heya peachy!

this is a great piece! I like the details on the scepter and the water dripping from the background. The hair is flowing really dynamic. Great lighting.

Max points!

God I love seeing new stuff from you. The lighting is amazing, and i don't think there anything majorly wrong with the anatomy, maybe hip too litle, but hey, maybe she has narrow hips. However, I think the skin is looking very monochromatic, maybe some shifts of color here and there...cheeks, thighs.....Anyways, amazing job!

yes! really beautiful,the girl seem to be a little bit angry,is not it?
+10

Good job, the anatomy is just fine, and your technique is impressive. I love purple and blue undertones on skin.
The only thing that seems strange to me is the fact, that her face is one of a very young child (small chin, bigger forehead etc) and the body of a full grown woman.

great... I like the shades of color, and yes she doesn't seens much human in anatomy... But she is not human anyway. I think it suited pretty well.
Amazing!

Gorgeous tones and her eyelashes are brilliant!!!!! Another great one from you!!!!!!!! +10

awesome, another slightly dark piece, i was hoping you'd do another. this is great to see, i like it too.

one word~ AWESOME!

Beautiful! ^^

top notch Peachy

wow~!!! she is a charm....i din see any anatomy mistake.... if i were to comment, i would say her abdoman part skin is rougher compare to her face and other places.

maybe the staff can be exagerated more, like..change the angle abit, instead of pointing directly to the front, u can change it to sideways alittle bit. that way, we can see the perspective clearer.

overall, i like the lighting. and the skin tone is gorgeous~!! ^^

i notice something on the leg. her bottom left leg seems chopped off. maybe a hint of shadow will help.

hope this helps. ^^

Fab work!

Hey good work !
but her hairs are looking artificial...im sorry but right now its look like a wig on a bald head.
rest is cool

Beautiful painting, good work, +9

+10

beautiful stuff! quite impressive.
I dont have anything to crit.. so I guess you'll have to do with a "good job" post

the hair is absolutely impressive. I can touch it. 7/7

Im impresed, great work!

think she's wonderful. Good job. Full marks.

Great job as usual! All the little details like the stick and the belt are wonderful! Top Marks!

VERY NICE. +9

Incredible. I don't see a million anatomical mistakes My top marks to you.

the color is awesome......I like it!

mmh some body parts seem off, but it is a nice and dynamic painting !

+8/9

Girl, you rock at those fantasy paintings. I love it.
Only crit: The waste is too small compared to the rest of the body.

Do something with that 'sketch2' you added. It's great.

Wow, awesome work Linda! The color choices are wonderful, the technique is brilliant!
I have two things to crit though: First is her face which bugs me a bit, it looks too.. "anime-ish", like the features aren't realistic enough in comparison to the realism of her body shading etc.
Second are the parts of her.. armour? on the forearms... I kind of can't specify what they are, what they are made out of etc, but it's just nitpicking really.

I totally love soem small elements like the cape, the cape-holder-armour thing around her neck as well a that little copper? ring which holds that belt she has around her hips. totally lovely.
And that strong light adds to the glory of the picture. this is my definite favourite of yours. Wonderful

Now that's what I call amazing lighting... the movement of her hair and the pose really make this a dynamic piece. Well done and respect as always

Just spectacular!!!!! I agree the hip is a tad slim but WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!
If I was able to give a higher rating I would darling.
I enjoyed taking a peek at the step by step process. Gives me a few ideas on how to finish hand painting a portrait I started and kind of stopped.
Thanks so much for not only sharing your tallent but how you came about making such a striking picture!
The details in her face are what grab me the most. I was delighted to see the transformation in your directory folder.
Seccond, the action and pose over all are just fabu!
Third, the way you were able to manipulate the darker tones with the amazing highlites. This by far is ace work.
I also must mention that the background just brings it all together for who you describe her to be. It is perfect.
Don't change a thing!
I will be picking up that next issue of Dragon Master 9 for sure to add to the wall of inspiration. WOW!
BTW, I really enjoy your work. I look forward to many more in the future.

Superb!

This is just too incredibly awesome! The flow of her hair, of her cape, and the whole motion of her arm is enticing. Great coloring, great style, and great expression!

Amazing Linda!! +10

She's beautiful!

