http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:ailidh/22738704&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:ailidh/22738704 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sat, 25 May 2013 16:17:53 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/the-utterly-charming-mr-depp-5434621 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/the-utterly-charming-mr-depp-5434621 Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:27:45 PST the utterly charming mr. depp nonadult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2004-2013 ~Ailidh FULL VIEW PLEASE!----
Best viewed on my monitor!... Or just a high contrast and a fairly low brightness
One last note-- this is not a photo manipulation, it is a digital painting

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last year or so, you should know by now of whom this piece is without needing to glimpse at the title; you've probably experienced the raids of bouncing pre-teen girls at the local magazine stand, grabbing every last copy of any magazine that holds a photograph of him. And you've also probably been killed by those masses of girls who will use every resource against each other to grab the last copy. Purses, hair clips with nasty teeth, shoes... sigh. But... if you were fortunate enough to get a copy of last year's People magazine, you'll know where this photo came from. People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Need I say more?

All right, enough with my lame sarcasim...

This is yet another piece of Johnny Depp. Inspired by an art trade with ~ foreverdelayed. I enjoy doing this sort of thing. I hope you like it, ~ foreverdelayed

On with the boring details:

A Wacom Graphire was used, of course, to lay in the strokes. I used openCanvas 3 primarily, but I did most of his beard and hair and delicate details in Painter 8. I used Adobe Photoshop 7.0 to resize and add the title and border... . Took around... I'd say... ten hours to do... I had so much fun doing this piece. For a long time I was just painting and singing (to Rob Zombie, might I add, which is a horrifying thought).

I do hope it's pleasing to the eye. I had a tad difficulty with the neck (I just suck at painting necks), but the face was a breeze. His bone structure and skin tones were challenging, since I've never painted someone with such olive/yellow toned skin, but it was, shall I say, a unique experience. I was in love with the picture... anyways... I had a blast doing this piece. I was never frustrated with it, just my inconsistant tablet that continued to left-click lock despite my constant re-installation of the drivers and toggling of the controls and pressure sensitivity.

Please critique it well... there's nothing more I hate than comments like, "Looks cool", "it looks awesome", "Good work". It makes me want to tear ever last lock of my hair out.

`Allie

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Just found a suitable reference for people to refer to: [link] ]]> FULL VIEW PLEASE!----
Best viewed on my monitor!... Or just a high contrast and a fairly low brightness
One last note-- this is not a photo manipulation, it is a digital painting

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last year or so, you should know by now of whom this piece is without needing to glimpse at the title; you've probably experienced the raids of bouncing pre-teen girls at the local magazine stand, grabbing every last copy of any magazine that holds a photograph of him. And you've also probably been killed by those masses of girls who will use every resource against each other to grab the last copy. Purses, hair clips with nasty teeth, shoes... sigh. But... if you were fortunate enough to get a copy of last year's People magazine, you'll know where this photo came from. People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Need I say more?

All right, enough with my lame sarcasim...

This is yet another piece of Johnny Depp. Inspired by an art trade with ~ foreverdelayed. I enjoy doing this sort of thing. I hope you like it, ~ foreverdelayed

On with the boring details:

A Wacom Graphire was used, of course, to lay in the strokes. I used openCanvas 3 primarily, but I did most of his beard and hair and delicate details in Painter 8. I used Adobe Photoshop 7.0 to resize and add the title and border... . Took around... I'd say... ten hours to do... I had so much fun doing this piece. For a long time I was just painting and singing (to Rob Zombie, might I add, which is a horrifying thought).

I do hope it's pleasing to the eye. I had a tad difficulty with the neck (I just suck at painting necks), but the face was a breeze. His bone structure and skin tones were challenging, since I've never painted someone with such olive/yellow toned skin, but it was, shall I say, a unique experience. I was in love with the picture... anyways... I had a blast doing this piece. I was never frustrated with it, just my inconsistant tablet that continued to left-click lock despite my constant re-installation of the drivers and toggling of the controls and pressure sensitivity.

Please critique it well... there's nothing more I hate than comments like, "Looks cool", "it looks awesome", "Good work". It makes me want to tear ever last lock of my hair out.

