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Eastern Magik · Aug 16, 2011, 02:47 PM // 14:47

thanks love ^_^ ah, yes, they may be expensive but worth every euro, im loving my new tablet ^_^

Anyway, Ariel is coming along nicely, but i can't decide on the haircut. Both have something good about it and both have something bad about it :S. So i want to hear second opinion. So, if anyone want to help...

Left or right? :S

Tommy's · Aug 16, 2011, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Definitely the left one imo. The right makes it too busy. Looking good, nice fishies

InfestedHydralisk · Aug 16, 2011, 04:42 PM // 16:42

My vote goes for left aswell.

Death By An Arrow · Aug 16, 2011, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Left here too

Gattsu05 · Aug 16, 2011, 07:54 PM // 19:54

I like the right one but the "upflow" of her hair on the left side of the image seems unnatural. I know she's underwater and it's supposed to be a little messy but it seems gravity is taking too little effect on her her.

Morag D · Aug 17, 2011, 05:50 AM // 05:50

left, the other one distracts too much from the lovely fishies :>

Nikhera · Aug 17, 2011, 05:24 PM // 17:24

This is my first time browsing your thread, but the progress you've made in such a short time simply astounds me. Fantastic.

Sometimes, I feel like I've stagnated and can't get any better. But, to see someone improve so quickly, that gives me some hope. ^_^

Eastern Magik · Aug 18, 2011, 04:52 PM // 16:52

thanks guys for your help, i really appreciate it *hug* and yes, everyone likes those little fishies ;P

@Nikhera thank you :3 and don't worry too much about improvement, as soon as you stop stressing yourself about it and enjoy art that you create, you will see major leap forward in your art (or at least thats what i did

) And practice ofc, a lot

actionjack · Aug 19, 2011, 03:03 AM // 03:03

I want sushi tonight.

Very lovely indeed. My vote is the left one.

I won't go into too much detail to describe how lovely your art is, and how wonderfully talented you are, nor how I would trade you my birth certificate for your immense art skill. However, the her hip does look a bit funny to me (the fold of the leg seem go up too high), and could also try some underwater lighting effect (since they shine differently under the wave).

Hope to see the finish soon.

Drelias Melaku · Aug 19, 2011, 04:47 AM // 04:47

My vote is for the left, too. I love the right one, but it's a little distracting.

Eastern Magik · Aug 19, 2011, 05:20 PM // 17:20

@actionjack umm, thanks

@Drelias thank you sweetie <3

And, you can see the finished version of Ariel - The Little Mermaid . Im not feeling to good, so i cropped a little bit, to finish it quicker.

Aeronwen · Aug 23, 2011, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Very nice. It is a shame we don't get to see more of her scales. I love the way she has her pearls wrapped around her finger.

Eastern Magik · Aug 28, 2011, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Thanks dear, and don't worry, you can see more of Ariel's scales on my new painting here

*hugs and kisses for ya' all*

Drelias Melaku · Aug 28, 2011, 09:55 PM // 21:55

I think I actually like this one better! It seems more mermaid-y, if that makes sense.

Eastern Magik · Sep 27, 2011, 05:16 PM // 17:16

thanks Drelias (lol, sorry for the late replay

)

im sorry for being quiet for a month or so, but... things have been rather, ummm... yes ... *trying to think some excuse*... yeah, i got nothing XD

anyway, here are some art updates:

Ariel and Flounder - everyone just kept going on and on about how she is way too old >_> So, this one features a bit younger Ariel

Paintover for Zverov - some color pointers for a friend, one hour and 30 minutes...

Here should go collaboration piece i did with a friend of mine, its done, but im still waiting for her to upload it on DA (she is kinda busy due to school and stuff). Will post it here when she uploads it.

And finally, my latest piece done for a contest: Tears From The Moon I have been working on this painting for a whole month, i've made like 50 sketches before i decided to go with this version >_> , and i don't know how much time this took (50h+).

Death By An Arrow · Sep 27, 2011, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Magik! That moon piece is so awesome; most certainly worth the 50+hours put into it! The clouds look really nice as well; were they a custom brush or were they all done by hand?

All of the effort you put into your pieces really do show, keep up the incredible progress

Eastern Magik · Sep 28, 2011, 04:44 PM // 16:44

thanks love

i try *blush*

clouds are made with digital airbrush and water blender (painter) + noise filter from photoshop to get that grainy look, and some random references

anyway, i have 2 new sketches which will (eventually) be colored. (i tried to clean them as much as i could :S ) :

Left one is autumn fairy, she will have butterflies coming out of her hair, and they will be made out of autumn leaves ^_^

And right one is some bad-ass chick ^_^

GeminiJuSa · Sep 28, 2011, 10:35 PM // 22:35

Ooh, these sketches looks so nice! And it's a bit funny that the autumn elf one is very similar to an idea I got this morning (of course, yours is turning out nicer). Please to post more WIPs as you go along? :3

Aeronwen · Sep 29, 2011, 07:34 AM // 07:34

Magik - That moon pic is wonderful. What competition is it for? Have you had the result yet?

I love the autumn fairy, looks good just as it is. But the headband looks a little odd to me, I cannot explain why.

Eastern Magik · Sep 29, 2011, 04:11 PM // 16:11

@Gemini heheehhe, thank you sweetie *hugs* omg, that is so nice, will you finish it?

sure, i can post wips ^_^

@Aero thanks ^_^ its for a Digital-Art-Fantasy contest "Power of the Moon" over at DA. But, tbh, im not really expecting anything, theme is too generic and there are a lot of photomanips D: Should have expected that XD Deadline is 1st October, so i guess, i will know the results after day or two.

Yes, headband is total miss, removed it, i will paint detailed earring instead

And wips (30 min. of work on each)

Testing some colors schemes, not really sure which one i should pick, but im leaning more toward left one.

Just started to throw in some colors. Will stick to golds/yellows/reds on this painting. Im even thinking about making a line-art out of it, and post it for other artists to color ^_^