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Submitted: April 3, 2007
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I'm not decided whether to check mature content or no. Breast are shown but it has no sexual or offensive content... What do you think?

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A Modern Classical Painting workshop commissioned by ImagineFX, to be found in Issue 17.

To be exact, I aimed at an early XXth century stylization. Lots and lots of studying done to get the subject, composition and feeling right... The works of W. Bouguereau and Lord Frederic Leighton were especially helpful

For extra fun, I incorporated some elements from works the old masters' paintings: e.g. I placed the character in the same forest as Bouguereau his Biblis. Please check the link below for details! Also, I ended up adding a small surreal twist to the image. I will refrain from outlaying the idea behind it, I hope the picture itself manages to tell the story.

The whole image was done in Painter X with Airbrushes, Chalks, Oils and Blenders with slight help from Photoshop. Aside from some live reference, I used many paintings/photos for inspiration and anatomy checks - click [link] to see. The images were found through google, goodart.org, art-liquidation.com and (if I remember correctly) getty.

The painting technique was quite different from my usual, with much more Airbrush used in the process. Also, when doing the background, I went for a looser look, only hinting details with visible brushstrokes instead of painting everything precisely.
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~sickelevra Feb 27, 2013

why this called locked., she wasn't "locked" at all..

~Bella-Star14 May 11, 2013

She's holding a key, so I'm sure that's part of the reason.

~fenice8 Feb 15, 2013

classic photo paintover..with dear marta not saying she painted over a photograph...the deadful trees should be a clue to the observant..

~younglingbubba Apr 14, 2013

If you actually took the time to read her description of the painting you would realize that she states for the public that she purposely made the background look loose, and decided not to put in as many details.

~Tanqueray10 Dec 27, 2012

Good stuff. I love Classical style art.

~AphroditeUrielX16 Jul 2, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hey i love ur art work just wanted to ask if u use models for ur work?

~lolitarain Apr 9, 2012

<3 Beautiful work.. I am a huge fan!

~RoseNoireAntique Mar 11, 2012

It reminds me Waterhouse .... amazing!

~theredmasque Mar 8, 2012

I LOVE the texture of it. I'm such a sucker for your work, how you manage to achieve beauty without seeming overdone. You're the only artist whose full collection of work I thoroughly enjoy. I especially love that you experiment with your style, instead of just settling for one. It gives such wonderful variety.
Thanks!

~domcabral Feb 22, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Desde que vi pela primeira vez uma pintura sua não acreditei ser possivel digitalmente, pesquisei sobre seu trabalho e encontrei seus pinceis que me ajudaram muito, fiz um trabalho no Painter inspirado por você. Voltei a trabalhar mais com o Photoshop por ele ter mais recursos em meus trabalhos profissionais. Parabens.

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