Briar's Fantasy Work

[briar_rose]

Kcar, wonderful person that she is, was interested in my work and i couldnt resist sharing

Specially since this little piece of slave labour was finished today. Done with Photoshop and pen.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/Medusafinal2Fweb_resize.jpg

 

[Kcar]

Kcar, wonderful person that she is, was interested in my work and i couldnt resist sharing

Specially since this little piece of slave labour was finished today. Done with Photoshop and pen.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/Medusafinal2Fweb_resize.jpg

DAYUM!!

Thankyou for sharing, rose! This is beautiful! The colors are daring and they work wonderfully together.

Is this Medusa?

The expression on her face is really effective. What is she feeling? It looks either like shame or frustration.


MORE!!

 

[just pet]

This is a marvelous piece. It demands a story.

 

[cantdog]

Snakes on a Motherfuckin Head

 

[cantdog]

Cool stuff. The Gorgon was supposed to have been beautiful. You did that.

 

[briar_rose]

thank you soooo much *blush*

she is Medusa and she's done for a uni project on Monsters and Heroes. I wanted to focus on her as a woman of flesh and blood, a beautiful woman who Hera cursed out of jealousy and all Medusa ever wanted was love. Now imagine been young, beautiful and in love and having that all dashed away. The isolation, the anguish, the stone heart of your lover in your hands.

I wanted to really empathise in the end i took a photo of myself to model the face/eyes.

 

[briar_rose]

And this is my other baby. She was commissioned by a mate of mine to be printed on A0 paper, and for those who dont know, its almost a metre long. So this size doesnt do it justice as there is two weeks worth of little detail in that.

She's called the Angel of Storms, slightly based off of Angelina Jolie.

Enjoy sweets

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/Done_resize.jpg

 

[S-Des]

And this is my other baby. She was commissioned by a mate of mine to be printed on A0 paper, and for those who dont know, its almost a metre long. So this size doesnt do it justice as there is two weeks worth of little detail in that.

She's called the Angel of Storms, slightly based off of Angelina Jolie.

Enjoy sweets

I agree, this is exceptionally nice work. I like both pieces. Hope to see more.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Both pieces are amazing!

MEdusa has that look I always thought was the moment between woman and monster, when she knew she was becoming but had not yet become. The wide eyed look of fear and anguish, before the hatred and bitterness took over. And the snakes being indepent hungry creatures of their own accord is portrayed superbly.

The Storm angel........ that one just plays too heavily into my fantasy creation station for me to articulate a critique. Suffice to say... she's hot

Brava Briar.

 

[Kcar]

Snakes on a Motherfuckin Head

Hahahahahaha!! *giggle*

 

[Kcar]

thank you soooo much *blush*

she is Medusa and she's done for a uni project on Monsters and Heroes. I wanted to focus on her as a woman of flesh and blood, a beautiful woman who Hera cursed out of jealousy and all Medusa ever wanted was love. Now imagine been young, beautiful and in love and having that all dashed away. The isolation, the anguish, the stone heart of your lover in your hands.

I wanted to really empathise in the end i took a photo of myself to model the face/eyes.

Woah! You must be lovely, rose! Great idea to use your own face as a model.

And your second piece up there? WOW! Those colors are just awesome!! Have you been doing this for awhile? You understand anatomy...the work on the collarbone and the muscles and hollows around it are accurate.

 

[cantdog]

And there's a nice ease in the foreshortening on Medusa, and courage in the palette of bold colors on both. The feathers are amazing, too.

If you wouldn't mind my suggesting, I believe the next thing to work on is the mass of the body. People stand as they do or lie as they do because of the weight of the body and its mechanics. Even a painting with far less of the luxurious surface you have done will feel real if the figure can be seen to have weight and solidity, and you do that with posture and angles of the limbs and the little distortions of flesh.

What you are already doing makes me envious, though, and I truly am glad you posted.

 

[just pet]

And there's a nice ease in the foreshortening on Medusa, and courage in the palette of bold colors on both. The feathers are amazing, too.

If you wouldn't mind my suggesting, I believe the next thing to work on is the mass of the body. People stand as they do or lie as they do because of the weight of the body and its mechanics. Even a painting with far less of the luxurious surface you have done will feel real if the figure can be seen to have weight and solidity, and you do that with posture and angles of the limbs and the little distortions of flesh.

What you are already doing makes me envious, though, and I truly am glad you posted.

