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I've added a new painting to my dA gallery, the second in the Clean Sweep series. This one was was painted in a fairly short amount of time, so I didn't save that many progress images, something I usually do a lot because I'm paranoid that Photoshop is going to crash on me. Click to view larger image Click here to view the finished painting :) Anyway, I have also posted wallpapers of Sean and Caldenia: the zip folder can be downloaded from the links below (which will take you to my dA page). The wallpaper pack also includes wallpapers for iOS devices: Wallpapers: S E A N   |  C A L D E N I A Posted by Doris | Follow me on Twitter

First off, you might have noticed that we have a brand new layout for the site. Huzzah. Annette and I have been fiddling with it for the past week. Not everything is in place yet but they're relatively minor things that still need to be done. We'll keep working on the site, but nothing should fall apart anytime soon ^^; We also haven't had a dark-coloured layout in a pretty long while so it's a nice change. What do you think? The Important Bit: New Painting This new post has been in the works for ages, but we really needed to change the site first because ... reasons. I was commissioned by writing team Ilona Andrews this past summer to do some interior art for the first novel of the Innkeeper Chronicles. The story was initially available as a free serial on their website and I was always looking forward to the updates while awaiting the next installment in their Kate Daniels series. There are a total of five Clean Sweep paintings (incl. the cover) and the fir...

So ... I totally forgot to make this post for my Kate Six painting. I only remembered to do this when I burned the entire folder on DVD (2,4 GB by the by) and came across my WiP images. Kate Daniels is probably one of my favourite book characters ever and I have actually painted her before but then my external hard drive crashed and I lost pretty much everything I hadn't backed-up in a long time. And then I wallowed in self-pity and I didn't do any painting whatsoever for over six months ... probably longer than that. But I always got back to Kate as a subject. I've re-read the books about two or three times now, mostly in preparation for the upcoming sixth book. It was just the right time to start with a new Kate painting. THE SKETCH & CHOOSING COLOURS So this process is something I rarely do anymore: I actually *gasp* sketched it. Ohnoes! I generally dislike sketching because it makes the process so much longer than usual - I'm a slowpoke, if you d...

Last year, I made a Jack fan art entitled ‘Wish’.   This post is about the drawing of the artwork :) For those who don't know... I'm a HUGE fan of Jack !  I think she's a very interesting character and definitely my favourite from the Mass Effect games.   Jack was, of course, voiced by the talented and equally awesome Courtenay Taylor , who I'm also a big fan of.   When I’d heard over Twitter that Ms.Taylor's birthday was coming up, I thought it'd be fun to do a little fan gift. Initially, I had a few different ideas for the artwork.   After chatting with my bestie, Jayde, I decided to do a portrait of Jack holding a birthday cupcake.   I like Jack's new look in  Mass Effect 3 but wanted her in casual clothes, like she's just chilling out, hence the t-shirt (with Hex on it, but more about that later). Sketching it out Like all things, I started with a rough sketch.   I like to draw the eyes first because I feel that i...

This has been sitting on my computer for a while. Though the painting was posted in the gallery I never got around to uploading the WiP images. This was the first time I've painted a World Of Warcraft fan art, so it was interesting. Click to view larger image I had the greyscale thumbnail down reasonably fast, which is always good as I detest greyscale thumbnails ... This method doesn't always work out for me because I usually find it tough to add colours for the painting. Click to view larger image To get the actual colours I wanted was a bit of a painful process; I don't really like tweaking or filtering my colour layers over the greyscale because that just messes with my head. My personal preference is working in full colour. Click to view larger image But occasionally the greyscale process works out in the end; it's the 'getting there' that doesn't always make me a happy panda. I also didn't post the full-s...

To the crickets out there: Youtuber loomer979 will be hosting a podcast with Connor Kenway's voice actor Noah Watts , which makes me one happy panda. The best thing about this upcoming podcast is that the AC community can participate by submitting questions . Please note that if you do submit a question, you are limited to two questions per person. If you can't think of a question or you're just a lurker bee - you can always vote for questions that have already been submitted! Read the guidelines on the page, please :) The deadline is December 2nd. Please spread the word and support this upcoming podcast for our latest AC hero and let's make this a great event with Noah Watts :D Submit questions and/or vote here. - Follow me on Twitter - My deviantArt page

Updated my deviantArt gallery with a new painting that was finished about a week ago. Since I was starting on a new Connor Kenway (AC3) painting I wanted to wait before uploading it, thinking I might add/change some things but I liked it the way it was :)The painting is titled Metallic Fancy because initially her top was supposed to be metallic-looking - though it still is, I suppose. But when I added all the jewel-tones, the metallic effect was a little lost among all those lovely colours :p My second Connor painting is on its way. I'm determined to finish it before the AC3 European release date on October 31st *fingers crossed* NOTE : Please do not re-post this image without linking back to this post or my Twitter account. Thanks :)