Very nice colours, good work +8

thienbao: I know her hips are quite narrow, I like them this way with this particular character
breathing2004: yes, her expression is supposed to be "angry and perverse"
Aneley: haha, maybe her face looks a little *too* young, but past experience have taught me to better draw a younger face than to draw an older face, and have the client saying she looks way too old!
shadowlord: hmm, I'll take that as a compliment
matsuru: yeah I could have drawn the staff with some more twists and turns, I swear I was planning to but then it turned out kinda stright. And I was too lazy to change it.
shyamshriram: ahahaha, touche
SailorDidi: some are way off ^^;
ARTOONATOR: The waste? Quite a few people said they liked the other sketch too, I honestly thought the client would choose that one but he went for this one. *shrugs*
BlacKeri: I did intentionally make her face look young, maybe it's the pointy shape that's giving the anime vibe? The triangular face shape is associated with evilness... I think... and that was the basis for that. Those arm things, to be honest, I have no idea.
ultraviolet: "dynamic" isn't what people would usually say about my work, I'm glad this one has a bit more movement.
Astarte66: thanks ^^ that must have taken you a while to type.

The rest of you also who commented/voted, thank you so much!

There's something about the way you did her face that just nails it for me...Maybe it's the bony arched eyebrows? Very artistic and appealing.

I love the movement and the intense expression! Good work! The colors are always beautiful in your paintings. Nice job!

- Rene

really cool! the face makes me think about some1 I've already seen somewhere can't remember lol nice job

This is fantastic... I'm envious of your use of color here, extremely well done!

I'll also admit that I'm a HUGE fan of the MMOG "Lineage 2" and she looks like she just walked out of the game... The dark elves in it have a similar aesthetic.

I'm not seeing the "Millions of anatomical errors" you mentioned. It looks really good to me, especially the subtle musculature of the abdomen. The only (small) thing I noticed was that the staff arm does look a wee bit off; as if the hand should be at a different angle in relation to the arm...

Eh, don't listen to me though. You've got more talent in your little finger than I've got in my whole body.

Full marks, looking forward to more!

Wow, that looks great.

Unfortunately, I can't provide you any criticism because (A) I lack the experience/knowledge & realism portraits shouldn't all consist of the same body measurements. Everyone is different. Some people are born with a 22 inch waist with a 36 inch bust, others may be the opposite.

I do agree with BlacKeri in that I can't really distinguish what material the arm armour is made of. It almost seems as if it penetrates & disappears into her right wrist.

Again, great work.

aside from the anatomical errors, this is my fav of all ur painting!!
drows rulez!

Well I think all the lil mistakes were already mentioned, so I am just going to say that I LOVE IT! Great colours!!!!!!!! Love her eyes! Good job!

Hey Linda that is awesome, fantstic details and colors, really impressive stuff

Flowjoe

I think your work is unbefrigginlievable...hehe...awesome colors n detail...love the eyes, hair and lips......

beautiful hair, good anatomy, i love it

Really nice one. I love it, Linda. Keep working. I think that you don't have any anatomical mistakes I expecially love that beautiful eyes and that hair looks magical. It reminds me on Storm from X-Men movies
___
Leo

I purposely avoided reading the other crits Linda (can I call you that? ) so bear with me if I repeat.

The definition of the rib cage is a bit chisled/harsh and her cape although I imagine it is supposed to be flapping in the underground breeze...looks a little stiff. I can't tell if it is going to the side....or in front, about to wrap around her...I figure the latter since it has a highlight as well, but if that were the case...why does she have so much highlight on her, and would her highlight give some ambient light to the underside of the cape?

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sorry....sounds nitpicky, but besides the cape, and the ribs...this is one of my favorites of yours (in terms of execution) You always do well in establishing an environment that is interactive with the character, and again you really pushed the contrast as you did with your 'Empress' piece.

P.S. Thanks for always posting a WIP...it really helps give insight when some of us are stuck on an aspect of our own work.

Stunning .. definetly your best artwork yet ..

I really the darkened skintone .. i could not find any anatomical issues except that the hair doesn't look quite attached on her scalp .. but i still love it anyways as it gives a dynamic feeling to this piece .. there is something with her face that is quite catchy and appealing too

Again; amazing piece of art .. your skills are developing extremely well ..

8/8 great job, luv her eyes

Briliant!!!!

cool facial expression ! very life-like

Great WIP to accompany this!

Her face seems to be more refined than the rest of her.

i learned so much by studying this image and the WIP. really beautiful work and your flow is superb

Yes, there are some anatomical problems... What what the heck!?
Girl, your painting skills are getting more and more amazing! I dunno, I love it! Specualy her face. Is she that bad? Anyone can fall in love with her! I love the pose and all the details, specially her tiny clothes and how her hair flows. Amazing girl! My max for you!

