! The drawing is great but for some reason it are the details which make me really love this picture. Like the 'hidden' decoration on her forehead and the jewels and the leaves.

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Ashtoreth In reply to Otherra [2008-02-19 00:28:06 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much Otherra! I appreciate your comment ^_^

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ADreamReflected [2008-01-15 19:48:01 +0000 UTC]

This is seriously gorgeous, and I think it's a great rendition of a young Morgan le Fay. She looks sinister and maybe a little mischievous. ;D Great job.

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Ashtoreth In reply to ADreamReflected [2008-01-16 00:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much ^_^ Great comment!

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ADreamReflected In reply to Ashtoreth [2008-01-16 02:43:30 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome. I love Morgan le Fay, and it's nice to see a concept of her not based on some movie.

Oh, I also checked out your gallery too, and it's AMAZING. So many portraits of people I love, like Tarja and Liv Tyler.

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Ashtoreth In reply to ADreamReflected [2008-01-16 03:07:15 +0000 UTC]

Same here, I had to draw here because there was little that I could find of her. An artist called KartK has a beautiful drawing of Morgan if you want to check it out also.

Always great to see more Tarja and Liv fans ^_^

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FreakingMuse [2007-05-08 12:34:18 +0000 UTC]

wow, the picture is amazing! to be honest, this is how i always imagined one of the characters from my story, also an avalon priestess
wonderful picture!

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Ashtoreth In reply to FreakingMuse [2007-05-09 01:29:13 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much FreakingMuse!

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Bozhadahorn [2006-03-01 01:42:25 +0000 UTC]

hey yeah it is from the garnier ad, coz i drew that pic for my filler in my portrait folio...yours is much better by the way...i made mine look chinese lol

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Ashtoreth In reply to Bozhadahorn [2006-03-06 01:37:11 +0000 UTC]

lol, thankyou Bozhadahorn ^_^ I knew it was from some sort of hair product advertisement!

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erythromycin [2005-08-27 03:51:10 +0000 UTC]

Why even give critique? Everytime I swear I have to look at your work with a microscope to see some minor flaw in it. Your such a good artist that you challenge me to find things to harp at you about so you can be challenged in return to be better. You really piss me off Jade, you know that? lmao kiddin

Anywayz this is some near perfect work right here. Absolutely amazing job, the one visible eye is beautifully done and the nose looks remarkably "real". Her hair is alright, there really isn't anything to praise or condemn there as it's black and therefore you can't make out any texture to it that well. As everyone already mentioned the shading is another trademark stellar job by the soon to be famous JCL!!^^ look at the detail on the eyelashes below her eye, that is amazing J, I love the lil details. When you hit things like that, you know your a good artist. The shading and design of the necklace are spectacular as well as the ornamentation on her head and dress.

I like the detail you did for the castle looks pretty good, and the shading for the leaves is excellent as well.

My minor complaints: I dunno if the cleft under the nose is centered, if it's off we're talking the very slightest so you've gotten better at this but I remember you did this once before, where your not lining up the mouth and nose properly. The cleft is the key, and it's the most critical part of the face. It's the last thing you have to master, and you have got this style perfected. Otherwise on one of the towers near the top on the castle there seems to be some fuzziness perhaps because you had to redraw it and didn't get it erased properly. It's the second one on the right side, the higher of the two towers there. Just looks a lil undefined in comparison to the other one. Lastly, the grass seems to have no emotion or life to it. Just Monet style eh J?? Quick pencil strokes and call it good?? Sure it's fine and only an asshole like me would note it, but I think thicker strokes in certain spots to give it some life would have been nice. Looks a lil too thin in certain spots.

But again, these minor issues were seriously under the microscope, I'd still give this piece an easy 9.8/10.

Umm....* run's n' hides * U ROO!

at your talent

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Ashtoreth In reply to erythromycin [2005-08-29 09:24:25 +0000 UTC]

lol...you are a dag ^^

wow, a 9.8 and a fav

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erythromycin In reply to Ashtoreth [2005-08-30 02:11:08 +0000 UTC]

...oh yeah...

I'm sorry I couldn't understand the language of BUMS!! is all I hear.

j/k

not kiddin bout the bum part though!^^

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MaiiiZ [2005-08-23 10:45:50 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful! Great details and shading

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Ashtoreth In reply to MaiiiZ [2005-08-24 12:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much MaiiiZ !!

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Katerina-Art [2005-08-23 10:08:06 +0000 UTC]

beautiful pencilwork!!!!

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Ashtoreth In reply to Katerina-Art [2005-08-24 12:56:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^ I concentrated so hard on the pencil work on this one that my fingers had pencil creases 0_0 lol...

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Christiane [2005-08-22 13:04:52 +0000 UTC]

The face is really pretty, great shading

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Ashtoreth In reply to Christiane [2005-08-23 04:16:27 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much for commenting! I try and work hard on my shading everytime I draw a new piece ^_^

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