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I’m using an Old English poem (also titled "The Wanderer") later edited by Peter Jackson for The Lord of The Rings as an inspiration for the mood:
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Where is the horse and rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow.
The days have gone down in the West, behind the hills into shadow.
How did it come to this?
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To get that soft milky finish I used a colour layering method very similar to glazing in traditional oil painting. It was very tricky to apply but I trust it was worth it.
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Here I have link to the WIP. You can see I have fully repainted the leftmost gull. I thought it looked somewhat silly. This is silly too, but in a more cute way
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Here are some of the references.
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Hope you like.
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]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:45:20 +0000 http://hennauoti.cgsociety.org/gallery/591834

Finished in October 2007, the painting was reworked for Digital Art annual book entry. The painting with it's "Making Of" will be featured in Digital Art Masters: Vol. 3.
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She’s really pretty but don’t be fooled by her face. Because she’s no angel.
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It was such an inspiration painting this one. I did just finish hearing Oscar Wilde’s “Happy Prince and Other Tales” (I have a habit of listening audio books while I paint). I have never heard stories more sad and beautiful.
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Technically this one was really interesting to paint. In early steps when I was starting to sketch the leaves in, I used a variety of brushed with the spacing almost always set up to 100 %. I have almost never done so before, and now I can’t believe why, it was an amazing time saver! I’ll be definitely using that tool more in future too. I love it when I feel I have learned something new.
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Hope you guys enjoy!
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Close-up:
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]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:49:59 +0000 http://hennauoti.cgsociety.org/gallery/565692

A wife of a Finnish land slave. To her and her husband the sunset can bring but only temporality relief. Inspired by "Under the North Star" by Väinö Linna (the book is considered a classic in Finland with print runs into hundreds of thousands).
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Another critique work for my school.
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For more background information and the making of, please see my WIP here.
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Original file is 4285x5000 pixels. Separate photo references were used for the face, body, hands, pendant and the background. Composition, theme and the colours are all out of my own head, meaning you shouldn’t be able to find a painting (or photo) similar to this no matter how hard you’d Google. My work process did not include tracing, manipulating or painting over photos.
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See here for the face reference.
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Edit. Painting was reworked for book entry.
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Close-up:
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]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:30:28 +0000 http://hennauoti.cgsociety.org/gallery/554560

It’s me again!
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This is a painting I did mostly for self promotion but it is likely to also serve as a grand scale home work for my school that will be criticised by my teachers (We were given a biblical verse to use as a source of inspiration, and I think this concept might just go with it).
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I chose a Caravaggio inspired colour scheme. Blue flowers in her hair are to bring contrast to otherwise very yellowish palette.
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I have not been happy to the way I have previously done my texturing (it always gave a very dirty and faded look to my paintings), and I discovered the new way almost accidentally. Of course there is no way for me to know if none of you can see the difference (you probably can’t), but to me the improvement is huge and I consider this easily to be the best painting I have painted so far. I will never again paint textures like I used to.
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Here are my references and a link to the WIP if you want to see the steps.
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Please enjoy!]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:29:34 +0000