Springheel's Art

[Springheel]

I'm in the mood to share and thought I'd post a recent commission I finished.

 

[Dram]

Heeey not bad. I see you have it as if on an angle - nice touch imo. Is the harp and the bird supposed to represent anything? It's very nice.

[Springheel]

It's a character portrait of someone's bard character, so they wanted the harp in it. The bird is some kind of animal companion.

[Dram]

Ahhh, interesting. Either way it's a very nice picture

[Domarius]

It's a great picture. But maybe the look and the pose of her is a bit typical "fantasy art female".

[Forsaken]

Great picture, and I agree with Dom.

[Dram]

Uhh...The guy that commissioned the work probably wanted her in that stereotypical pose if it was his character in a game.

[sparhawk]

Looks pretty good!

[Domarius]

Uhh...The guy that commissioned the work probably wanted her in that stereotypical pose if it was his character in a game.

If that's the case, then the blame is on him. Spring didn't specify, and I assume he was looking for other people's opinions, so I'm giving mine.

[BlackThief]

very nice piece what are the three white dots on the lower leg?

[Macsen]

Cool stuff! If ever I need a book cover done, I'll know who to call.

[pakmannen]

Heh, I already admired this back when I helped you with your homepage. Even read the little walkthrough of how you created it. Good read!

[Macsen]

Just had a look through the gallery. If I were Mrs Springeel I'd be quite concerned about the number of scantily clad women in that portfolio.

[Springheel]

Just had a look through the gallery. If I were Mrs Springeel I'd be quite concerned about the number of scantily clad women in that portfolio

 

Actually, an equal number of the commissions for scantily-clad females come from women, surprisingly enough, including this one. She's posed that way because she's supposed to be a dancer, as well as a bard--quite sultry and flirtatious. Hey, I don't write 'em, I just draw them.

 

what are the three white dots on the lower leg?

 

Those are supposed to be metal piercings bearing 'rounded balls of shimmering silver'.

[Dram]

Ahh. That explains everything....

[Domarius]

It's not the scantily cladness I thought was typical Remember I have no oversion to flesh.

 

It's just the style of the clothing and her pose and facial expression that struck me as typical. But if that's what they wanted, then my observation is more directed at them.

[Macsen]

This is fantasy Domarius. If Springheel was a social realist you might have a point...

[Domarius]

Um, like Spring said, he doesn't write 'em, he just draws 'em, so it doesn't matter what Spring "is". You're not following, be quiet.

 

And I'm not being "feminist" or something, I'm just looking for something other than the same old thing.

I aimed to avoid this with my 3D mermaid and faerie, not that they have very expressive poses on the site, (domarius.deviantart.com if you haven't seen it yet) but I certainly didn't want them to be yet another "alluring and seductive female", I just think women are more diverse than that.

 

But women want to be alluring and seductive. That's fine, but there's a lot of content out there that shows that already.