A Wish for the Mourning

[efortune357]

Holy shit there's a lot of great new work up here! It's been a while since I've posted something. Here's my most recent piece

11 "x 11" acrylic on watercolor paper
for some progress pix check out my blog

http://ericfortuneart.blogspot.com/

crits and comments welcome

[bhanu]

awesome as always Eric....
for some reason ...this feels like a close up of a bigger piece...dunno...
still beautiful as hell.

[OTTA]

I love this work's mood man!
Feels blue with a mystical sexy :)
AWESOME MAN!

[DANKA]

A beautifull image! Love your style, so near to the classic illustration books!
4stars!

[Bai Fan]

Pretty intense. I love the depth.

[emily g]

Whooo, that hand is so delicate. I love it. :)

[Elwell]

That's really beautiful.

[Borilius]

Awesome, i still can't believe its traditional media. Well done 5+!

[Robert.B]

cool beans man :)

[sourgasm]

Amazing, as always. The blog shots are awesome. So helpful for those of us that are a bit ignorant of the process.

[El Jeremie]

Looks really good.
Me love !

[Chris Bennett]

Lovely work Eric and very inspiring to see what movement and impact can be achieved with such a slow burning technical approach. It has something of Utamaro about it....thanks for posting.

[corspufo]

Beautiful work and quite inspiring. thank you for sharing!!

[Larriva Art]

Whooo, that hand is so delicate. I love it. :)

I totally agree. That hand is just, wow.

[andyhunt]

FANTASTIC as usual. I would love to own this.

[bradyscott]

Lovely smooth washes, beautiful work.

[HunterKiller_]

Another fantastic piece.
Wonderfully delicate.

[Carl Dobsky]

Great mood in this one. Also looooove the composition.

Keep 'em cumming. :P

[Serpian]

I love that hand as well. Beautiful work, as usual!

[DSillustration]

Well, judging by the number of people who have commented on the hand,
it look like the fussing was time well spent Bud.

For everyone else,
I watched Eric draw, and re-draw, that hand for about 10 hours until he got it just the way he wanted.
That attention to detail, and commitment to perfection, is really apparent in his originals.
I wish everyone here could these these paintings in real life...
they are breathtaking.

[Cory Hinman]

It's a lovely, evocative piece, reminds me of what I love in Symbolist works.

[efortune357]

Thanks Guys,

Dan, thanks for convincing me to stick with sketch. I blame you for the hand;)

[Victor B]

Simply stunning!love the cool colors, thanks for posting cheers