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Windmill

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 29, 2006)

in Victoria, Texas
photo reference used

I have been looking at windmills all my life, but I never realized till painting this how interesting the design really is... it's simplistic, but complicated in a way - really a cool thing. Too bad they are slowly disappearing.

(I never would have had the patience to do this in the old Lascaux, the line tool working well makes alot of things possible now)

11 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (Mar 30, 2006)

My new favorite of yours. Absolutely beautiful.

zep (Mar 31, 2006)

absolutely!

JoeNobody (Mar 31, 2006)

wonderful piece DBA......I've always loved the windmills in the countryside not far from here. This is nicer than all of them.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

I like it

Brat

Artiste (Apr 25, 2006)

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18 comments – latest 4:

Artiste (edited Apr 26, 2006)

Thanks everybody!

Frootcake: I could try out shi. I'll do my next painting in that. I'm a children's book illustrator,
and my agency needed a painting of a 5 yr. old girl, shoulders up for an ad. And I procrastinated
too much and the deadline was yesterday! I figured I could do a quick painting here.
So, I needed it to shrink down to 300dpi for print (that's why its so huge).

All your comments are reassuring, because I was afraid this wouldnt cut it.... looking
at it now I can see that the hair kinda sucks, but oh well.

LisaAnne (Apr 26, 2006)

Great style, and cute subject.

Renuar (Apr 26, 2006)

what a great picture.
it cuts.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

awesome

Eye

Pseudonymous (May 14, 2006)

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31 comments – latest 4:

Gemmy619 (May 17, 2006)

I love the shine in the eye, makes it look just like a photo :)

Pseudonymous (May 17, 2006)

haha, mike - I WISH I were my own boss...
Thanks, Gem

SYTHE (May 18, 2006)

Lovely, I especially like the freckels. Great picture.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

cool

realism (almost)

frootcake (Dec 17, 2005)

i've redone nearly the entire image in the past two days, it's been a real pain, but i'm happy with the marble effect.
if theres niggles, please say :) enjoy

24 comments – latest 4:

catfreeek (Jun 30, 2006)

Simply amazing, feel like I'm amongst the crowd of viewers.

Violette (Jul 8, 2006)

hah. if you click between v.9 and v.10, it looks like he's growing.
heh. anyways, great perspective.

matt104w (Sep 8, 2006)

great draw dave too bad you didnt see it in Italy, it woulda helped you, it wa worth the work

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

cool

snow

erilu (Aug 9, 2006)

I really like snow, even though is summer..oh well :P

20 comments – latest 4:

erilu (Aug 12, 2006)

hey I haven't seen snow either...that is live of course.. I've seen it on tv, I live in a tropical island so.. :P

Baranowski (Aug 16, 2006)

I love this picture, its so pretty, i really love the hair!!

TuffGhost (Dec 26, 2006)

This is beautiful, I really, really like this.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

pretty

Red clothes?Woman

kocono (Aug 19, 2006)

I works completed time, at finish.
Being perplexed to motif, it repeated drawing. Many.
The dragon is the faithful servant of the woman.

9 comments – latest 4:

Childlike_Vampire (Aug 20, 2006)

This is wonderful. I especially love her eyes, how worn and focused they look. The lineless almost comic look to it is really great! I love her hair and the dragons eye! Great drawing.

woah_pockster (Aug 20, 2006)

woah. I love the coloring, this is a hot style, I'm expecting a lot from you =]

Kayos (Sep 18, 2006)

the chick is super hot and the dragon is realy tough looking. I love this everytime I look at it. Very nice, and its realy nice to see a newish kinda dragon. or at least diffrent looking.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

looking good

Get in the Ring

kejoco (Aug 21, 2006)

This might be my most ambitious one yet
Her face still needs some work...she looks like she's already been in a fight

13 comments – latest 4:

Gemmy619 (Sep 21, 2006)

This is great and i agree the face looks a lot better now, she looked kinda scary in the 1st 3 versions. I think the legs look great too although i wouldnt wanna fight in those shoes lol :)

kejoco (Sep 21, 2006)

haha, thanks
don't worry though, i think she's a lover not a fighter

HunterKiller_ (Sep 21, 2006)

That's pretty hot.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

yeah

Honey

Anna (Oct 2, 2006)

Sticky

41 comments – latest 4:

Catapumblamblam (Jul 2, 2008)

I'm impressed..

Robida (Jan 14, 2009)

amazing.... *drools all over it*

blurymind (Mar 6, 2009)

wow! So realistic

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

love it

40s Bride

Artiste (Dec 27, 2006)

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24 comments – latest 4:

Suntan (Mar 16, 2010)

very beautiful, so soft and tender. I love the tiny detail of buttons..you can almost feel the luxurious fabric of her gown and veil. :)

lynnandcharlie (Mar 17, 2010)

I did my parents wedding portrait in oil from the early 40's as a gift for my Dad and it was such a pleasure and seeing what you have done reminds me of it

madscientist (Mar 17, 2010)

This is beautiful! Awesome work!:))

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

lovely

six birds on four wires

Axil62 (Jan 12, 2007)

painty

11 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (edited Jan 12, 2007)

you may have found this online, but thanks for bringing it here for us to enjoy. This brings back a nice lil birdie memory for me. This draw's a smile-maker for sure.

cmb (Jan 13, 2007)

i can imagine the wind blowing through the wires and making them hum as the birds prepare to sleep...

Kanuto (Jan 26, 2007)

I like it a lot

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

I love it.