Work in Progress: The Storm

 Work in Progress: The Storm

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Work in progress of the personal illustration I'm working on, called "The Storm".
It's mostly inspired by Brom and the early paintings of Gustav Klimt.
I hope to finish it soon, in the meantime, enjoy this little preview ;)
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Flora Portrait

Flora Portrait


Hi there,
This one was a tough work but I´m very happy with the result. She is Flora, the goddes of flowers and plants and my intention was to do a portrait of her that looks like the classic baroque portraits of aristocracy.
You can see a larger version of the image here: LINK
Done in photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Intuos 4.
I hope you like it :)

Here are some details:

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And here is the process:

Work in Progress

Work in Progress


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The Sacred Mountain details

The Sacred Mountain details


Here are some details of my last work "The Sacred Mountain", also you can view a bigger version of the illustration clicking here

I hope you enjoy it :
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The Sacred Mountain

The Sacred Mountain


"Nobody remember who sculpted the huge face in the rock, the leyend says that she is older than the human race, that she is a goddess, a spirit of nature.

Every sunrise, the monastery bell rings, and she seems to be awaking."


I´ve tried to do an environment on this one, playing more with values, lighting and atmosphere. I hope you like it guys :)

Done in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Intuos4, I´ve used a paper texture and some custom brushes.

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"Nadie recuerda quién esculpió la enorme cara en la roca, la leyenda dice que es más antigua que el Hombre, que es una Diosa, un espíritu de la naturaleza.

Cada amanecer, la campana del monasterio suena, y ella parece estar despertando."

En este trabajo he intentado crear un entorno, jugando más con los valores tonales, la iluminación y la atmósfera. Espero que os guste :)

Realizado en Photoshop CS3 con una Wacom Intuos4, he usado una textura de papel y varios pinceles customizados.

Here is the process / Aquí está el proceso:

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Bird Soul Tutorial

Bird Soul Tutorial 


Hi guys,
I´m going to explain how I did my last work step by step, I´ve post the main references that I used, some interesting links that may help you and a custom brush by myself. My apologies for my poor english, I´m still studying to improve it :)

Well, at first at all I had the idea of a soul-liberating character and I was thinking about this concept until the image is formed in my head, then I made a little and fast rough sketch, I looked for documentation in Internet and I saw a lot of images of Venetian Carnival masks, birds (live and dead), skull´s birds, North American Indians and some Inuit women, after that, my imagination started work at full speed. I took a photo of myself to reference of the pose, especially of the hands. When I had all things that I needed, I started working in photoshop.

Here are the main references that I used:
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In my two last works I did a brushstrokes background and I added a texture before start to work on the character. I used a custom brush by myself that looks like an acrylic brushstroke and a texture of a special paper, I put two layers of texture in "linear burn" mode with diferent opacity and erased some parts to achive a good effect. You can download my brush here

Here is the texture that I used in my two last works:

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I usually don´t used the pencil sketch in my digital work, only use it as a fast way to put my ideas on paper and then I sketching again digitaly but at this time I scaned it and used it as reference because I liked the proportions and some shapes on it, anyway, I did a lot of changes in the process of color sketching and painting.

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After doing a basic background I started to paint the character, I did a basic color scheme at first, then I started to working in the volume. I used the same brush to paint the feathers and others details but the skin and the bird skull was done with a custom brush by Charlie Bowater, you can find this brush in her deviant journal clicking here.

To design the little bird souls I used as reference a sketch that I did some years ago in which some birds flying away from a head, I like those birds very much. I used some layer effects to create the sense of moving and added some splash with a custom brush by Yang Xueguo called "snow", you can download his "good brush set" here.

Here is my old sketch that I used as reference to design the birds:

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When I finished the birds I worked on the final details on the background, dress and hair, again I used a custom brush by Yang Xueguo to make the dark leaves on the background.

To finish the illustration definitely I did some color settings and made a frame with rounded edges.

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I hope you´ve enjoyed the tutorial and it helps you, if you have any questions don´t hesitate to ask me.

Thanks for visiting :)
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Bird Soul

Bird Soul



"She is a spirit of death, but don´t be afraid, is a soul-liberating, she wanders through the woods looking for little lifeless bodies and free their bird souls to fly forever"

This is my latest work, I´m trying to find a new technique, playing more with textures and brushstrokes. Done in Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos4, I´ve used a paper texture and some custom brushes. I hope you like it :)


Here are some details (click on the image to enlarge):


And here is the process:


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"Ella es un espítitu de la Muerte, pero no temáis, es una liberadora de almas, ella vaga por los bosques buscando pequeños cuerpos sin vida y libera sus almas de pájaro para que vuelen eternamente"

Este es mi último trabajo, estoy tratando de encontrar una nueva técnica y jugar más con texturas y pinceladas. Hecho en Photoshop CS3 con una tabeta gráfica Wacom Intuos4, he usado una textura de papel y varios pinceles customizados. Espero que os guste :)
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Renascence

Renascence

Hi,

I´d like to play more with textures and brushstrokes in my next illustrations, so this is just an exercise to practice and learn.

