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awaiting by ~Dimkas:iconDimkas:

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©2006-2009 ~Dimkas
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EDIT: A big THANKS to everyone who's been kind enough to comment. After taking under consideration all the suggestions, this is how the picture is currently looking. The shadows were adjusted and some elements are brighter than before (including the eyes). I've also taken away the almond branch, since it's most definately making an appearance in a following picture. So, until further tampering this is how it will be appearing in the book.

Normally, I would be using good ol' ecolines for this project, but I've decided to go digital instead. This is the first time I'm officially working straight from pencil to photoshop and it hasn't been an easy transition. Don't be shy, suggestions are still welcome despite the EDIT ;)

Pencil and Photoshop.

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Given 2006-06-29

awaiting by ~Dimkas is a lovely, clean illustration that leaves you wondering what she's waiting for. (Suggested by ~kyla79 and Featured by `silentkitty)

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=TawmiePylon Feb 23, 2006, 1:57:37 PM
Very nicely done. And I know you probably have a style or tone you are trying to get with this and since I don't know the story it is hard to know what effect you are trying to achieve but...she almost looks too dull. Muted. Fading into the background or wallpaper.

Maybe tryin gbrightening up her eyes just a bit. I think that is all it would take.


Or you may completly ignore my suggestion. Because this really is very very good.

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Living is easy with eyes closed.
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~Captain-D Feb 23, 2006, 2:39:09 PM
This is incredible!

1. I'm not sure, but it seems to me that maybe the bird's shadow should be blurrier. If the bird is roughly the same distance from the wall as the girl, shouldn't their shadows have the same diffusion?

2. There is a shadow that falls in a straight line across the wall and the girl's head. I think this takes away from the depth of the figure against the wall.

I really had to look hard to find something wrong. This is really a beautiful piece!
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~KOMiotis Feb 23, 2006, 2:49:13 PM
I dont like the fact that some objects have more details then others (like the flowers compered to the hand)
I also think that there is something wrong with the left eye, like the whole face is drawn at 3/4 and the eye is drawn like it jumped to match to the front to say hi.
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~KOMiotis Feb 23, 2006, 2:51:07 PM
Drawn like it Jumped to the front
No edit button
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~Dimkas Feb 23, 2006, 3:29:10 PM
Thank you for your prompt reply and your spot-on comments Tawnie!

I'm afraid I can't give any details on the story yet, but the beginning of the story finds the heroine "...locked inside the palace, crying and cursing her beauty".

I wanted to portray her a step further than that; she has accepted her fate and has shut into herself despite hints all around that things are starting to change (light breaking in, the almond blossoms, the arrival of swallow)
:icondimkas:
~Dimkas Feb 23, 2006, 4:37:48 PM
It's the Dimkas effect; it makes eyes jumpy ;P
:icondimkas:
~Dimkas Feb 23, 2006, 4:41:09 PM
Thanks for the input Carey!

1. In the original version the swallow is further right and closer to the wall, hence the large shadow --so that's one thing waiting to be edited ^^;

2. It's intentional to a certain degree --I wanted her to merge with the surroundings. Light-wise this is probably the most complex composition I've ever made and it's been giving me quite a headache --her shadow in particular; not only it varies in density because of her posture, but it is also affected by the light reflected on the wall. And I feel there is something wrong with the angle... I probably should test this with a real model.
:icontawmiepylon:
=TawmiePylon Feb 23, 2006, 5:10:35 PM
You are very welcome. It isn't that all that hard to bring myself to crutique your work though, considering it is so much fun to look at.

No problems on the lack of detail, I understand. I was just saying that because I don't really know what it is about, my observations may be of no use to you. LOL

You did a great job portaying her all Shut in and such, I completly get what you are saying. I dunno... the yellow shadow/cast in the eye just looks off. Even just making the blue a tad more blue....bah. Never mind. You are the genius, not I.

Heh. Can't wait til your next piece. Rock on.

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Living is easy with eyes closed.
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~theartslave Feb 23, 2006, 6:01:25 PM
Amazing job on the color and composition!!! I must fav this, this piece is wonderful! keep up the good work!:thumbsup::clap::clap::clap:

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"Come...dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly."-Dr. Manhattan
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~Sadboy-Elchicotriste Feb 23, 2006, 6:19:53 PM
it is always taugh to lean our trust on a PC.
you did right ;)

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Elchicotriste is a mass-media hallucination
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