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Published: 2010-05-19 22:50:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 31227; Favourites: 903; Downloads: 857
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Description Here's a picture that I finished in April 2010 and have just been too lazy to upload. I actually sold a print of it at Star Fest in Denver, CO about a month ago and even one first place in Fantasy so I was pretty happy Hope you enjoy!

Approximately 33 Hours to complete in Photoshop CS4

Copyright Blake Henriksen
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Comments: 47

ultimatede [2012-04-11 19:06:45 +0000 UTC]

I love this, so many details. It's an awesome picture, the only thing that seems off is the strap to her sword. It doesn't go around her, it seems like it just goes to her neck. Otherwise fantastic work

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Erozja [2011-08-12 15:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Hi!

You've been featured in my news ('BEST OF: dA-Supporters group - 3 ') here: [link]

P.S. Please this article if you like it and fave other works!

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pinkhavok In reply to Erozja [2011-08-13 05:06:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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Erozja In reply to pinkhavok [2011-08-13 09:16:54 +0000 UTC]

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Mitia-Arcturus [2011-02-23 18:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Hi ...Dear ... dolphinboy2000 ...!!!
Your Fantastic Art work
... The Elf Rider
is featured in Action-Portraits...!!!.... In One Word...MAGNIFICIENT...!!!
if you don't mind................................................."This is an invitation to Joint... Just in case if you are not in already ...!!!"
best regards.....................You're most welcome in Action-Portraits...!!!

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xGreatCthulhux [2011-01-24 05:03:10 +0000 UTC]

Well done! Love some of the details!

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SunOwl [2011-01-09 00:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work. Just the perfect amount of detail.

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pinkhavok In reply to SunOwl [2011-01-09 04:16:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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fazzzzza [2010-12-16 17:09:55 +0000 UTC]

wonderful piece of art!!!

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Unicornmistress [2010-10-21 06:23:43 +0000 UTC]

wow it's beautiful

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str4yk1tt3n [2010-10-20 21:42:51 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work.

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Elchanan [2010-10-19 23:13:21 +0000 UTC]

OMG, you did a great job on this one!

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pinkhavok In reply to Elchanan [2010-10-20 17:35:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much

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Elchanan In reply to pinkhavok [2010-10-21 01:14:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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EqualToYou [2010-10-19 06:45:23 +0000 UTC]

and this one.. yur really popular amongst us arnt you lol ^_^;

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pinkhavok In reply to EqualToYou [2010-10-19 16:57:54 +0000 UTC]

LOL! Yeah they're all over AIC LOL You can thank Tom Flannagan for that

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EqualToYou In reply to pinkhavok [2010-10-19 17:33:21 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, he's pretty supportive. Did you graduate?

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pinkhavok In reply to EqualToYou [2010-10-19 20:00:53 +0000 UTC]

Yeah last quarter How about you? How long do you have left?

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EqualToYou In reply to pinkhavok [2010-10-20 05:15:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh gawd, two years to go, this is my sixth quarter. lol did you see tom last quarter, he was so cute decorating the 8th floor. It's completely renovated. 810 is full of new stuff, theres nothing about it that's left the same really. It looks good. Congrats though! Did you start work or what?

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pinkhavok In reply to EqualToYou [2010-10-20 17:37:32 +0000 UTC]

2 years is a long time but it goes pretty fast Yeah I saw the hall, all renovated and what not so it's cool to see all the different art up around the school. Yeah I started work at a company in Boulder as a freelance concept artist. It's fun but I'll have to see if it becomes permanent. Otherwise off to find more permanent work

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EqualToYou In reply to pinkhavok [2010-10-20 20:16:20 +0000 UTC]

freelancing already aye? Nice going! Best of luck then!

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Marcusrafaelft [2010-10-19 05:16:00 +0000 UTC]

Very Great work!!!

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pinkhavok In reply to Marcusrafaelft [2010-10-19 16:56:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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yanikaRed [2010-10-19 02:52:32 +0000 UTC]

I am speechless at the beauty of this!

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pinkhavok In reply to yanikaRed [2010-10-19 16:56:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the kind words

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Treyos [2010-10-18 13:36:17 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work! Her look reminds me of the lead character from my novel, except that Maellory uses a scimitar that she wears at the waist.

