Tears Won't Fall

Painting \ Figure | 12/03/04 @028 | PeachySticks | critiques (166) | views (42240)

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I'm not sure what I should say about this... it was a pretty personal picture, but by the 10th hour that I've worked on this whatever profound meaning I had in mind all went out the window (however, I do hate crying in public).

Did this in PS7 and Painter 8. Took close to 30 hours. The one in my avatar is a WIP version

As far as technique goes, I was going for more of the style that other Asian artists employ with their fantasy/character art; more focus on colour, lots of anal retentive details in the costume, atmospheric background etc. Hope you like.

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augustopatino

12/03/04 @068

Amazing work! I only think the dark parts of her hair should be darker.

Meagan

12/03/04 @072

8/8

bigrod

12/03/04 @118

glorious. such great eyes!

kunkka

12/03/04 @125

ooh the details n the vanilla..
i can see where ur heading on the style.
great job!

kunkka

12/03/04 @126

ooh the details n the vanilla..
i can see where ur heading on the style.
great job!

yerffej

12/03/04 @137

Few darker shades of hair are all I see to be added.This is a beautiful pic Peachy.The colors are great,the softness of the clouds,the design on her dress...their all great.

windandfire

12/03/04 @142

Wow, this is incredibly done. . . I love your choice of color blends, her skin tone is light and matches the whole lightness of the full piece. . . it's just incredible and I wish I could give you 100 points, but seeing as I can't. . . +9/9

breathing2004

12/03/04 @144

great!!so beautiful!!the cloth looks no weight!!.+9

Fyralath

12/03/04 @185

Awesome!

emarts

12/03/04 @208

This has got to be my favorite artwork on this entire site! I absolutely love it. There is so much in this image I love. Starting with her expression (she reminds me of my wife) and the beautiful colors. Have you printed this yet? I would love to see this in print.

Okay, I gotta stop fawning over it now.

Jie

12/03/04 @284

Lovely !!!
Your best piece so far.... by far!
*adds to favorite artworks*

Kerrigan

12/03/04 @298

MY GOD!! Excellent. I love its colors and her eyes, +7/7

DigitalDust

12/03/04 @306

Well, it looks as if anal retentiveness works for you! This is incredible all the way down to those retentive details!

Great work!

BeccaCox

12/03/04 @321

Perfection!!!

krishnablacksky

12/03/04 @360

great darw~~+7

kiwidoc

12/03/04 @368

Perfect. I love the softness of the colours - adds a dreamlike feel to the piece. Jawdroppingly good!

Poshspice

12/03/04 @373

Super work PeachySticks. You colour scheme is excellent!

Ikaa

12/03/04 @388

Beautiful indeed. The whole painting shimmers like a pearl. Wonderful work.

SailorDidi

12/03/04 @434

I already saw it on cgtalk

This is a great piece, as usual ! colors are excellent !
+8/8

Kyena

12/03/04 @464

I think you already know what I think about this

It's already sitting among my favs on DA.

And girl you really need your own website

oh and peachy - what exact resolution were you working at?

UmbraTheory

12/03/04 @475

AMAZING!!!

arbaon

12/03/04 @482

pretty

siffert

12/03/04 @606

Beautiful! Love the colors and the softness. Great work!

Wysiwyg

12/03/04 @695

UGH! I can't vote this a 10 (because my max is 9

) *trying to pick jaw off the ground* The details, the color pallete, the expression....awesome.

I have the same question as Natascha, what is your current work resolution?

dohertes

12/03/04 @705

brilliant

uncle-xeN

12/03/04 @708

+10

awang

12/03/04 @731

awesome! ^^

bleys

12/03/04 @788

great +9

tomkoff

12/03/04 @796

lovely painting, awsome eyes

Eddybear

12/03/04 @802

linda,simply amazing.......nothing to say..

ChristineG

12/03/04 @803

very beautiful , well done.

reilanchan

12/03/04 @811

Indeed a really lovely and much detailed work.

mrhollow

12/03/04 @821

Wow, beautiful.

acida

12/03/04 @913

i already saw this at dA and it's really good! I'm glad that i saw it closer, it's really beautiful and expressive you did great job

momo2003

12/03/04 @968

very beautiful.