`Allie

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Just found a suitable reference for people to refer to: [link]

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Mr-Casteels-6060403 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Mr-Casteels-6060403 Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:18:02 PST Mr. Casteels nonadult traditional/drawings/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2004-2013 ~Ailidh FULL VIEW PLEASE!

I did this piece of the very lovely * bionic7 using one of his stock photos as reference ([link]). I would have painted this (I probably will later) but since my tablet is currently in a crippled state-- screw it.

I spent atleast twelve hours on this. His face took me about an hour, but the pinstripe took forever to do. Literally. Over the course of three days and tons of TV and coke to keep me alert, I finished it. I've never watched so much TV in my life-- well, listened to it... I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire twice, and then Dracula 2000, which I shouldn't have, since I was constantly laughing at how awful it is... it absolutely butchered the book.. sigh. Oh, and 28 Days Later, which turned out to be a pretty good movie. Then I watched anything that was on TV (which wasn't much but paid programming for viagra, male enchancement informercials with men yelling, 'omgitreallyworks!', cooking infomercials, and girls gone wild infomericials... which I swear, by the time that the guys have seen the bloody ads they don't NEED to get the DVD...) But that's not the point...

I didn't really know HOW to go about the pinstripe, so I just drew the outlines of the white stripes in the shirt and then coloured around it. Then I darkened certain areas of the shirt to give it form and such. I didn't draw the jeans in because it'd have been too distracting... but! The shirt! ...I'm all proud of it. Anyways... I'll probably end up doing more of Alex, just because he's so damn lovely.

Time: 12 hours
Pencils used: Mechanical .5mm for detailing on the hair and eyes and smaller areas of the shirt; a mechanical .7mm pencil; and two 2HB pencils (one is cheaper than the other and draws darker, which is excellent for shading... gotta love dollar-store pencils... so cheap!).

I realllly need to get some better pencils to use. Ugh....

Comments, crits, favs, whatever, are appreciated.

`Allie ]]> FULL VIEW PLEASE!

I did this piece of the very lovely * bionic7 using one of his stock photos as reference ([link]). I would have painted this (I probably will later) but since my tablet is currently in a crippled state-- screw it.

I spent atleast twelve hours on this. His face took me about an hour, but the pinstripe took forever to do. Literally. Over the course of three days and tons of TV and coke to keep me alert, I finished it. I've never watched so much TV in my life-- well, listened to it... I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire twice, and then Dracula 2000, which I shouldn't have, since I was constantly laughing at how awful it is... it absolutely butchered the book.. sigh. Oh, and 28 Days Later, which turned out to be a pretty good movie. Then I watched anything that was on TV (which wasn't much but paid programming for viagra, male enchancement informercials with men yelling, 'omgitreallyworks!', cooking infomercials, and girls gone wild infomericials... which I swear, by the time that the guys have seen the bloody ads they don't NEED to get the DVD...) But that's not the point...

I didn't really know HOW to go about the pinstripe, so I just drew the outlines of the white stripes in the shirt and then coloured around it. Then I darkened certain areas of the shirt to give it form and such. I didn't draw the jeans in because it'd have been too distracting... but! The shirt! ...I'm all proud of it. Anyways... I'll probably end up doing more of Alex, just because he's so damn lovely.

Time: 12 hours
Pencils used: Mechanical .5mm for detailing on the hair and eyes and smaller areas of the shirt; a mechanical .7mm pencil; and two 2HB pencils (one is cheaper than the other and draws darker, which is excellent for shading... gotta love dollar-store pencils... so cheap!).

I realllly need to get some better pencils to use. Ugh....

Comments, crits, favs, whatever, are appreciated.

`Allie

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/liv-tyler-6779845 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/liv-tyler-6779845 Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:40:23 PDT liv tyler nonadult traditional/drawings/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2004-2013 ~Ailidh

I used a reference. About four hours. Used a 2B and 6B pencil.

Sigh... ]]>

I used a reference. About four hours. Used a 2B and 6B pencil.

Sigh...

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Ambrosial-18292104 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Ambrosial-18292104 Fri, 13 May 2005 19:19:09 PDT Ambrosial nonadult traditional/drawings/people Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2005-2013 ~Ailidh FULL VIEW, PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!


