SF&F Picture 2 out of 6 by B.B. Richardson.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: Exotic Elegance

It's been a long time since I did a real fantasy piece, and I've been wanting to update this gallery for a while now. :-)

This lady's appearance and adornments are inspired by Dejah Thoris and other characters from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars novels. I loved the descriptions of all that exotic jewelry and ornamentation. It gave me a lot of freedom to make up some really out-of-the-ordinary designs, along with the Art Nouveau look. But, this wasn't intended to be fan art, so I added details to set her apart from the Barsoom characters -- hence the pointed Elf ears. In fact, I also thought of giving this piece an alternate title: Elvish Elegance.

This drawing was created using a combination of technical pens and brushwork.

Also, if you're interested, there's a Work in Progress posted in the Sketches and Concepts section of my blog, with all the stages of this drawing from pencil sketch to finished inks. :)

Hope you enjoy it!


	Categories: [Body Study] [Elf / Elves] [Head or Facial Study] [Royalty, Kings, Princes, Princesses, etc] [Woman, Women] Techniques: [Black Ink] Inspirations: [Edgar Rice Burroughs]

Date	Name	Comment
19 May 2008	Alexey Lutsenko	Loading... Of cource I enjoy it! You’ve done it - your elf is really beautiful. You not only tryed - you got it! And, you know, I think that elven women are feminine and sexy. I am glad to see that you agree with me.
21 May 2008	Dragomir Cristian Madalin	Loading... She is gorgeaous a good job indeed . She’s very beautiful , but i do admit that i don’t like her face . B.B. Richardson replies: "Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it! I’m sorry her face was unimpressive to you, though. Is it her facial features themselves that bother you, or the string of beads across her nose? (Just asking out of curiosity. )"
22 May 2008	Dragomir Cristian Madalin	Loading... the beads seem like a necessary item in order to express her persona but what i don’t like is the curve of the forehead connecting with the nose and mouth. Maybe if you did her head to look a little 3d it would have been great B.B. Richardson replies: "OK, I think I see what you mean there. Thanks for the compliment and the constructive hint. Are you saying it might look better with a little extra shading to make the full shape of her head stand out? Maybe some shading around her eyebrows, or her cheeks perhaps? "
26 May 2008	Dragomir Cristian Madalin	Loading... i don’t think extra shading, the shading in this picture is good for the style in use, but just turn her head towards the viewer, showing a little of the left eye (the one who isn’t showing at all) and reduce the big curve of the forehead with a more natural smaller curved one i think that should do it
30 Jun 2008	Russell Martin	Loading... I really like the lines and graphic borders.

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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Exotic Elegance