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)