Dwale

12/03/04 @970

Excellent! Great mood and very touching...
Nicely rendered clothes. Beautiful!

PeachySticks

12/04/04 @007

Yikes, this is much better received than I imagined! O_O Thanks everyone for your lovely comments.

emarts: aww, I bet your wife is more beautiful though. Haha. And yep, I've got this print up at DA here.

Kyena and Wysiwyg: the full size is 3000x3600 px, slightly bigger than my usual (which is some 3000px on one side and 2000px on another).

Teka

12/04/04 @012

just great, ur best

Grafiker

12/04/04 @015

waovvv.

kunkka

12/04/04 @379

can u say the word elite?
heheh
;p

starturtle

12/04/04 @484

very nice, lovely colors

Parintachin

12/04/04 @669

Great colors, lines, shapes.
Lovely

I don't often give it, but this is a clear 10 (o:

rking

12/04/04 @713

Love your work! The colours and detail are amazing!

soulfire

12/04/04 @772

Absolutely beautiful. I looked at the process of this, very nice work.

Baybeestar

12/04/04 @825

Gotta jump in here and agree with everyone as well, beautiful work!

Angeloonie

12/05/04 @005

Holy crap, this thing is detailed! Love it!

7/7

Galdor

12/05/04 @132

bloody wow! 7+! of 7+!

Sulariade

12/05/04 @132

I can't stop staring at it - it's so perfect. the colors her skin tone the texture and the details. With this vote I was upgraded to 7 points and you get the max!

jevaun

12/05/04 @146

Quite nicely done. +5

anais

12/05/04 @147

WOW!!

Andy--Jones

12/05/04 @228

Amazing use of colour. It seems so delicate...if I look at it too much, it will fade like mist. More than good enough for Elite status. Wish it could be 10.

organicparadox

12/05/04 @242

her face says volumes. this is one of the nicer images i have seen in this site to date. top marks my dear. i am awed

YIIT

12/05/04 @387

very very good.Accurate and tender...

Bougal

12/05/04 @445

Great work. It's finally your turn.

wrx

12/05/04 @474

so it's one of another virgin mary cliches..it's good but the hand is lack of detail with respect to dress.

Storyteller

12/05/04 @496

Beautiful artwork!!! I like the colors very much. Amazing

7/7

aquariana

12/05/04 @520

this is beautiful.
I especially like the hair and the cloths. looks wonderful!

Slizzie

12/05/04 @562

greatness

SinisterUrge

12/05/04 @586

I love this painting

maryblackheart

12/05/04 @623

soooooooooooooo BREATH TAKING! WOW..GOD UR GOOD!

dreams

12/05/04 @649

Super painting !!!

Juro

12/05/04 @696

Great, love the colours and detail +9 and a place in my fav artworks for you

Kanotson

12/05/04 @701

Impressive!

ANTIFAN

12/05/04 @729

- excellent -

krazykrista

12/05/04 @757

Yeesh. What *are* you still doing in the Members' Gallery? Very lovely work! I especially love the color palette. Those soft clouds are glorious. Nice stuff, my friend!

maver

12/05/04 @774

Nothing to criticize. Simply enchanting!

cupcake

12/05/04 @776

Just Beautiful +10

Xeophex

12/05/04 @779

Very well painted. I like the soft, gentle style. Good work.

PerPula

12/05/04 @895

This is... But... How... Sigh!

Absolutely stunning and lovely work!!! Highscore!!!

mantraz

12/05/04 @908

absolutely perfect soft colors...

spyroteknik

12/05/04 @911

+10 from me too

, very deserving

Bolivar

12/05/04 @948

Beautiful.. but why is she so sad being so lovely?

Ani

12/05/04 @948

love your painting !

plinti

12/06/04 @014

truly beautiful!

AvolonPrincess

12/06/04 @025

and your anal retentiveness pays off...very nice. ^^

kelvin2500

12/06/04 @074

I have fell in love....

shakadelic

12/06/04 @162

pretty... keep up the good work.

johanflood

12/06/04 @238

like thoose free floating tears.

