[Art] Wandsuna - Foxes Don't Cry.

[moonvoice]

prints are already available here!
38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale - POA
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, metallic paint.




Taken with camera flash, so that you can see the way the costume lights up depending on lighting. Andre Leon Talley would probably call it gauche, but I love it darling, I love it.









In a way, I am so disappointed with the level of detail that my camera just literally can't pick up, because flash washes out the image (the bane of so many artists; flash photography), and because I don't have a steady enough hand for natural lighting. Might have to suck it up and get a tripod.

Comments

[fadedwings]

Absolutely stunning!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

Beautiful!

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is splendid! How did you finish the rest of the coloring so fast?

And yes, I think you should get a tripod. Your art deserves the best display you can reasonably manage.

Re: Beautiful!

[moonvoice]

How did you finish the rest of the coloring so fast?

I've always been quick with colouring. I have to be, in many ways. Illustrator's board has taught me to be fast, since - when it comes to watercolour washes - the water just disappears and to get a smooth wash, you need to move very very quickly.

But colouring for me is just not that time-consuming anymore. With years and years of my particular fineliner -> watercolour pencil -> pencil style under my belt, what would've taken me 30 hours in the past takes a fraction of that now.

I think that's one of the signs of a professional artist. My 'hourly' rate becomes reasonable, because it just doesn't take me a ridiculous amount of time to turn out detailed artwork.

Though it has got me thinking about what a 30 hour piece of art of mine would look like, these days. Lol.

[ariestess]

Wow! This is... I don't have the right words for how awesomesauce this is.

[moonvoice]

Thank you. :)

[travelyggdrasil]

Simply amazing :)

[moonvoice]

Thanks! :)

[sidheblessed]

Wow. Just wow. That is incredible. Truly. The contrast between the brightness of the foxes and the pastel coolness of the shaman is just breathtaking. *drool*

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[lupagreenwolf]

Just. Fucking. AMAZING.

[moonvoice]

*dances*

[erynn]

Holy zomg. Wasn't this still b/w yesterday or the day before? That's not just fast, it's fantastic. I'm blown away.

[moonvoice]

Yeah, B/W yesterday morning, finished it around 1.00pm today. :D

[freysmuppet]

Holy fuck, I love the contrast between the shaman outfit and the foxes. Beautiful. <3

[moonvoice]

Thank you. :) I love that contrast too, though it can be eye-hurty after a while.

[finch]

That is simply gorgeous - moreso because you shared the WIP steps, I think.

[moonvoice]

Wow, thank you!

[sheistheweather]

SO gorgeous, oh my gods.

[moonvoice]

Thank you. :)

[azhure]

*jaw drops onto floor*

If you want to borrow a tripod, I have a full-size one that I don't use currently. Also a gorillapod that's gathering dust :)

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you with the jaw droppage.

That'd be awesome with the tripod. What's a gorillapod? Is that that distance clicky thingy?

Man, you and I just so have to hang out in general. I've been holing up hardcore lately because of all the artwork I've been doing and mental stuff and blah blah blah, but I think I'm out of the worst of that now.

[elialshadowpine]

Wow! That is absolutely stunning. I love it.

BTW, you can probably find a tripod for reasonably cheap on eBay or such. I think my husband got his for $20 and it attaches to most digital cameras.

[moonvoice]

That's good to know about the tripod, thank you!

[toeknuckles]

Oh. My. Freaking. God.
This is the GREATEST! *swoon*

[moonvoice]

YAY! *dances* Can't wait to see some of YOUR new art, all these sneak peeks are driving me crazy.

[urbanimal]

You amaze me every time.

[moonvoice]

Thank you. :)

[hrafn]

Lady, you're amazing.

And I'm a little freaked out at how I keep getting goosebumps looking at this piece - that /never/ happens, certainly not repeatedly. It's really just wow. I don't know who Andre Leon Talley is, but I don't think he (?) and I see eye to eye :) The photo with flash is aMAZing!

And the layers upon layers of foxes really gets me. (Among other things.)

[moonvoice]

heh, Andre Leon Talley is involved in American Vogue, I only know about him thanks to - sadly - America's Next Top Model.

I love the layers of animals, I will definitely be doing that again.

[spider_fox]

I absolutely love the way you're coloring the foxes now, there's so much richness in the red here. I don't know why I was surprised by all the red (they are red foxes after all, lol), but it's a good one.

I like your wandsuna pictures, they open up a lot of emotions.

[moonvoice]

Yeah, they were actually lighter after the first watercolour wash, but it wasn't as saturated as I wanted it to be, and so I went over with a rich red and very rich orange and blended it in. Viole! Incredible rich eye-hurty foxes. Heh.

[silverjackal]

I know you would have traditionally done this piece in pastel, but I think you've managed to capture the richness of the pastel colours in this. I'm curious about the symbolism, too, with the dead foxes echoing the whorls of the nautilus shell, but I understand that it can't necessarily be explained. It's glorious, of course, and I will be treating myself to one of those (to my mind) equally mesmerizing black and white versions when I can. :)

[moonvoice]

I like that I have captured richness of colour. The watercolour -> blended pencil + good brands actually yields really great results for me, though I must admit there's a richness in the blue spectrum and violet spectrum of pastels that just isn't matched so far by coloured pencil. But that's okay, it was the reds that really needed to stand out in this one.

[outlineofash]

Beautiful! I love the vibrancy and richness of the foxes' fur.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[psychrobia149]

Oh my god Pia...this is absolutely gorgeous, and I love everything about it!!!! *Wandsuna for the win!* :)


As for taking pictures of art....it is always very very tricky, but even with all of the complications, you still tend to turn out awesome photographs of your stunning work. :)

*hugs and will email soon*

[moonvoice]

Eeee, thank you!

And yeah, picture taking is tricky. Have you ever worked with a tripod before? Yours must be especially hard, because a flash photo with an acrylic or oil piece must bring out the paint stroke textures and create areas of shine / washed outness. I can't imagine anything more frustrating.

[white_rabbit]

Gah. *speechless from the sheer awesome*

<3

[moonvoice]

Heeyay!

[redsixwing]

I have lost about ten minutes staring. Must do work now. That's gorgeous, and I'd like to lose another half an hour or so staring at it, and then maybe come back and stare some more tomorrow.

>.> What is POA?

[moonvoice]

POA - price on asking. :)

[welshwmn3]

Tripods are relatively inexpensive, especially if you have a big box store near you (I don't know what the WalMart or Target style stores are near you).

And OMG the detail, the shading, the bright colors of the Wandsuna... This is stunning. It's definitely in the top 5 of your works!

[moonvoice]

Yeah I might have to fork out for a tripod, I think. :) (And we do have Target here, but not Walmart).

[cloversix]

Good god that's gorgeous o_O I'm so in love with your art!

[moonvoice]

Thank you!

[shimmerhawk]

The colors in this one are insanely awesome.

A tripod might be a good investment. It's not worth the frustration to work hard on something and then not be able to get a good photo or digital image of it.

[moonvoice]

Yeah I definitely think investing in a tripod is the way to go. Or borrowing one!

[amethystfirefly]

Wow. I knew the foxes were going to be red but man! I wasn't expecting the contrast to be so amazing!

[moonvoice]

Hee, thanks!