Hello all. This is another go at Eleri, my Sindar druid on Wireplay's Untold Tales of Tolkien II server Link. For those characters who are most important in my roleplay, I often get itchy about their portraits and redo them several times. The last attempt for Eleri was... mediocre to say the least. Hopefully this one is a little better. Just to be clear, this is a digital painting, NOT, repeat NOT a photo manipulation. It's not easier to do than oil painting, and I know this because I do both. (I've had people mark me down in the past because they thought it was just a PS filter on a photo)
And commentary and thoughts are very welcome, more than downloads by a long way.
Why is she naked? In the reference photo the model is wearing some stupid shiny silver swimming gear, which makes her look a little tarty; completely at odds with the power of her expression, and after painting all that skin it seemed a shame to cover it up with some half-baked armour. So - she is an elf, she is by the sea. Think of it as natural, uninhibited elfy behaviour rather than sleazy nude shot.
As the person who painted a piece, it is often easy to overlook things that seem obvious to others seeing it to the first time, so.... thoughts? suggestions? oversights? Thank you
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