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Old 05-07-2013, 12:53 AM   #76
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Old 05-07-2013, 01:03 AM   #77
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My publisher actually had mine done, and pretty smart and accurate job of it if I do say so:

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Old 05-07-2013, 04:00 AM   #78
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I've done this. I have a collection of my sketches on deviantArt (same username). But I'm no artist. :P Someone mentioned the Sims 3 - yes I've done that. I actually created all my characters in the Sims 2, then when I upgraded I couldn't use them anymore - heartbreaking! Now I've discovered a great 3D modelling program that's still in beta. It's good for faces but the hair and clothing is really basic so I have to find them elsewhere and build a collage in photoshop.
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Old 05-07-2013, 11:51 AM   #79
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Old 05-07-2013, 09:50 PM   #80
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This is Captain Falraan, a character from my Gifts of Vorallon trilogy. She's not finished yet... What I have here is the progress after about seven hours. Painted in Photoshop.



I wasn't going to pour this much work into the portrait initially, but she's coming alive in my mind with each pixel I lay down.
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Old 05-10-2013, 12:05 AM   #81
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Great job with the shading (and I'm not just talking about the obvious!). I love your use of bold colours, too.
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Old 05-10-2013, 07:07 PM   #82
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Looks good tezzirax, but how is her sword hanging onto her, or is she holding onto it from behind some way?
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Great job with the shading (and I'm not just talking about the obvious!). I love your use of bold colours, too.
Thank you. She's looking better as I get more time spent on painting her. I am posting daily updates to my blog.

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Looks good tezzirax, but how is her sword hanging onto her, or is she holding onto it from behind some way?
She'll have a sword belt before the painting is complete. I painted over my sketched in details when I blocked in her dress and corset. This also removed her right hand from her hip, and now it looks like her arm is going behind her back.

I will post an image of Captain Falraan again when she's complete, daily updates are going up on my blog.
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Old 05-10-2013, 10:39 PM   #84
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I just checked your blog, Tezzirax. Your demons are awesome!
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Old 05-11-2013, 02:24 AM   #85
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When I start a new series I often go to Deviant Art and hire people to do character sketches / designs for me. I draw decently on paper, but not on a PC, and I don't have a way to get drawings on here. I often picture my fantasy series in anime form so this works really well for me.

On the other hand, when I write my contemporary romance stuff I try to find stock art that matches the characters instead, since that works better when trying to picture them.
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I updated Rapunzel a while back.

http://goldsheep.deviantart.com/art/...el-6-347877492

Mostly done in Painter. I still want to refine the roses a bit more. The largest size you can see I hand painted the embroidery stitch by stitch too. I also did some research into embroidery to make sure it was consistent with her style of dress.

Still technically not my character, but I'm kinda still working on the other book. And I've drawn those characters already.
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