The Horned She

Painting \ Figure | 06/28/05 @933 | PixelFish | critiques (21) | views (2485)

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I'm not precisely sure who The Horned She is in my personal mythology, but she has a fondness for octopi. (The octopus is a symbol of the ancient creative forces, deeper mysteries, and in some traditions, female sexuality.)

You'll notice her belly is made of glass, and she has two cave fish--one lighter, one darker--swimming around in her belly.

(Sketched in pencil, scanned and painted in Photoshop. Not sure how long this took, I lost track of the time.)

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Comments (21)

darturbrain

06/28/05 @940

very good painting- love the painting job you did here
very good textures on all ^^
+5
hahaha im first to view!

StellarCaravan

06/28/05 @941

I like it. Creative with nice colors and mood. Nice job.

WilhelmRahn

06/28/05 @945

Wow, really good one.
I would love to see a bigger version.
(good you mentioned the fish detail, i didnt noticed

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Juro

06/28/05 @952

Nice original work, I love the horns.

Simba

06/28/05 @953

strange but excellent

SandraS

06/29/05 @992

Fantastic +10. Very creative

kittyKat

06/29/05 @120

no comment
no crit
just lov it

ClaraSoto

06/29/05 @201

Wow Elisabeth, you are amaizing with textures !!!! Figure is so good also !!! Great job !

kiriko-moth

06/29/05 @223

Just lovely! The textures are amazing, and the style reminds me a bit of Brom! <3

Kyena

06/29/05 @311

very original and really good executed.
Skin tone and dress look very Bromish to me too.
The textures are awesome - did you paint it fully by hand or did you use some brush you crearted?

PixelFish

06/29/05 @352

Kiriko-moth and Kyena: I do admit to a Brom influence, particularly with the pallid skin and the facial mask.

Kyena: Mostly by hand, although some created brushes to get the rough base textures. Actually, I paint a solid base, set the layer to locked transparency, get the major highlights and shadows laid in, and then I use multiply brushes on top to figure out which shapes are going to be shadowed, and then I go and pick out and refine details with my highlight and shadow colours. I tend to work at 200-300% and my working file is 300 dpi. I also keep another window of the file open at 25% since that's approximately what it will look like once I resize it for viewing online, and I kinda keep my eye on that window--sometimes when you work super zoomed in, you can end up detailing stuff that doesn't show up well when you shrink it down.. Hope that makes sense.

ArTuRRo

06/29/05 @638

She is the mother of all absolute people who do not think. I know because I saw her befor in a dream. She is the universe symbol for evil basic thoughts.
Did you know that?
The painting style is skinny. For more expressing what you mean, take a look at my work.

Dax

06/30/05 @591

Very, very well executed!

Diane

07/01/05 @980

Wonderful painting, great mood! +10000/5

shakadelic

07/01/05 @309

nice

Klimyntris

07/03/05 @004

Excellent

Freiz

07/04/05 @973

Fascinating! Love the color choices and textures.

Stormchild

07/04/05 @992

Scary! Great textures. Really good work.

Vamp4444

07/04/05 @113

Great!

SudnDeath

07/05/05 @926

evil is always good +8/8

I-NetGraFX

07/06/05 @433

Interesting concept

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