Great colors on the skintone, and nice show of hands and pose. A little to much welcoming with a lot of dark...LOL

Great work.

did i mention i love this?

...wow... +10

Despite the million errors that you seem to see this is really beautiful Amazing job!!

Im not gonna argue too much with this pic, its bloody well done.Like the style of clothing, very organic.+7

Very nice work...most impresssive. THe only thing I could begin to quibble about is the hair, like someone else said...but only slightly. I think the way to correct it would have been simply to add a little more hair flowing from the lower backside of her head, so it looks more attached...beyond that, I don't see any problems. What medium did you use on this?

Great work.I love the feeling of a slight lustre to her skin. The cave is good too.

I think she is very beautiful

Awesome work as usual!!!

Fantastic! it reminds me a bit of the valsharess from NwN.
+max

"I realize there must be a million anatomical mistakes, but I really really tried, plus it's already sent to the publisher. Just so you know. "

HAH! Who cares, your painting just pwns!!!!
+9

very good.

cool

Lovely, i think her hand looks a little odd, her thumb seems too close the the rest of her fingers, but thats only my opinion!

She really does not look very feminine. It's very well done, but that really bothers me. Her stomach is very masculine looking.. or something.

Awesome - the air and pose are magnificent. Just one critique, the hips do not seem quite right. Maybe sure is a small figure and maybe I just like those Latin curvy bodies . Maybe the sash is set wrong. Just the juxta of the hip area does not flow for me. Other than that I love fantasy and this is a very nice piece A+

Very well painted! Love the mood and the colors. Very good work!

Fabulous piece of work. Background matches well with the mood. Theres a lot one can learn from your style.

Very nice work and has a very good feeling of the charectars surroundings in the Underdark. I rarely ever come across figures/portraits of charectars from the Drow or Dark elf race in the underdark surroundings being so exotic but you portray it quite nicely.

very nice cg illustartion but theres something wrong with the hands even the eye part ' i guess the eyebrow, well +9 here

I love it

Realy brilliant , great job , good ligthing ...

congrats on being nominated for elite!!!

Looks so beautiful.

beautiful..

a little different from the pieces youve done that i have been more drawn to but still cool. the only thing i c that is kinda weird to me is it looks like she doesnt have any hair underneath the top layer if hair. but still as always ...impressive.
2 way up

You're just too good. ::bows down in submission:: +5/5

I'm sure there a lot of anatomical mistakes, but damned if I can see them...

Wow! Just Wow! Okay, wow and most impressive!

This is just awsome Linda..You rock....Good to see another kiwi here..Good luck with your works Linda Bye!

Mhh I must disagree with all the opinion IMHO this is not your best work for a few very subjective reasons : the figure of Lilith to me is special, and my vision of her is very different from yours, which is more "fantasy" and less "diabolic". I don't like her eyebrows, they are too long for me, too black and her face skin is too stretched out, it needs more wrinkles between the eyebrows. She seems more like an evil summoner or an evil priestess, not really the bride of Lucifer And then,I don't like her raised hand and the shape of her face. That's all.
I like her hair, her eyes, her body (even the skintone looks a bit strange to me, but if I look at it with attention, I like it )and her culottes X)
....at the end, the only thing I really dislike is her face, if i look only at the body I like it

Im liking this alot, nice work linda!!

Wow - nice dramatic lighting...especially that sharp rimlight. It really helps define her form. Strong mood

This piece is a classic, +10.

I think the hand that's raised looks awkward, like the fingers are too small. But, other than that? I don't see any other anatomical mistakes, other than what was already mentioned. ~_^ Very well done. It's very smooth, and has a mysterious dark feel to it. Awesome! +7/7

Aehm, anatomical mistakes? I wish I could do always as "many" anatomical mistake as you did here, I think her body is really beautiful and perfect. There's something a bit strange in her hand, but it could be the perspective.

The only detail that I'm not completely convinced with, is the look of her face, which seems a bit doll-like, if you know what I mean.

Great light, great figure, I think this is a very good work!

wow.. she reminds me of rory gilmore gone evil, like in sin city hehe! .. eh.. well anyways, really awesome painting. I wonder why they called her lilith though.. she looks too drow like to be adams first wife.
I really love the fact that she looks so young but already poisend with evil and stuff. Really really love it.

wow,grat piece.i especially like the hair and scipter.You really managet to make her clothes look old and the metal-rusty.her face is very nice.only the hips and left hand seem unreal,but still-an amazing artwork

She is sooooooooo fantastic - wonderful artwork

*very* nice...

awesome.. great work!