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In this painting I seek to portray the metamorphosis of the cranes from being origami to being living cranes. The mystical origami angel has the power and magic to turn her paper creations into real life beings. 

The "skeleton" for the background was done via vectors at first for a clean architectural look, then textured. ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:12 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/814648

Happy Autumn!!

The wip pages of the painting from sketch to finished is here, oh, and some close ups too:
http://shadowbrooke.yolasite.com/rustlings

Thanks for viewing!!]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:37:49 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/811771

This painting is to capture a peaceful quiet time of just relaxing and reading. Pastels were used as underpainting for some traditional textures, then scanned and painted in Photoshop.]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:35:11 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/805685

Her name is Udine. She lives in a futuristic city of Gathaca, where anti-gravity technology has become available and people have re-discovered the arts and culture of the Renaissance; this is called the age of the Paleo-Renaissance.

Part of my developing story. She is the first character to be painted. This painting took quite a while since I had to paint the city as long as a full figure pose. But I wanted to portray the character in her environment.

Sketched in pencil and painted in PS. Lots of time! Thanks for viewing.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:52:59 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/797871

She is a warrior elf whose companions are the ospreys. She mainly a hunter and protector of her guild. She is very agile, strong-minded, and has master skills with bow and arrow, and sword.

Painted in PS from sketch to finish, took about 2 weeks... Those osprey feathers are quite tedious!

You can see the WIP here:
{url}http://shadowbrooke.yolasite.com/wingspeakerwip{/url}

Thanks for viewing, C&C are always welcome!]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:13:20 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/789630

Her scar would not heal. Every time she thinks of him it bleeds. He did not know it was her; he only saw the green dragon on a wild hunt, attacking his village. Even though she understands this, she could not get his hatred out of her mind, his face, the way he looked at her, the way his sword sliced mercilessly across her flesh as if she was an insignificant monstrosity. That look... she never forgets; she could not forget.

Pencil sketch scanned and painted in PS.]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:52:30 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/784989

She loved a mortal once. Yet he betrayed her love and turned his back on her when he found out that she was the ice witch. Struck by grief and loss, she was at the point of suicide. However, she did not die. And she survived the heartbreak. She vowed to never love again. She put her heart in an enclosed magical orb, protecting it from all influences of this world. No love, no pain, no mortal feelings. For maybe the life of immortality is such a lonely road to travel.

Sketched and Painted in PS. Took about 2 weeks.

Close-ups and WIP screenshots here:
http://shadowbrooke.yolasite.com/iceheart
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This is my portrayal of Hamlet's Ophelia.

Sketched in pencil, then scanned into PS for painting. Took about two weeks to finish. Thanks for viewing.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:20:03 +0000 http://shadowbrooke.cgsociety.org/gallery/589009

For this painting I worked with a fantasy theme. As the story goes, once upon a time, the peaceful kingdom of Azrya was threatened by the dark forces of nature. The Fire Sword, weapon of the First King, was never used since the king passed away.
now the Sword stirs, choosing a guardian for the land. The Chosen was a Crane-Spirit mage. With the power of the Fire Sword and her dragon Kyl, she helped Azrya battled against evil.

Painted in Photoshop CS. Took a long time

close-up:
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