"Claei" by Brian Keith Cooke

I love the amount of detail that you put into this picture. I am also a big fan of the dagger.Thanks. I look at this picture and see that I don't have enough detail. But then, that's the way I see a lot of my art.

I -want- that dagger!If I thought the design was better, I'd send it off to a knife maker to see what he'd do with it...if it turned out ok, I'm sure Peggy would want one too

Wow so life like! spectacular job on the sword! Very good! Me likes it! Keep it up!Thanks muchly. I actually wasn't really happy with the dagger's design, and have since redesigned it for another piece with this character.

What can I say? I love this girl. Your proportions are on and the entire scene works so well. A really wonderful composition.Aahhh, I cheated a bit on the background, but it came close to what I wanted. Glad you like it.

All of your work that I have seen has been great! This is no exception.Thanks, I appreciate that. While this sample of my work may not always represent talent, it does represent hard work. Nice to be appreciated

I love the way yo do detail and shading. And besides the dagger and its aura, I love her head gear, and dress with it's detail, like the feather. But also, I love the arches and how you used real runes, did you look them up to go with what she's doing, or did you just place them down? Because the few up there for protection seem to help her....cuz it looks like she is protecting something. ^_^ -hops around- this is my fave so far!Thanks very much. I know that my shading still needs a bit of work, but I do what I can. The runes are just some that I pulled off the net. Research for an piece can be very interesting, in that you can find all sorts of symbols and objects that represent an idea that you're trying to convey, and then discard them and use something completely unrelated because it looks better.

I get the impression that she's coming after us, what with the way she's holding the dagger and holding us in a fixed gaze..... Woo! It sends a chill down my spine. That means it's G-O-O-D!Shivers are good. Unless it's supposed to be a pastoral scene, in which case shivers would indicate that it turned out creepier than you intended...I have a tendency to make the figures in my character pics face the "camera" so to speak, so the menacing aspect never occured to me. Hopefully, you've found some supplies by now

now that is some badbutt piece of art! coolness! I really like the thing that's on her head, and that dagger....I *want* it. now, please. thank you very much. I have to admit, I stole the idea of a chrome skullcap from the character of Merlin in Excalibur. I've always kind of liked it

The only thing I would change would be the chest. She doesn't need to look like she works at Hooters, but maybe she could stand to be a little bit bigger in that area?No, I disagree. She was meant to be fairly flat-chested. It happens.

Another awesome drawing brotha. very good pencil work.