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necroscension — Belinda in a Swimsuit
Published: 2010-05-13 16:52:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 17225; Favourites: 436; Downloads: 0
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Another piece of artwork from the ever-awesome Mike DeBalfo of Belinda of Zenescope's Grimm's Fairy Tales. Many thanks for allowing me to color this one!First time I've ever colored water that is more close-up. I think it's decent--it's hit or miss. But, I definitely know what to do the next time I wind up needing to color water.
Lines can be found here:
Lines: Mike DeBalfo
Colors: me
As always, comments and crits are welcome.
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Comments: 40
Great effects with the drawing and the color. I love he effect with the water. Most excellent!
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Wow, the water is awesome!
Did you use filters and/or textures or did you hand-paint it?
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Both actually. I mention what I did a few comments down.
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I really like the softness of the shading of the woman and the texture of the tile to give this nice terracotta like (IMO) look.
You can still have soft shading without being too soft. Try blending where the light and shadow meets. It makes the transition to light and dark blend more smoothly and adds more dimension.
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There's as much hard brush as soft brush in this one. There is even texture in the skin. Sadly the texture doesn't come out too well at this size. It was colored at 11x17 at 600 dpi, so it was easy to get a soft transition in the skin. Personally, too much hard lines on a woman makes her more masculine.
The water could have been done better, though.
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Wish I had a clue on how to color water like this. Love the textures and the metal is just popping out - great work!
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What I did--use the Clouds filter in Photoshop. Then use the Ripple filter set to Large and 999, then use the Ripple filter again set to Medium and 999.
I enlarged and warped it (using the transform tools) so that it fit better. I then used the paint brush and attemted to fix parts that didn't go along with the pencils. This piece is hit or miss, but at least I what I need to do next time.
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Ah, I see... thanks so much for sharing your tip.
I don't use the filters much because I've got no clue on how to work with them. So now I get to use them.
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Yeah, I usually avoid them as well. But sometimes they can come in handy.
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She's the antagonist of Sela. Each issue(s) of the series deals with a situation that mirrors a fairy tale. Sela usually tells a specific tale to a person to hopefully help him/her make the right decision, whereas Belinda tells the story to seal that person's fate.
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Ah, what's her reason for doing so?
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You know, I don't remember... LOL I had stopped reading the series shortly after the Pinocchio story.
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Huh, okay then...
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Gorgeous work! So how did the submissions to Xeno work out anyway?
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Still waiting to hear, but I do know they've got the packet and that they are now looking. I'll make sure you'll be one of the first to find out.
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Very cool! Good luck with it, though with your skill they'd be foolish not to!
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Really nice job. You are a force to be reckoned with!
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LOL the Borat icon seemed so random (though it probably wasn't)
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calculated randomness?
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It's not a reference to anything? If not somehow that makes it ten times as awesome
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Idaknow man, I really think you need to use more hard brushes for your coloring. This is too soft.
***looks around****
Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
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