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DeborahLewis — Belladonna Rouge

Published: 2009-06-16 18:34:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 2214; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 79
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Description ...I haven't drawn one of these since my early teens...

This is my entry for the Seventh Sanctum [link] contest.

I used the vampire generator and got:
"This personable female vampire has narrow brown eyes. Her luxurious, straight charcoal-colored hair is medium length and is worn in a business-like, simple style. She is tall and has a graceful build. Her skins in china white. She can turn into a flock of bats. She has the standard vampiric disabilities. She subsists on human flesh and blood."
mixed with the fantasy Name Generator Extreme.
Her name is Belladonna Rouge.

She's not the only entry I've drawn, but she was the easiest to do.
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Comments: 19

deviantwin15 [2012-10-19 11:42:32 +0000 UTC]

more ss-vampires please ! you are amzing !

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Lesleigh63 [2009-07-17 05:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Great painting.

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DeborahLewis In reply to Lesleigh63 [2009-07-18 16:42:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

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gomas-sketches [2009-06-17 18:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, it's amazing!!! It's so detailed, and I adore her left hand

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DeborahLewis In reply to gomas-sketches [2009-06-17 19:43:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Kid-Apocalypse [2009-06-17 04:22:07 +0000 UTC]

I love the blending on the bats' wings--it looks kind of like a chalk-drawing of leather in places, a nice effect. (even if you didn't intend it ) And I like the way the focus is immediately drawn to her face, the detail there is the most finely developed, and the lighting is more dramatic.

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DeborahLewis In reply to Kid-Apocalypse [2009-06-17 15:12:43 +0000 UTC]

The bats were almost a pain to do...there's not a lot of detail to 'em, if you din't notice.
I really did try the lighting effect used in some of the earlier celebrity photos! Y'know they just don't shoot 'em like they used to. Thenk ye...thenk ye...

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Kid-Apocalypse In reply to DeborahLewis [2009-06-17 22:21:31 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, you managed to fake in more than bloody-minded effort accounts for, maybe?
It does have a sort of olde time glamour photo shoot feel to it, now you mention. Like those really old sepia photos you can find if you look, but...yeah, with colour.

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DeborahLewis In reply to Kid-Apocalypse [2009-06-18 17:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, we'll go with that.

Any more, I look for studio shots with dramatic lighting...to me, that's talent, as opposed to someone just sitting there with their fingers supporting their chin like it's going to sag to the floor if they don't.

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Kid-Apocalypse In reply to DeborahLewis [2009-06-19 02:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Works as well as anything.

I think I actually know exactly what you're talking about.

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DeborahLewis In reply to Kid-Apocalypse [2009-06-23 17:04:05 +0000 UTC]



I was perusing the old photos on the 'net, and becoming further inspired. They really did know how to take good photos then...

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Kid-Apocalypse In reply to DeborahLewis [2009-06-23 17:21:24 +0000 UTC]

They do have a certain atmosphere that you don't see in the days of snapshots.

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DeborahLewis In reply to Kid-Apocalypse [2009-06-24 18:46:59 +0000 UTC]

That's talent, as far as I'm concerned.

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Kid-Apocalypse In reply to DeborahLewis [2009-06-24 22:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Completely! And no small amount of panache.

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Cei-Ellem [2009-06-16 23:04:44 +0000 UTC]

Did you get this in on time?

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DeborahLewis In reply to Cei-Ellem [2009-06-17 15:14:15 +0000 UTC]

Did the deadline change? I believe it's still July 15th.

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Cei-Ellem In reply to DeborahLewis [2009-06-17 16:42:59 +0000 UTC]

Ah, yeah. Sorry. My brain was sleepy at the time

Things have been pretty hectic lately, to say the least.

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VFireFalcon [2009-06-16 19:13:56 +0000 UTC]

Interesting piece. I'm not really one for vampires, but you did a great job, especially on her hands. They're so textural and savage looking, while at the same time looking strangely feminine - very vampiric.

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DeborahLewis In reply to VFireFalcon [2009-06-16 19:18:05 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm not really one for them, either, but as it's a contest...
Thank you. I tried to base the lighting on the old photo shots of the early Hollywood stars.

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