Finally at the time of upload, I finished a toon that I thought would never be finished. Another character from my stories named Star Sparks. The adopted daughter of Kelly and Tasha Sparks. Star was diagnosed with "cranial vampere stygma" at birth. This disease rarely affects vamperes and is always likely to be terminal. Kelly and Tasha (both vampere) adopted Star when she was at the age of 4. Star's neurological handicap plagued her all of her (first) life with a case of "severe attention disorder" and died at the age of 17. Devastated parents of Star and Star's grandmother; 'Tie Travel', made the decision for Star to become an addition to a new race of Vampere called 'Ti-pere', a name invented by Tie herself describing her own breed of her advanced evolution of the vampere. Tie, bit Star. And now, the newly resurrected daughter of the Sparks family lives healthy and free from her former disease. In this photo taken by Tasha, 'Stars' mother' Strar is posed on the Sparks plantation which overlooks the vampire city 'Vistamere' in the distance. Star at this time is 23 years old and is yet un-married, but that soon changes in the future when she falls in love with her childhood friend Maria.
Mart,
ReplyDeleteI took a good look at your latest artwork and here's what I think...
I like Star's skin tone, her dark hair and her sensual yet eerie stare, as well as the transparency of her clinging top. Well done.
I'm not a fan of "Poser comics", so the background appeals to me less since it has that Poser feel about it. It kind of makes Star look a little out of place, because the two different art styles tend to clash.
But overall, it's a very cool & stylish piece.
Keep up the good work!
- James.
Hey Thanks James,
ReplyDeleteI certainly do appreciate your honesty there. That is what I was afraid of. The original idea was to make it all a toon, but then I started painting the background and ended up with a realistic look. So countless hours went into Star making her realistic...I never finished her in that way. Got frustrated and said the heck with it...lol. So I pulled the plug on her and went back to my original idea about her, creating a toon state. I showed it to a fellow truck driver trying to get an opinion and he said that he loved it. That the two styles gave it a rotorscope effect like in the anime movies. I didn't think so. Well this is the result. So they will all be "toon all the way" and the realistic will be "realistic all the way". Never a mix any more....lol.
Oh and I totally agree with you on one point you made...I too hate "poser art". With one exception...it's done very well. and I mean very well...If you use a manikin...then at least make it look real.