Nefertiti Painting

This is my second entry for the "Ancient Egypt" contest hosted by feline-icity After my Cleopatra painting I really wanted to do another Egyptian Queen. It was a toss up between Nefertiti or hapshetsut...I still may do a third but I can only enter the contest twice. Aside from a base photo and some stock textures this is all digital painting done in photoshop 6 with my wacom tablet. Nefertiti's place as an icon in popular culture is secure as she has become somewhat of a celebrity. After Cleopatra she is the second most famous "Queen" of Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination and influenced through photographs that changed standards of feminine beauty of the 20th century, and is often referred to as "the most beautiful woman in the world". I modeled this painting after her famous bust which can be seen here Model: TwiggXstock to read more about Nefertiti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti other paintings in this series: Cleopatra Hatshepsut Please respect my copyright on this artwork.

Almost forgot! FREE PRINT TIME

Another giveaway!

This time it is for the print " The sister who married an Eagle" Matted 8x10

The actual print area is 8x10 and is done on beautiful fine artists paper.

To win this free print all you have to do is:

1) post a response here on my blog with your email.

2) visit my etsy shop www.solocosmo.etsy.com or my deviant art gallery www.solocosmo.deviantart.com
And tell me in your post which piece you like best and why.

One week from today I will use a random number generator to pick the winner!

Cleopatra (new artwork)

I have been working on something totally out of my comfort zone....I wanted to prove to myself that i could do something really realistic and eye catching instead of just cutesy stuff...

This is my entry for the "Ancient Egypt" contest hosted by feline-icit[link]

I have found that entering contests sends me in a good direction as far as inspiration goes. This is the longest I have ever spent on a digital painting and I hope it really shows. It took FOREVER. I used a stock photo as the base but this is all just painting in photoshop, the dress, the jewelry, the snake (all the way down to his scales). I am trying to use less and less fancy brushes and instead try to rely on improving my technique. The background uses a stock texture though (see links and credits below). There is also a texture on the fabric of the dress from my personal collection.

I chose to do the older story of Cleopatras demise where she is bitten on the arm as opposed to Shakespeare's version where she is bitten on the breast. Also some older accounts say it was an Egyptian Cobra, others say it was an asp. This is more of the latter.

Model: mmb-stock (nude) [link]

Background texture is a combination of painting and this stock image from dreamstime: [link] © Stephanie Swartz | Dreamstime.com

to read more about Cleopatra: [link]

Please respect my copyright on this artwork. Please do not steal this image.

You said to let go

New work! I have been working on trying to let my imagination work a little harder. I have been just sort of playing with sketches and seeing where they take me....as opposed to starting with a completed sketch. The exercise is proving to be very productive. Here I present my most recent painting. It has photo collage elements as well for the flower texture in her hair and the overall lace texture.

For credits on textures please check my deviantart gallery. www.solocosmo.deviantart.com


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WINNER!!!! Congrats DIANA!!!!

I will be emailing the winner tonight! there were 10 entries total....

Next monday I will be doing another giveaway so check back with me!

Because I have always loved you

I did a 'quckie' painting/photo collage last night. It was just a sketch that got away from me. I am pleased with how it turned out.

Prints are avail in my etsy shop

www.solocosmo.etsy.com

Or at my deviantart

www.solocosmo.deviantart.com

Check my sidebar for brush credits.



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Eek!!!

I dyed my hair brown and I am having some major regret!

Almost forgot!

I am going to be doing a give away about every 2 weeks! So add me to your follow list!


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Free 8x10 fine art print!!!!

I am offering up a free matted 8x10 art print of my illustration
"The Sister of the 12 Ravens" to one lucky person!

The actual print area is 8x10 and is done on beautiful fine artists paper.

To win this free print all you have to do is:

1) post a response here on my blog with your email.

2) visit my etsy shop www.solocosmo.etsy.com
And tell me in your post which piece you like best and why.

One week from today I will use a random number generator to pick the winner!







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