I'm sick as a dog. Right during exam week, the end of the year and I get sick as hell from allergies. Well, I've been doing nothing but reading and drawing. Sounds like a dream, eh? Not when you're spitting up phlem every 2 seconds and drinking down theraflu like it's a margarita! It's all I've been able to do, with a weak voice and burning fever.

I've had this reference lying around for atleast two years, and I've always wanted to sketch it, but always lost interest half-way into it. I know I pulled it from a magazine, but I don't know which. I spent about five hours on it, working on and off, while reading and sleeping, since I can't stare at something too long without getting terribly dizzy.

Five hours total, 2B pencil and .05mm mechanical pencil used, for pricise lines. I'm really bad at noses front on, so you'll have to excuse the minimal shading on it. I originally shaded most of it and got pissed at how crappy it looked and erased it.


Any

who! I've also been working on a few other sketches now. Enjoy! I have to go spit up more phlem! ]]> FULL VIEW, PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!


I'm sick as a dog. Right during exam week, the end of the year and I get sick as hell from allergies. Well, I've been doing nothing but reading and drawing. Sounds like a dream, eh? Not when you're spitting up phlem every 2 seconds and drinking down theraflu like it's a margarita! It's all I've been able to do, with a weak voice and burning fever.

I've had this reference lying around for atleast two years, and I've always wanted to sketch it, but always lost interest half-way into it. I know I pulled it from a magazine, but I don't know which. I spent about five hours on it, working on and off, while reading and sleeping, since I can't stare at something too long without getting terribly dizzy.

Five hours total, 2B pencil and .05mm mechanical pencil used, for pricise lines. I'm really bad at noses front on, so you'll have to excuse the minimal shading on it. I originally shaded most of it and got pissed at how crappy it looked and erased it.


Any

who! I've also been working on a few other sketches now. Enjoy! I have to go spit up more phlem!

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/subtle-thoughts-19990308 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/subtle-thoughts-19990308 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:09:51 PDT subtle thoughts nonadult photography/still Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2005-2013 ~Ailidh
edits in photoshop for stronger contrasting and title.

the two flowers you see are actually the same exact colours (yellow), but with a play of lighting one looks like a black flower with small highlights and the other one looks pure and flawless, which is the idea. i took a lot of these, playing with the lighting from behind and the side and such. ]]>
edits in photoshop for stronger contrasting and title.

the two flowers you see are actually the same exact colours (yellow), but with a play of lighting one looks like a black flower with small highlights and the other one looks pure and flawless, which is the idea. i took a lot of these, playing with the lighting from behind and the side and such.

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/honey-droplets-on-my-shoulder-22790897 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/honey-droplets-on-my-shoulder-22790897 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:48:15 PDT honey droplets on my shoulder nonadult digitalart/paintings/people Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2005-2013 ~Ailidh

Wow!!! I never get a painting done!! I've been so busy. Well. This is my yearly painting. I never get them done! But yeaaah.. I saw this picture and immediately fell in love with it. The two in the painting are not meant to look like the reference, only used it for a pose reference. This painting let me think about a lot of things... and I needed it. I know the title kind of sucks, but deal. I love this more than I do my Johnny Depp portrait, too.

But, I'm proud of this.

++reference: [link]
++time: 20 hours+
++program: openCanvas 3
++tablet: Intuos 2

I will be posting a day-by-day thingie of this soon. For now, comments, favourites, and questions are very welcome.

-Ailidh ]]>

Wow!!! I never get a painting done!! I've been so busy. Well. This is my yearly painting. I never get them done! But yeaaah.. I saw this picture and immediately fell in love with it. The two in the painting are not meant to look like the reference, only used it for a pose reference. This painting let me think about a lot of things... and I needed it. I know the title kind of sucks, but deal. I love this more than I do my Johnny Depp portrait, too.

But, I'm proud of this.

++reference: [link]
++time: 20 hours+
++program: openCanvas 3
++tablet: Intuos 2

I will be posting a day-by-day thingie of this soon. For now, comments, favourites, and questions are very welcome.

