ART SHOWCASE (part II)!!

Here's the (original) gig: Time to Show Case your art! So the first 10 people to comment here I will laud, praise, and all around pimp on this journal. Broken down, that means I'll link back to you, say what I most admire about your art, style, technique, what have you, and also place up links of some of the art I most admire of yours. The only hitch is that IF you are one of those 10, you must post this on your journal and do that same thing for 10 people as well! And so around and around it goes!

Here's the page bluebeauty875.deviantart.com/j… by BlueBeauty875 that got me, and a link to the first half of my Art Showcase rawren.deviantart.com/journal/…

BE SURE TO MOUSE-OVER THE TITLES, AS I USUALLY WRITE IN EXTRA STUFF... let the fun begin!

6. Oh my, this girl, NARURU! here, is a lot of fun to be around and talk with. She's always drawing and I have always been weak-kneed for pencil works like Naruto : What I've Seen, KH2: Show off..., Naruto - Depression, and Merry Xmas to the following DA. It's actually nice seeing the original pencil marks and drawing process, I wouldn't change a thing. Now, she's also a great colorist, especially digitally, and I offer the very limited color pallet work Axel as an example. If you look closely, she's used an interesting color fading/shifting technique within the hair and skin tone (NICE!). If you look carefully in her Gallery naruto-sexy-no-jutsu.deviantar… you'll find one of the best CG coloring tutorials I've ever seen, look here How to CG Part 2. Thanks for sharing this with me and us, I love your work and can't wait to see more!!!

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P.S. I have to link -Chibi Axel- again because it reminds me of my kid sister.



7. n2large0shirt is probably best known for his frogs and bugs, as in Frog Eye and Twelve-spot Skimmer Dragonfly. But I think his real strengths are in his higher contrast, more saturated hue nature shots, as exemplified by Yellow and Unfolded. There are also several great landscape shots hiding in this gallery, such as Generic sunset and silhouette (which is one of my personal favorites so far). I must make two honorable mentions ~ clover and Pheasant Eye Narcissus! Now, wouldn't you also love to have parents with this incredible backyard to shoot in with your Macro? (see Icon below) I sure would. Thanks for sharing!

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8. A recent dA find and new friend is Carmelward and she's grabbed one of the few last slots left on my Showcase, this is fun! The work that first found my attention was Self portrait 07. I love the color most, but I really get involved with the shading and subtle light play on the right cheek of the portrait (see thumb below). On the front page right now, you'll find Blue samurai, which I also really enjoy. Now, as an artist who's growing more and more interested in sequential art, and keep buying Scott McCloud books on the subject, I couldn't ignore Muse on holiday. It's a lot of fun and you have to keep  practicing somehow. Another thing I enjoy seeing in an artist's portfolio is a lot of roughs and sketches, and "Carmel" doesn't disappoint here with Sketches. Hat tip to the nicely composed Man and Rose. And last, but least, not really because I LOVE the color and head tilt, woah frankenstien!

:thumb52654417: Carmelward

9.   I met "Silky", 1footonthedawn, when she faved an illustration of mine rawren.deviantart.com/art/Olym… and I asked why in her comments section. Silky sweetly replied that she was (a) LDS, which is the faith of my family, and I love it when people aren't shy about their beliefs and stand up for them. I am not a Mormon, but I love Mormons in general and respect their beliefs. This leads me to Silky's Articles of Faith (which I wish more people knew and understood) series Apophysis: TWELFTH. The fractals are beautiful on Silky's pages, and it's unfortunate that their creation are physically difficult for Silky. Here's a few of my favorites Apophysis: CHERUBIM and Apophysis-OREALLY?. Silky's animated images are a lot of fun and are very eye catching as well, one of my favorites is the colorful image The Crow, and then Inconstant Moon (I want to read Larry Niven's story by the same name now). Only a handful of people know this, but I actually collect images of nuclear explosions, and this image caught my eye Terragen: DESTROYED. And, at last, but not least, a mixed media image, with a willing and helpful model, which ties together so many of Silky's talents into one awesome work Secret.

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10 (coming soon, under construction)