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Started as a doodle in Photoshop. I was experimenting a lot with texture & lighting & custom brushes here. Started drawing in PS on top of a great texture from :iconpareeerica:
~pareeerica, and used a bunch of custom brushes (and principles) cribbed from :iconblackeri: `blackeri, whose tutorials in ImagineFX have really opened up my head. I probably should have used reference for the figure...oh well.

As usual, critiques, comments, & suggestions welcome & greatly appreciated. :)

EDIT: 10/24/2010 -- Changed her expression! Plus some other tweaks. *poke poke*
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

This is so beautiful! The textures and use of colors is absolutely exquisite. I especially love the contrast of her skirt and the background, it really makes the image &#039<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="15" height="15" alt=";p" title="Wink/Razz" />op' in terms of texture. As for position and angle, I think that's equally dynamic as well--but something in the body's tension doesn't add up with the bland expression on her face. She seems too calm and collected (to me at least) feature-wise in comparison to the dramatic angles and the fighting posture of her body as she gears up to fire that spell. So my only real critique is perhaps tweaking the passion in her face--there's lots of expressions to be played around with there, even if it's just an adjustment of the eyes. Keep up the great work! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/r…" width="15" height="15" alt=":rose:" title="Rose" />