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Published: 2009-04-17 23:18:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 1482; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 28
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Witchazel is a character of mine - a half-elven druid who sometimes veers a little more to the evil side of the balance. I wanted to create an image of a woman in believable and usable leather armour (definitely no leather lingerie!), carrying a carved wooden staff that magically sprouts living witch hazel blossoms. I started with what is actually a very masculine image (wonderful leather armour modeled by the very manly Thomas). This made for a lot of work; but the colours and design were simply perfect. Most of the work I’ve done is fairly obvious, but more subtle changes include tweaks to the expression, and a lot of work to reconfigure her hair.Detail of the face and armour motif - [link]
There are a lot of source links here, but believe me they are worth following up.
Source Images
* Body and Armour [link]
A Linzstock shot of Thomas in the truly awe inspiring Gargoyle Armour.
* Face [link]
Adapted from a shot of SariennStock, in an elf-like pose.
* Staff - base [link]
Taken from the Green Man 2 image, by HauntingVisionsStock
* Staff - flowers [link]
Japanese witch Hazel by BCBallard (creative commons stock on Flickr)
* Stone wall [link]
A Fountains Abbey wall, from one of the wonderful high-res stock packs by CausticStock [link]
(Sorry I missed this link when I first posted)
Made entirely in Adobe Photoshop CS3, over way more hours than I care to admit!
The following clubs have permission to show my art in their galleries.
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Comments: 26
Thanks muchly. I was practising a lot of techniques and also experimenting as well .. it was great fun
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will you must be very dedicated, that must have taken a long time i sure as hell wouldn't be able for it, i am in wow of how you shaped that body armor 10/10
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This is amazing! You are truly a master of photomanipulation! I can't believe you could make this out of those source images... fantastic!
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Thanks muchly. I feel very flattered
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Hehe, that's a cute emote, I've never seen that one
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Hiya! here to critique! (Sorry about the enormous wait, there were so many responses! I still have more than 100 to go, not counting the disqualified people who posted 3+ pics/collabs! ><
One comment I have to make regarding pics made of stock-I generally consider them collaborations. The only reason I chose to critique this one was because there was so much photo-editing and work that was done by you that I consider it a full work of art, it would take me months to do that. (Not that I have the patience or time for that these days...)
So lets begin!
First the bad.
*The ear doesn't look like it belongs...at all. It would have been better to leave it out/edit hair to flow over it. It is too low of a resolution, it is blurry...etc.
*The position of the staff is a bit awkward. It is going right up against the inner thigh...that is a bit too risque...
*The stick is casting a bit of shadow, but the flowers are not. I can understand refraction of light, and how flowers would give a blurry shadow, but I don't see one for the flowers on the staff.
*This last negative is the most awkward...did you remember to edit the pants? Girls don't exactly have 'stuff' down there to give off such a bulge....
[awkward silence...crickets chirp...]
Anyways! Onto the good!
*I can't believe you turned a boy into a girl. 0.o Did the original artist see this/comment on this? ^-^ That must be beyond strange to see such a thing, especially if he/she is/knows the model. ^-^
*The blending of multiple stock was smooth, and relatively seamless.
*You effectively created something entirely new out of multiple old things-you are an artist! ^_^
Overall this pic is really a great photo-edit, I give it a 4.5/5 I only wish you had fixed the whole ' pants situation '...
The worst part was that it wasn't me who pointed it out, it was my boyfriend. He thought I was staring at a cross dresser and was typing him a message.
...
Awkward.
He now thinks I'm a freak.
I'm gonna make him cross-dress now, and he'll have YOU to blame. ^-^
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Many thanks for such a detailed and helful critique. I'm not making any changes for the while as I'm not sure I can succesfully unravel all the layers.
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I can understand the sentiment, I hate going back because I never name the layers. ^_^ Still an amazing edit overall. ^_^
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Thanks muchly. Thats a big part of what I try to do with my art, mix the fantastical with photorealism, so your comment gives me a great buzz.
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Lol your welcome! Well your doing a great job at it!
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I'm so glad you like it. It's YOUR face so your reaction is very important
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Kind of weird result. but, yeah, nice photoshop
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Thanks muchly. The one I'm currently working on is even weirder *evil grin*
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You are welcome. Please if you can, come to my gallery to take a look and tell me what you think!
Thanks
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This is breathtaking! I thought I was looking at a film clip from LOTR.
Thank you so much for using my stock!
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You've made my evening with this comment. I'm a complete LOTR nut, and that's exactly the kind of feel I was aiming at. HUGE grin from me!
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