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#blue #cold #dark #evil #longhair #portrait #whitehair #woman
Published: 2018-07-05 15:10:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 5817; Favourites: 944; Downloads: 80
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Yet again a slow-to-paint-piece I've worked on since 2015 (I have sooo many work-in-progress pieces and remakes, yet I have such difficulty bringing them to finished stage!)I originally started to work on this in 2015, based on a drawing I did back in 2012, and now brought the thing to finish in 2018. You can't say I'm not thorough with these things lol...
She's a dangerous creature from a dark place, and you best not mess with her. *o*
All comments very welcome!
Painted in Photoshop.
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With the title of deep water, you can definitely imagine the image taking place under the surface
with the way the hair flows and the scale like dress she's wearing
together with the harmonious pale blue palette, its a great effect haha
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Adore the colour palette, also the hair, plus her captivating eyes. Great piece!
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Hey, I haven't had the time to visit DA in the past week and I just noticed your post here! What did you comment about? Don't hesitate to tell me what you think. 
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I love your style so much. Everything you do has a separate uniqueness to them. I still have the one commission you did for me 5 years ago. Every sketch you sent me. And seeing how you still have this talent is amazing. Always looking forward to see more from you~!
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Thank so much, I'm so glad you like the commissioned piece even today.
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There are so many positive comments, I kinda don't want to give my own critique, especially since I'm not an artist. I mostly like this piece but there are a couple things that stop me from loving it.
Would you mind a bit of constructive criticism?
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Of course, feel free to say what's on your mind! I've been real happy with the comments I've gotten on this, but naturally it's good to hear the negatives as well.
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Okay, almost all of the individual pieces are amazing. The face, the hair, the hand... But put together they don't look right. The neck looks like it's connecting directly to the left shoulder. I mean, the hair should look like it's covering up the left shoulder and arm but instead it looks like they just don't exist.Β This also makes it look like there's too much space between the right shoulder and where the neck should be.Β
The root cause of all of this seems to be the positioning of the bust. When you cover up the bust the rest of it suddenly fits in place and it looks amazing. However, the bust just looks off. I kind of looks like it's at a different angle to the rest of the body we see, if that makes any sense. That throws everything out of whack and causes the above mentioned neck/shoulder issues.
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I know what you mean, that was a thing I struggled with for some time and then, to be honest, just decided to stop fiddling once it started to seem that the issue wasn't getting any closer to being resolved. :/
In the beginning the bust was waaaay over somewhere where it shouldn't be, I managed to make it look somewhat better but I agree it's still not quite right. I have a bad habit of abandoning a piece for years if it seems to not go in the right direction and starts to frustrate me too much (thinking that the solution lies in the future once I've gotten better), with this one I just wanted to call it done as it had enough positive things about it to counter the negatives - so in other words it got to the point where was willing to live with the wonkyness of this lady.
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She is beautiful and seems quite dangerous, yes 
I am very found of how you did her hair, it looks very flowy and silky, that's inspiring. The blue tones enforce her kind of ghoslty appearance. She makes me think of a mermaid, in a way (well, a dangerous space mermaid lol).
Aaaah well, I am glad to see that I'm not the only one with the "I take forever to finish a piece" virus lol
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Haha, that vibe sounds about right! Mermaid-theory isn't too far, I just posted a mermaid picture and I just generally love mysterious underwater things. 
I do struggle with perfectionism so that's probably it, needing to adjust and adjust, and 'maybe this could be better if I looked at this again tomorrow and paint it some more'... maybe one day we will learn not to stress so much about perfection, eh?
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Nice
Totally right ^_^ I tend to do the same, but I try to apply the "Finished, not perfect" mantra to advance. Having standards too high is also frustrating sometimes. We will overcome this, I'm sure
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Aw thanks so much, I'm glad you like the new piece as well!
'Finished not perfect' is perfect, I wish I could remember that.
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You're welcome !
Yes, I imagine !
Hope that can help 
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She looks lovely...and deadly, nicely done!
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Ihanat vΓ€rit! Tai ihanasti maalattu? Tldr, IHANA!!
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Kiitos, kiva ettÀ tykkÀÀt!
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The details and coloring look astonishingΒ Β Β Β
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Thank you very much!
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Β I really like the colors and the whole mood of the painting ! The hair is very well done.
In my opinion, hair is one of the most dificult things to paint.
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Thanks! I looove painting hair but yeah, it can be a bit of a challenge at times too! :0
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She's so beautiful, really love her design! :3
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I likeΒ your line flow very much. How stunningly^^
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Thank you! I had to google translate that but I'm pretty sure I understood, hehe.
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^^
:3
Sorry, my english is basic and very bad xD
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It's ok!
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Finishing a piece is, a lot of the time for me, the hardest hurdle as well, I try to sit at my art desk until it's done! No Surrender!!!
It's a gorgeousΒ piece, I hope it becomes easier for you. (Never easy, but easier.)
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Yep, someone once said that the last 10% of the work (aka detailing and refining) takes up 80% of the time or something like that, I agree with the thought as it seems like sketching and laying down basecolors can be sooo much faster than the last bit of making the piece look all neat.
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Haha, I do the same thing with pieces! I just don't have the attention span XD but this is totally worth it. Absolutely love it.Β
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Haha, yeah I mean as long as it gets done some day... pieces that are done for fun should not be terribly stressful anyway.
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