Done in Photoshop CS3 wit a wacom Intuos 4, I´ve used a paper texture and some brushes created by me, also I made a vector ornament in freehand for the background.

Here is the process

I hope you like it :)

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Hola,
Me gustaría jugar más con las texturas y las pinceladas en mis próximas ilustraciones así que hice este ejercicio para practicar y aprender.

Está realizado en Photoshop CS3 con una tableta gráfica Wacom Intuos 4, he usado una textura de papel estampado y algunos pinceles creados por mí, también he hecho un adorno vectorial en Freehand para el fondo.

Espero que os guste :)
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Nekranea Store

Nekranea Store

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Hi folks,

Artsprojekt.com invited me to join them and create my own products, you can visit my store in http://www.zazzle.com/Nekranea

I hope you like it! :D

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Hola,

He sido invitada para unirme a Artsprojekt.com y crear mis propios productos, podeis visitar mi tienda en http://www.zazzle.com/Nekranea
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Espero que os guste :D
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Coral Reff WIP

 Coral Reef WIP

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nekranea wallpapers


Hello everybody
I´ve made some wallpapers with some of my last illustrations, you can download them  by clicking in your favorite screen resolution. I hope you´ll enjoy them :)


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Balance

Balance

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Hi everyone,
this is a work I did for a CGHub Jam, the topic was "Heaven VS. Hell". It´s a faster work than usually but I like it anyway. There was really great stuff and I didn´t won but I had a lot of fun painting it. I hope you like it guys :)

The Spirit of the Flowers

The Spirit of the Flowers


This is the spirit of the flowers, another work of my nature spirit series. This is probably the most complicated work that I´ve ever done, I spend ages on it because I´ve gone crazy with the details and volume, but I´ve learned a lot painting it and I really proud of the result. I hope you like it :)

Done in photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos 4

You can see the process HERE:


and some details HERE:

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"The spirit of the Flowers" Preview

"The spirit of the Flowers" Preview
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Just a little preview, I hope you like it :)
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WIP: Sketching

WIP: Sketching
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Hi everyone,

I´ve decided to show you some steps of the piece I´m painting now. I´m working in a spirit of the flowers, a beautiful creature with moth wings, petals in her face like a venetian mask and a lot of diferent flowers in her head.

At first I did a rough sketch and a lot of annotations to put in paper the general idea (picture 1), then I needed some references before start the final line sketch. I had a lot of fun looking for documentation, I discovered many awesome and huge moths with very beautiful wings and wonderful colors, they really amazed me. Also I was looking for some pictures of Ikebana and other floral arts and I found a lot of beautiful examples that inspired me a lot.

When I had all the documentation necesary I did the final line sketch (picture 2), after that I sketched the lighting (picture 3) and the color (picture 4), in this last step I fixed some drawing mistakes and some things to do the composition works better.

I want to achieve a beautiful atmosphere, a lot of details and play a lot with the colors on this one. I hope to finish this piece in a few days.

Thanks for watching and I hope you´ve enjoyed with the sketching process :)
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Spirit of the Trees

Spirit of the Trees
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This is a spirit of the trees, another piece of my personal series about nature´s spirits.
Done in photoshop with a Wacom Intous4. 

You can see some details here:
 
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and the process here:
 
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I hope you like it :)

Shinskra, wind spirit

Shinskra, wind spirit 

 

Here is another spirit of the nature, the wind spirit. I´ve taken my time to paint this one and I´ve learned a lot doing it, I´m quite satisfied with the result.
It´s completely done in photoshop CS3 with a wacom Intuos 3.

Details:


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And here are some steps of the process.
I did a rough sketch of the general idea with a pencil, I looked for documentation of some feathers, owls, little bells... and I took a photo of myself to use it as a light reference. Then I started to sketching in photoshop, I did a sketch line and a color sketch:

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Then I started to paint and define all parts:

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And finally, I worked on details:

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You can see an animated process by clicking HERE

I hope you like it and thanks for viewing :)
(Sorry, my english isn´t very good yet)

Amaëlsh, forest spirit

Amaëlsh, forest spirit



Hi there,
This one is the first piece of a personal series of illustrations about nature spirits. I´ve inspired mainly in the Renaissance paintings, Cernunnos and Hayao Miyazaki´s creatures a little. I hope you like it :)
Done in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Intuos 3.

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Hola a todos,
Esta es la primera de una serie de ilustraciones sobre espíritus de la naturaleza. Me he inspirado principalmente en la pintura del renacimiento, Cernunnos y un poco en las criaturas de Hayao Miyazaki. Espero que os guste :)
Realizada en Photoshop CS3 con una Wacom Intuos 3.