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About Me Deviant Member Martin EagerMale/United Kingdom Group group avatar #Ancient-Britain
 
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Fri Nov 4, 2011, 6:11 AM
I've recently finished two rather different paintings.



One is The Raven King, a woodland themed image inspired by a character from Susanna Clarke's book Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I haven't tried to be too faithful to the character as desribed in the book, it's more of an interpretation.  In fact I almost didn't name the image The Raven King because it's not really fan art (in my mind anyway) and I don't want fans of the book to see it as an attempt to accurately portray anything.

The second image is a fun caricature character study. It was an attempt to capture the sulky moods my little nephew goes into when things aren't going his way in sport. I turned him into a grumpy gargoyle as this is exactly how he sits when he goes into one of his "I'm not playing" moods, and he's been known to take his ball with him too!

Next painting I'm undecided on, but I'm feeling drawn towards something with a bit more gravitas.

  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Tom Waits, Bad As Me
  • Reading: A Clash Of Kings
  • Watching: The Walking Dead
  • Playing: Electric guitar noisily
  • Eating: Cox's Orange Pippin apples

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  • Current Residence: London, UK
  • Interests: Music, guitar, photography, digital art, fantasy and mythology, gaming, cricket
  • Favourite movie: Blade Runner, Withnail & I, Serenity, A Scanner Darkly, House of Flying Daggers, Big Lebowski
  • Favourite band or musician: Neil Young, John Martyn, Tom Waits, Iron & Wine, Aimee Mann, Chris Knight, Cure, Led Zep
  • Favourite genre of music: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Rock, Blues, Folk
  • Favourite artist: Kerem Beyit, Vitaly Samarin, Saimain
  • Favourite poet or writer: Iain Banks, Neil Gaiman, Jack Kerouac, Philip Pullman, William Gibson
  • Favourite style of art: Fantasy, Celtic, Sci-Fi, Surrealist, Impressionist
  • Operating System: Windows 7
  • MP3 player of choice: Samsung
  • Shell of choice: Sea
  • Favourite game: Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Lotro, Guitar Hero
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC, Wii
  • Tools of the Trade: Painter, Photoshop, Wacom Intuos 3, Canon 20D
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:iconfalsemaria:
Thanks for the faves Martin.;)
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:iconrunique:
You're welcome. Thanks for the wonderful gallery.
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:icontheparasiticbandaid:
~TheParasiticBandaid Oct 7, 2011  Student General Artist
hey I just wanted to show you :) I'm going over my drawing with the suggestions you gave me and its helping quite a bit! thanks so much!

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its far from done but id like to see what you think so far if thats ok XD

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:iconrunique:
It's looking good. Will comment more on the actual picture itself.
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:iconerigadgreatwood:
~ErigadGreatwood Sep 17, 2011  Student General Artist
Why aren't you in my watch list yet? Man, +watch. Great work bro :woohoo:

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:iconrunique:
Thanks! And thanks for the watch too.
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:iconerigadgreatwood:
~ErigadGreatwood Sep 17, 2011  Student General Artist
No problem :)

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:iconserenawaters:
i posted my playing arounds on GIMP to my scrapbook if you wanna check it out
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:iconrunique:
Looking good, great start! Can I give a little bit of advice though - try to not overuse the smudge or smear tool. It is tempting to use this to blend colours but it will usually cause a slightly blurry / furry appearance to your paintings. I think the Gimp behaves the same way as Photoshop when it comes to blending. Have a look at this tutorial: link. It might look like a lot of effort but it's a good habit to get into when blending colours and will create better looking results. Also, as with Photoshop, it's a good idea to start early with the habit of using custom brushes when painting, rather than the standard round brushes, as this gives a more painted appearance. Have a search for "gimp brushes" here on DA, there's lots to download and try.
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:iconserenawaters:
ok thanks for the pointers. yeah i know i shouldnt rely on smudge so much. it was just fun to play with.

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