Jane

12/06/04 @342

Whoa, Tony! Check out the details! (talking to my friend beside me)

+10

valiente

12/06/04 @401

Linda, when you reach the Elite voting, you'll have my vote... Great Colours... (+7)

Prinova

12/06/04 @614

+1000

Eineerha

12/06/04 @901

Impressive, and very inspiring details. My guess is that you were probably referring to the chain and noah-kh kind of style? (which probably originated from katsuya terada xD)

PeachySticks

12/06/04 @914

On this site, yep it's just them two

But I've seen a lot of others and there's a distinctive Asian style, although everyone has a different approach to it.
Haha, I remember someone accusing noah of copying that guy. Noah still rocks either way. In my own description of At First Sight I mentioned Vovo's style but some guy just said she rips off Chen Shu Fen and Common... a bit *too* harsh imo

Which is why I don't cite any particular artist for my influences this time. man, that was off-topic!

Oh and thanks for the comments eveyone!

Xscreamer

12/07/04 @396

such a beauty!. +9

jamess

12/07/04 @658

beautiful, very powerful. well done.

Quillanduraurna

12/07/04 @678

Fantastic work. I am new to this site, but not new to digital art.

Keep up the great work...

robertmekis

12/07/04 @682

You can also mention

camilkuo if you would like to have another name in the looking-similar-style list. Ehh, no one has a privilegium to say its someone's special style.Perhaps it would be hard to recognize you just by your artworks, but no one can blame you for it.

In a few moments you will reach into G-spot. Good luck to you!

thoomas

12/07/04 @785

already there .. 9/9

gree

12/07/04 @818

wow! it's great!!!

sporeboy

12/07/04 @858

Lovely palette! You already know I think it's yummy...

PeachySticks

12/07/04 @874

I remember when you only need about half the points of the minumum now to get into G-spot

If I do get in, even for a brief time, I'd be really honoured ^^

robertmekis: I thought

camilkuo's style is more "Western", well with the exception of her latest. Though I might as well mention

anv006 and

I-Rin...

WarrenLouw

12/07/04 @902

PeachySticks!!!! you want to be in the top 25 ey? well ill help you then!!!!!! you get my +10! goodluck!!!!!! ::winks::

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!

LadyHydralisk

12/07/04 @911

The thumbnail looked like another boring chick pic but then I practically fell over when I saw the actual piece omg look at that pink color and the detail on her clothes. I will vote you into elite if I can!

southernstang

12/08/04 @146

this has to be one of the most beautiful pictures that i have ever seen. keep up the good work....10+

Xris

12/08/04 @185

This is.... (bangs head on table whilst bowing low in awe)... ouch!
+9/9

henning

12/08/04 @555

Absolutely stunning painting! I´ve been a fan of your work for quite a while

Keep it up, and thanks alot for your lovely comment on my "the wrapture" painting concerning Kyena...

-Henning

thehatinthecat

12/09/04 @094

That is one of the most beautiful thinks I have ever seen. The painting is wonderful. The skin is rendered well and I am very impressed by the clouds and the dress.

DeepSky

12/09/04 @977

I am so very impressed with this! Great job! I feel alot of emotion from it and went into it.

starqueen

12/10/04 @052

the color palette is fantastic!!!... just...superb... try doing more paintings with this style, seems to be working QUITE well!!

minus

12/10/04 @248

I was waiting around in this beautiful place of brilliance. I spent a lot of time sifting through every image that came in, starting at about a month ago. I wanted very badly to respond to something, granted that everything is so beautiful here. But, I wanted to save it for something glorious. Here it is. Thank you for this eye candy.

pixel-dart

12/10/04 @420

I swear!!!

I'd marry her if she were real. ^_^'
Nice pastellish colours!!!! You deserve to be up there with them Gods, not deities!!! I'll vote for you.

SSilence

12/10/04 @677

Wonderful work (like I said in devArt). You are a really good artist!

disenchanted

12/10/04 @684

Truly inspiring.

MayYeo

12/11/04 @238

OMG! Girl, you know I haven't visited GFX in ages and know I see this!!
*____*
So cool neh! You know what I think about this painting. It's great as you are!!
Wonderful theme, composition and colors. Yay for details!