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Snow Princess by *jackieocean:iconjackieocean:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > People > Fantasy

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©2006-2009 *jackieocean
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Deep in the wintery forest is where the snow princess holds her court.

This was initially drawn with brown pencil on watercolor paper and then I painted over it with a series of ink washes. Different parts of the scenery - trees, falling snow - were painted on separate sheets of paper and then added as layers in Photoshop. All of the color was painted in Photoshop with my tablet. I based the snow princess on a photo of myself. I started out looking at various random models from magazines, but they all looked too, well, modely and not so much like an actual person. And I'd rather for this snow princess to look believeable and not like some total fantasy person. Haha, if that makes any sense.

May of 2006.

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*rajin May 13, 2006, 10:23:36 AM
I really like the coloring in this piece!
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~Nevlothiel May 13, 2006, 10:32:16 AM
That is so beautiful. Very soft =) Nice one!

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*jackieocean May 13, 2006, 10:32:41 AM
Thank you! I enjoyed working with wintery colors when everything is really spring colored around here right now. It makes for an interesting contrast. ;)

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*jackieocean May 13, 2006, 10:33:45 AM
Thank you! I wasn't sure if it was too soft looking at first, so I'm happy to hear you think it works.

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~Nevlothiel May 13, 2006, 10:39:22 AM
=) You're very welcome ^_^

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~neverendingview May 13, 2006, 10:41:36 AM
It's deffinately not too soft. There's enough sharpness around the jaw line and the whites of the eyes to make the face really pop against the smooth background.
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~alice25 May 13, 2006, 10:42:06 AM
Ooh, tis beautiful!
I really like the background, and the ice tiara... I want one!!! :D

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~Taiphen May 13, 2006, 10:43:57 AM
It's really gorgeous. Love the small details you added to the background and hair. You're colouring is brilliant once more :)

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~CaptainQuirk May 13, 2006, 10:51:21 AM
I like the natural asymmetrical crown - it's shaped like real ice.

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*jackieocean May 13, 2006, 11:16:08 AM
Thanks! That's what I was going for. I've thought the idea for an ice crown would be really cool since I was a kid.

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