This commission is for the wonderful Christa Kinde, a talented fantasy author with a wild imagination. Since the first commission I’ve done for her (
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[link]This illustration was a lot more of a challenge than I anticipated. Perhaps due to concentrated sections of high detail, like the leafy vines and the spotted stripes on the tiger. The tiger (named Graven) is a complex working of magic stone brought to life by a master of this art. Each “spot” in his stripes represents a single magic stone worked into the overall light grey stone of his body. Though made of stone he feels like a living breathing tiger; muscle, fur, and all! He is pictured here with his friend Tupper, who is a servant to the master sculptor who created Graven.
Here are some work in progress posts I made on my Tumblr during the course of this painting.
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[link]34 hours 45 minutes in Photoshop with an Intuos 3 tablet
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I like a lot the way the guy is touching this giant feline, it is somehow very friendly and lovely. Very beautiful !
but i also have to say i have never seen things as beauty as your sun and clouds