SF&F Picture 1 out of 20 by Amy Renée Hanna.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: 'Paradise Lost' - Fallen Angel

All the quotes are from 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, including the ones in the background. For anyone interested in the actual construction of the piece in Photoshop, here is some information: (1) The background is 38 layers of 2-4 lines apiece, then I had to double that when I expanded the image upwards. (2) The image has a total of 80 layers, when all is said and done, though I merged some throughout the process. (3) The original is 5000 pixels wide, with a resolution of 200dpi. (4) The PSD file, at one point in time, was over 100MB in size. (5) When shading the body and wings, I often used a round brush with very soft edges at an Opacity of 100%, but a Flow of just 1%. (And sometimes I still had to use the eraser at a low opacity!) (6) The body was painted solely with the round brush tool and the eraser tool. (7) For the wing feathers, I drew thin lines where I thought the edges of the feathers should be, then used a Gaussian Blur. After that, I added a Motion Blur. Once that was done, I once again added very thin outlines on the edges of the feathers. (8) I had to use a flashlight and a mirror to figure out some of the lighting (especially on the arms, the face, and the legs)


	Image censored due to its Parental Rating level (#4 of 4), as set by the artist...


	Categories: [Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy] [Body Study] [Woman, Women] [Book Illustration] Techniques: [Computer Painted from Scratch] Inspirations: [Other Author]

Date	Name	Comment
5 Jul 2005	Jenn 'BLackRose1900' Anne	Loading... Nice.... Very nice... I like the wings very real...
16 Aug 2005	BobbyBrown	Loading... This is just WOW, is it some sort of blood to the right of the right wing?
26 Feb 2006	Anonymous	Loading... That was a very nice effect you got on your pic. When i red the text it kinda dissapered into the darkness after a while, it sure was annoying! Nice pic anyway=)
19 Apr 2006	Andy	Loading... Stop copyrighting them its really annoying! They are so good i want them!
26 Sep 2008	Brianne A. Lefebvre	Loading... I love The wings. The contrast in the photo, the shading in all sets a mood which is just perfect. Good work!

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SciFi and Fantasy Art: 'Paradise Lost' - Fallen Angel