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Elmihy [2010-10-17 20:24:09 +0000 UTC]

I love the telescope (and the unicorn)! It's a unique touch! Everything in this picture comes together so nicely...

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Girl-ninja [2010-10-17 15:50:42 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Moumou38 [2010-10-17 08:16:55 +0000 UTC]

It is indeed an awesome drawings, I love all of the details and the fact that we can make the difference between the textures...I mean leather looks like leather and mtal looks like metal for example.

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pinkhavok In reply to Moumou38 [2010-10-17 08:39:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you can tell the difference between the textures and enjoy the detail!

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TarienCole [2010-10-17 05:12:54 +0000 UTC]

I like her look, and the spyglass. Very nice.

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pinkhavok In reply to TarienCole [2010-10-17 05:14:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Mistgod [2010-10-17 00:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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pinkhavok In reply to Mistgod [2010-10-17 00:24:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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Arah019 [2010-10-16 21:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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pinkhavok In reply to Arah019 [2010-10-16 23:00:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Selenada [2010-08-24 16:59:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh..that is so extremely beautiful!! What a details. Beautiful unicorn and the lady is very beautiful.

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pinkhavok In reply to Selenada [2010-08-24 17:32:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Darkroot27 [2010-05-21 15:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Looks great! I really like the detail in the horse and the horse face plate. The girls face looks really good as well. Nice work!

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pinkhavok In reply to Darkroot27 [2010-05-25 13:38:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bro!

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Darkroot27 In reply to pinkhavok [2010-05-25 20:49:04 +0000 UTC]

no prob!

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NitWhit [2010-05-20 04:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Utterly gorgeous from the the woman and the horse all the way to the fraying detail on the cloak.

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pinkhavok In reply to NitWhit [2010-05-20 14:04:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kind words

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richardnorth [2010-05-19 23:01:14 +0000 UTC]

wow, i like this one too.
You've got a cool style and lots of talen.
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Ps - what did you think to the work in my gallery.
Some feedback would be great

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pinkhavok In reply to richardnorth [2010-05-20 14:04:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much As to your gallery I like that you have so many different styles, you're photography especially looks nice. I like your pieces with food as those are fun. As far as your paintings go I think you've definitely have strengths in you architectural and mechanical pieces. You seem to have good control of acrylics, watercolors and pastels. I especially like your "Incomplete" piece. Traditional media, like digital media is very difficult and far less forgiving so kudos to you for doing so well. As far as your people go, they look a little flat. It's always difficult to create the look of shape and volume whether with color or pencil so that is an area I would work on. Mainly it's just practice though. Use a lot of reference for your pics and that will help to create believability. It's something I still struggle with all the time so we just have to keep working and striving for that unattainable goal

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richardnorth In reply to pinkhavok [2010-05-20 15:53:29 +0000 UTC]

thankyou.
Also thanks for all the faves and feedback.
I really need to rethink the way i do digital art.
The lack of popularity they had recieved is the acid test.
I have some ideas but i may wait until i buy a more diverse piece of software.
Arcsoft media impression is very limited.
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The people. i see your point.
The only thing i will say is that i have opted to try to work without references.
Sometimes making them look realistic is not the most important thing.
I'm trying to improve the area of capturing expressions correctly.
And i believe that success in that area will come from studying real people in real time as opposed to photos and magazine pictures.
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Once again thankyou very much for taking the time to observe my work

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pinkhavok In reply to richardnorth [2010-05-20 16:02:27 +0000 UTC]

No problem yeah I know what you mean about being realistic, it all depends on the look your going for. I myself really like paintings that have a more comic book look to them. Marko Djurdjevic is by far my favorite painter out there, though you'll probably never be able to tell by my style lol. You're definitely on your way though! Maybe check out Art Rage or Corel Painter. They're not as expensive as Photoshop and I've seen people do amazing work with them. I just started out on Photoshop because I'm in school and that's what I got comfortable with, and getting a student discount certainly helps lol Well good luck with you're work and take care!

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richardnorth In reply to pinkhavok [2010-05-20 23:25:31 +0000 UTC]

thankyou.
I'll definately look into them.

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