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Kevin Lycans 2007-12-04 Pic Nice work I like it   John Shannon 2002-07-11 Fantastic work April !! I've been a big fan of your art since Jhoneil first showed me your site !!!   Marisa Steyn 2002-07-11 this is absolutely stunning work... and in acrylic. never been able to get the darn stuff to work for me! this guy has to be the best drow i've ever seen!!   (April Lee) Marisa, acrylics are not the easiest medium to use. Because it dries so quickly, it's difficult to get it to blend smoothly, particularly for smooth things like skintones. The things acrylics are good for, is that you can easily correct things by painting over it. And if you want things to dry quickly and not lift up with subsequent paintinging, it's great! One cheaty way to make acrylics look smoother is to paint a very large painting. When it's reduced down in print (or on a website) it will look a lot smoother! Also--don't use big, fat, bristle brushes--use small flats and rounds, so you can get the details. Use painting techniques like scumbling and glazing. Know how to mix paint and make gradual gradations. Also, wet palettes and spray-bottles of water also help! Katy Rewston 2002-07-12 very, very nice. i love the colours. the face is really good too. i wish i could draw elves like that. wonderful picture.   dilosh GregowicH 2002-09-28 oh, this is my favorite! all these tones, the expression and the mood!i can even hear the sounds of the night forest creatures!! great detail as usual!:)   Kay Allen 2002-10-19 Oh April..I am so sorry I didn't comment on this the first time I saw it....I absolutely love it....and you know I love drows. Your use of the blue colors in this so expertly actually stopped me in one of my paintings of drows. I was doing a similiar color pallet and I hadn't seen yours yet. So I did a quick turn around to another pallet...This is so wonderful! The use of white which is difficult you have mastered. This is cover quality...   (April Lee) Kay, Sweetie! Nice of you to visit! I really should leave comments for you and other artists, but I haven't done much of that so far on Epilogue. I painted this 7 or 8 years ago... I wish I would have had time to do more like it, but I've been working full time and free-lancing on the side which has kept me too busy. I usually don't work in such a monochromatic palette, although I really enjoy seeing other paintings done that way. It just seemed a very easy way to do the skin tones and to make it look like a night scene. Payne's Grey and Ultramarine Blue are two colors I use a lot. But most of my paintings have a lot more color variation in them. Thank you so much for your comments! :) Lela Rajak 2002-11-27 It´s absolutelly wonderful April, just the way that I imagine a drow! Mystic, beautiful, and yet, something in them that makes you wary. His clothes fits him so perfectly. I can see that you´ve put in some effort to make them a part of him, and not to draw away attention, only to enhance the effect. Wonderful work on the background as well. You´ve made the birches look so realistic. This one is number one for me of your pictures. You make special pictures April!   (April Lee) Thanks, Lela. Some pictures just come together better than others. For some reason, the moonlight mood, the woods, the snow and the snowy owl and drow just seem to add up to more than the separate elements alone. I'm glad you like it. Ihsan Alnasrawi 2003-02-19 Awesome! This is one of my favourite images on epilogue - truly remarkable! The guy has so much character, the lighting is superb as well as the garb and colours - amazing work!   Jenny Dolfen 2003-06-29 This is my favourite deptction of a drow! (Including cover art). I can't help myself; I love snow, and I love drow!   Linda Bergkvist 2003-11-02 This is one of those images I've seen pretty much all over the web. It's unfortunate that so many people would take it and never give credit... but now that I know who made it, I can bash them over the head until they either remove it or credit you. What are your rules? As for the image - it's excellent. I really enjoy the limited colour use and the birches in the background were definately a stroke of genius. I'd also like to add that this picture has inspired me :] Even before I knew who had made it.   (April Lee) Hi Linda!--My rules for using my images used to be that it was OK as long as the site gave me a credit and a link. But now I don't give anyone permission because I can't keep track of who has asked and who hasn't--and some people will take art off the secondary sites and it all just gets out of control. That's how people stealing (intentionally or unintentionally) mess things up for everyone, sadly. Well, my drow painting has been around for too long--so he's spread all over the place by now. I was also bad about watermarking things when I first started uploading to the internet! So I'm not going to worry about it too much. But if something blatant occurs--such as someone selling prints or claiming the image as their own, I'll try and fight. I am SO flattered that anything of mine could inspire you--or anyone, really! I'm trying hard to be so inspired by your work that my painting will get better... So far, it's not working so well, but at least I can look at your work and just enjoy them! :) I would LOVE it if you published a book of your artwork. Please consider doing something like that!!! Post a Comment