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unfinished commission.

Cliché girl in the forest with butterflies bit (I called it that to the commissioner too, so it's not as an insult). I did try to paint it in the same way I might do traditional paints. I think it's lost at this size though.

"Unfinished" in that I just can't seem to figure out how to do the butterflies. I'm toying with some ideas, but either I use a reference and go too photo real or I just slap on some paint like one might throwup on the canvas... I'm not sure which I prefer yet. Hard to find that happy middleground.

• tree brushes & photos were used in the painting
• referenced redheads for the features & hair
• Photoshop's lovely "leaf scatter" brush was used for a lot of the texture
• my typical paint texture brushes were also used on the dress/foreground/background
• softlight and screen for the light effects
• I'm ashamed of the hours that went into this "cliché" painting

I think that about covers it. I'll just update this when it's finished. All in all it's been a good commission in that everything wanted was clearly communicated to me, and in the end if I fail to deliver it's a personal failing, not one born from their being unclear.

any ideas for how to go about the butterflies are not only welcome but appreciated greatly... especially if you've had to encounter a similar problem before.

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~~fear 0 0~~

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~debbyakamom Dec 10, 2011

I JUST LOVE IT!!

~LIGHTLOOKER Sep 30, 2011

youre are is mind-blowing!!!!!!!!!!love your texture,your style!!!!!!i love it~!!!!

~oz-haver Feb 25, 2011 Professional General Artist

That butterfly should help me with my grocery shopping! LOL (I love the surreal aspect!)

I think you should go with the same style used for that atomic-butterfly

It's painterly and 'figurative' enough.

(Yes, I've been off DA for a long time)

~Marianne-Blacklands Sep 4, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

aww

~bunnykissd Jan 16, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

The lighting in this is magical! I wish I could learn those effects! And I like it in this *unfinished* state... Makes it seem even more fairy tale-like... ^-^

`leloops Dec 14, 2009

i'm lost for words, the piece is masterful :)

~Chiamata-alle-Arti Sep 15, 2009

Our compliments!
We would like to publish this work on the next issue of our italian art-zine named CAA -Chiamata alle Arti, themed Dance.
thanks
The team

You can see all past editions here:
[link]
The deadline for this issue is 15 november 2009.
send to: caa@psdrevolution.it
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- your permission to use the images both for the use on the CAA and to advertize the CAA projects themselves.
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JPG, GIF and PNG or TIF, TGA, EPS, BMP, WMF, EMF compressed with ZIP or RAR (max 6 Mb).

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~Pania666 Sep 11, 2009

I love the way she is staring at that one, more detailed than the others, butterfly! And I LOVE your style!

!khallesh Jul 19, 2009

i like her that way but cant wait to see your finished work

~KuRiOus183 Jun 10, 2009

I like how you angled the blurry butterflies, kind of moved my eyes first the lifted dress/butterfly, then the girls under white dress.. at first i thought the girl was angry, but then i closed up on it, and WOW i almost missed out on your skills, the shadowing was Nice, good detail, especially where you hit the eye lash etc

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