And this post is as impressive as Ms. Rose's brilliant work
I like this forum

 

[briar_rose]

I agree with just_pet...wow, thankyou so much. This is the most helpful and instructive critique i've had in ....forever

I've really only been doinging this sort of thing in the last 4-5 years while managing study, so most of it is self taught. Recently i've been really trying to get more realism in my bodies by going along to life-drawing classes. Using me for medusa was the result of not being about to find what i wanted anywhere else so i posed. *giggle*

 

[cantdog]

I agree with just_pet...wow, thankyou so much. This is the most helpful and instructive critique i've had in ....forever

I've really only been doinging this sort of thing in the last 4-5 years while managing study, so most of it is self taught. Recently i've been really trying to get more realism in my bodies by going along to life-drawing classes. Using me for medusa was the result of not being about to find what i wanted anywhere else so i posed. *giggle*

Well, that's another thing, the distortion of the camera... I could tell straightaway that you'd used a photo, because of the perspective changes. Look through any fashion magazine, comparing the images to real people, and you will see the distortion of perspective I'm talking about. It'll give you an 'eye' for it in about ten minutes; the secrets of art are never very profound.

Your snakes were amazingly well done, in that one. I like that you don't leave detail to chance. But life drawing, if only one could afford the models, is always superior. The eye does not see like the camera does.

I think of upper arms and breasts as a unit, visually. A woman with good upper arms and breasts is rare, and always also young. Breasts do not last. That's why I'm not a breast man. For me, hips are much more erotic. Which is good, from the point of view of a woman who may want to impress me, since a person can do something about her hips. Good hips may be generated by physical conditioning; good hips reflect general muscularity, health, muscle tone. Good breasts are a gift of God and Youth. They mean little.

I was directed to a comix site last month, from Lit. The drawings were stark and simple. But the artist knew about masses. His figures parsed, if you follow me. They were built like real bodies in gravity. It's a good thing to pay attention to.

Just my point of view.

 

[Kcar]

But life drawing, if only one could afford the models, is always superior. The eye does not see like the camera does.

Very true. Photographs are flat, so ya can't move around a figure in those.

 

[tolyk]

Very true. Photographs are flat, so ya can't move around a figure in those.

Well, you could fix that by taking shots from multiple angles.. so that you can change between photos as needed

 

[Kcar]

Well, you could fix that by taking shots from multiple angles.. so that you can change between photos as needed

Yes, but you'd have to have a real model to take the photos from...

 

[briar_rose]

yeah, from my very first life drawing session i realised how amazingly different and harder it is drawing from life until you get the hang of it. It became an addiction quick enough. Unfortunately i can never make it down to my local art group when they do sessions.

 

[Halo_n_horns]

*oops wrong thread*

Beautiful work, though. I've got a simple ink on parchment of a gorgon that I did for a story I've been fiddling with. She's more true to the hideousness of the original mythology. I like the one in this thread, though. It sincerely conveys the shock of Medusa as if it were the beginning of her curse from Hera. Perhaps another one with her two sisters would be a good addition?

 

[Kcar]

yeah, from my very first life drawing session i realised how amazingly different and harder it is drawing from life until you get the hang of it. It became an addiction quick enough. Unfortunately i can never make it down to my local art group when they do sessions.

I hear that...I cant even get into life drawing classes unless I pony over $900 for the whole quarter...$900 for one course ain't gonna happen!

It is a lot easier in some ways, isn't it?

Do they have the sessions at weird times?

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

Well done, briar_rose.
Good use of the medium. Very rich in color and value.

 

[briar_rose]

well its on in the evening from around 6..but i live an hour out of the city so thats two hours on the train that i can do without

I never thought of doing medusa with her sisters, i always thought of her as an indiviual. I think the story goes that the two gorgons were always monsters were as Medusa was turned into one. But i could have some fun with that.. thanks

this is a dragon i did today

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/CionaodhFin_resize.jpg

and a rushed commission from a few weeks ago. I had NO time so it was another photo reference. Though my orginial studies were from a model. I reckon her arms are too short.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/bellydancerfweb_resize.jpg

 

[Kcar]

well its on in the evening from around 6..but i live an hour out of the city so thats two hours on the train that i can do without

I never thought of doing medusa with her sisters, i always thought of her as an indiviual. I think the story goes that the two gorgons were always monsters were as Medusa was turned into one. But i could have some fun with that.. thanks

this is a dragon i did today

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/CionaodhFin_resize.jpg

and a rushed commission from a few weeks ago. I had NO time so it was another photo reference. Though my orginial studies were from a model. I reckon her arms are too short.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/Hierodulai/bellydancerfweb_resize.jpg

You did that dragon in one day?? I HATE you. LOL! That's amazing! How big is it?


And the arms on the woman are perfect as far as I can tell...I did a mental measurement from memory, and they work fine. Amazing work on such short notice.

 

[briar_rose]

thankyou so much yeah i was really stressed over that. I had to make out 50 bookmarks from the pic.

Um the dragon *blush* hehe well i had the drawing already done, i did most of the colouring today.