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Malla13 — Swan by-nc-nd

Published: 2008-04-11 15:34:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1096; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 33
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Description A present for my grandmother. Her favorite animal is the swan, so I thought she'd love a painting of one.

This probably isn't the final version since it's still rather messy, but I feel like I haven't done anything for ages besides rework older pieces, so here's some proof that that's just not true!

I was a bit worried about doing feather texture, since I'm not so great at hand-painting them in and overlaying the right photo textures would take forever, but then I realized that swans are so darn soft that just hinting at the feathers would probably work.

Painter IX, references used.
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11011997panic [2020-10-29 19:40:38 +0000 UTC]

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Seasonal-Wolf [2010-06-17 19:11:43 +0000 UTC]

And again: How do you do that texturing? O:<

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Malla13 In reply to Seasonal-Wolf [2010-07-09 13:08:03 +0000 UTC]

I looked at a lot of pictures of feathers to see how the light hits them. Once I figured out where my highlights and shadows would be I used soft feathery brushes to apply color while adding a little bit of fluffly texture.

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mitchellnelson [2008-04-12 10:00:51 +0000 UTC]

omg thats so amazing!!!!!

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Malla13 In reply to mitchellnelson [2008-04-12 14:14:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Glad you think so!

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mitchellnelson In reply to Malla13 [2008-04-12 19:58:14 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!

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faerywitch [2008-04-12 00:34:33 +0000 UTC]

Aww! That is really beautiful, I love the soothing colors. I am sure she will love it.

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Malla13 In reply to faerywitch [2008-04-12 02:45:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^_^ I sure hope she does.

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mchell-mal [2008-04-11 21:19:33 +0000 UTC]

love the colors!

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Malla13 In reply to mchell-mal [2008-04-11 22:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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HaywireVisions [2008-04-11 17:00:54 +0000 UTC]

Very nicely done. I'm sure she will love it.

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Malla13 In reply to HaywireVisions [2008-04-11 18:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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