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Katherine N. Garlick

"Ode" by Katherine N. Garlick

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This little one is Lysistrata, a childling satyr, musician, imp, busker, would-be bard and general ragamuffin. She's somewhere between 9 and 14 - even she isn't sure, herself, but she doesn't much care, as long as she keeps her song. Children are always one of my biggest challenges, especially doing one without a referance. I think she came out okay, though. Pen and Ink, colored in Corel.


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4 Dec 2000:-) Katherine N. Garlick
Corel PhotoPaint 8 - the background is pretty simple, really... I fill it in with a solid black, select it under a mask, and use the Pastel brush to put in the big swaths of color - I use the pastel for the figure, too, but on a white base, instead. Then I erase patterns into the background, at about 75% transperancy. It's usually the fastest part of the whole picture. From scanning down to JPEG compression, including som major reconstruction from a long, leonine tail to the current, took about 6 hours, give or take.
24 Dec 200045 Swizzle
You just.....RULE! I will never be this good. Then again I'm a chef so that's ok.
1 Feb 200145 ~ L ~
simply adorable!
10 Feb 200145 Karsabeth
EEEEK! I wuv it! Can I keep her? I'm soo jealous. You have an incredible talent! There's nothing I could say to improve this sooo.. *blink blinkies* KAWAII!
26 Feb 200145 Dolphin Silverwolf
I wonder if she could use a mentor? I like the coloring work...excellent. I wish I could color like this...every time I throw color on my artwork it seems to make everything flat and degrades the quality of the work...how do you do it? Also what hardware are you using? Mac? PC? Wacom tablet?
1 Mar 2001:-) Katherine N. Garlick
PC... and a mouse. Though, oooooo - I ~want~ a wacom tablet.
3 Jun 200145 Tess
This is an ugly little creature, but I don't mean it in a bad way! She is homely, but very real because of it--probably one of the best renderings of a satyr I've seen here. If a half-dozen of the ones depicted here were "viable," Lysistrata would be one of the live ones.
30 Oct 200145 Ilona Lamminen
Oooh, a satyr. She's got lovely hooves and horns - 'specially the color. ~.^ Something bothers me about her left leg, tho, but satyr's legs are always hard.
2 Sep 200245 Eire Wolf <goewyn1@yah...com>
She's so cute! I love the hair especially. Everything is perfect!
14 Jan 2007:-) Anne Wipf
Cute!
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'Ode':
 • Created by: :-) Katherine N. Garlick
 • Copyright: ©Katherine N. Garlick. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Baby, Bard, Changeling, Child, Clarinet, Cute, Faun, Girl, Music, Oboe, Player, Pretty, Satyr
 • Categories: Elf / Elves, Faery, Fay, Faeries, Humourous or Cute Things, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Woman, Women
 • Techniques: Computer Painted from Scratch
 • Views: 936
 • Resolution: 402x645

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