Snake queen

[shadowgirl]

http://fallenlights.net/portfolio/digital/snakequeen.jpg


and some details
http://fallenlights.net/portfolio/digital/snakequeen_closeup.jpg
http://fallenlights.net/portfolio/doodles/snakequeen.jpg
http://fallenlights.net/portfolio/doodles/snakequeen_detail.jpg

[jakub]

wow, i really like the trees! nice atmosphere overall.
(it just seems a bit odd that the hairs are moved by wind, and the leaves are not. well, it doesnt really matter)

[ODIN SIX]

Nice Composition....

VEry Good detail on the Trees!!!!

I checked out your website,,,,, You got some nice stuff on there:chug: :beer: :chug:

[I.was.ink]

NIce comp, but there are som places where it looks like there isn't a lot of depth. It looks really nice, don't get me wrong,but could use a little work!

[cptoonz]

hi, well I really like the character concept, and the trees are wonderful...great atmosphere. The character is cool...I never would have considered a snake mermaid kind of a thing, but that works really well. keep it up :)

[shadowgirl]

-hrm- yea.. the leaves not moving in the wind.. I saw that when you pointed it out -l- It's just.. I forgot? (first time painting leaves on my trees.. So... that's the only excuse i could give -l-)

iwasink: heh.. can you point out a 'spot'? i can't see where exactly you mean it needs some depth. thanks!

thanks for the comments -grin-

[I.was.ink]

what I mean is that they have a lot of detail, but they lack form. you know, the girl looks good, but she doesn't really look round. Like her abdomen doesn't look like its actually round. We know its a stomach, so we accept it. But it needs more shadows to tell us that it is round. Like the tree closest to us. To make it look rounder, you could make the top part lighter, and the bottom part darker. the lights and the darks are to close together, therefore, nothing really seems to stand out. I'm not trying to get you down or anything, but I just say these things cuz I want to help!

Hopefully I have! and hopefully i made sense:rolleyes:

[Yaseck]

It reminds me about one book. I think its name is "Greenhouse" (I dont know th english equivalent of the name) by Brian W. Aldiss. Nice pic - it would be great illusration of this book (if the woman-snake would be a human).

[shadowgirl]

iwasink: gotcha -nod- i fixed her up just a *bit*.. at least pulled the arm out.. i saw it as soon as you pointed the one section out..

[MolvaDo]

one thing you might want to research is the way she sits on tree might look a bit more interesting if her tail was coiled and drapped over the tree branch. something like this http://www.centralcoastreptiles.com/pics/Agtp1frame.jpg it gives her a bit more stature in the pic. might make her bigger and more dominate.

[shadowgirl]

but she's supposed to be dwarfed by the trees (trees are usually more important with my work.. just.. a 'thing' i do..) the people usually outspoken by the landscape -chuckle-

and relaxed.. that would probably make her seem.. mean? evil? dunno..

but -saves picture anyways- might come in handy if i draw her again.

[MolvaDo]

well on that note keep her to the same scale just try making her more like the way a snake is, in the manner they lay about. I think you could do the pose from the reference I gave you and still make her look relaxed. Where the snakes head is just put her body there. She can lounge about on her own body, belly down and arch back supporting herself with her arms and hair still blowing in the wind. If you can visualize that. It is just a suggestion though. :)