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Submitted: October 16, 2011
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Skylegsby `CrimsonMagpie

Traditional Art / Paintings / Illustration / Storybook

The final illustration for Swifture, Lady Hartenford on the deck of HMS Swiftsure, confident in her new environment after having spend so long aloft.

I was shooting for a classic 'happy end' picture; evocative, optimistic, and a little bit sad in a happy way. The entire thing was underpainted with a warm brown, which was left to show through in areas, to emulate the look of old paintings by the likes of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough.

It was painted during an all nighter during which I consumed three litres of energy drink, which I later found out contained considerably more than the maximum safe daily dose of caffeine. This is why such things as a the warped railing, I was buzzing so hard that night! :high:
I'm going to repaint this one day, bigger and better, with airships in the background, and other people on deck!

Acrylic on paper, 42 x 29cm

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~Wikidtron Oct 30, 2011 Professional Artist

Beautiful work. Were you going after a specific mood for this painting? To me, it seems... wistful... like she is remembering something that made her happy, while enjoying a cool breeze.

`CrimsonMagpie Oct 31, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks.

Yea, I was going for something somewhat wistful, like she knows the story's going to end soon, and it going to miss her adventure.

^3wyl Oct 26, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Interesting how you've used acrylics here and it feels so... smooth, I guess you could say. o.O

Anyway, I like the composition and how you've managed to capture a sense of 'wind' with the way the clothing flies behind the woman there. The colours work together well and I think the shading is awesome, especially with the dress and the clouds themselves.

I'm not too sure about the orange-y outline, as it's a bit confusing.. but that's just me.

Cool stuff.

`CrimsonMagpie Oct 27, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Acrylics can be smooth is one is proficient with them.

Thanks, the wind effect on the clothes is stylised, but it's an aesthetic focus of the image. The outline is just a consequence of not painting over the underpainting properly, it shouldn't really be there.