-Ailidh

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Valentine-daID-28107146 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Valentine-daID-28107146 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:00:08 PST Valentine daID nonadult darelated/deviantid Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh
Another eye shot, since they seem to be the most captivating to me... ]]>
Another eye shot, since they seem to be the most captivating to me...

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Orlando-Bloom-28509117 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/Orlando-Bloom-28509117 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:04:06 PST Orlando Bloom nonadult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh

openCanvas3. 7 hours. Reference used. ]]>

openCanvas3. 7 hours. Reference used.

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/still-life-29552224 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/still-life-29552224 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:38:00 PST still life nonadult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams-
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams."

-Edgar Allen Poe

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I've been busy lately. So busy I don't have time for myself... When I sit and paint, nothing comes out right. But I did a quickie, a bust shot. Usually I do something 500x larger, but I just don't possess the energy. I wish life would just slow down... but it never will..

Stock ref used:
OpenCanvas3 ]]> And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams-
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams."

-Edgar Allen Poe

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I've been busy lately. So busy I don't have time for myself... When I sit and paint, nothing comes out right. But I did a quickie, a bust shot. Usually I do something 500x larger, but I just don't possess the energy. I wish life would just slow down... but it never will..

Stock ref used:
OpenCanvas3

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/natalie-portman-32597487 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/natalie-portman-32597487 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:49:22 PDT natalie portman nonadult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh FULL VIEW PLEASE!

I know, celebrity paintings are so boring, but I saw this and thought: Hey! Green! I need practice with that!... Well. I got practice. Plenty. Infact, it frustrated me to no end but I learned alot; such as, how few colours I had to use to get incredible definition and how to blend green into skin tones. This was a weekend project and I found myself burning the midnight oil last night (Saturday) and tonight (Sunday) working on it.

Mainly, I did a portrait because I've been working tediously on two pieces which include landscapes and people, and they're extremely difficult for me to do, as well as frustrating. Portraits I've always found more enjoyment in, and doing a celebrity was quick and painless, considering I didn't feel like playing around with a sketch of my own of a person.

Lost count of the hours, but I used openCanvas3, Painter 9, and Photoshop 7. I painted the skin in OpenCanvas, refined and blended it as well as did the hair and background in Painter (I love Painter 9), and then just polished it up with a border and all in Photoshop. I don't know how often I found myself painting in OpenCanvas, saving, swapping it over to Painter, doing some refining, saving, swapping over to opencanvas, painting a bit, swapping over to painter, seeing something I could fix easier in opencanvas, swapping, fixing it, seeing something I could fix in Photoshop easiest, swapping.... for about 4 hours all I did was refine the stupid thing and program swap.

I'm actually exceptionally happy with the turnout, considering I struggled with my Wacom tablet through the whole thing. I must have re-installed the drivers 4 times, restarted my computer 9, and beat my head on my desk in frustration 20. But it was worth it.

dedicated to my muse, I s'pose.


EDIT: Reference: [link] ]]> FULL VIEW PLEASE!

I know, celebrity paintings are so boring, but I saw this and thought: Hey! Green! I need practice with that!... Well. I got practice. Plenty. Infact, it frustrated me to no end but I learned alot; such as, how few colours I had to use to get incredible definition and how to blend green into skin tones. This was a weekend project and I found myself burning the midnight oil last night (Saturday) and tonight (Sunday) working on it.

Mainly, I did a portrait because I've been working tediously on two pieces which include landscapes and people, and they're extremely difficult for me to do, as well as frustrating. Portraits I've always found more enjoyment in, and doing a celebrity was quick and painless, considering I didn't feel like playing around with a sketch of my own of a person.

Lost count of the hours, but I used openCanvas3, Painter 9, and Photoshop 7. I painted the skin in OpenCanvas, refined and blended it as well as did the hair and background in Painter (I love Painter 9), and then just polished it up with a border and all in Photoshop. I don't know how often I found myself painting in OpenCanvas, saving, swapping it over to Painter, doing some refining, saving, swapping over to opencanvas, painting a bit, swapping over to painter, seeing something I could fix easier in opencanvas, swapping, fixing it, seeing something I could fix in Photoshop easiest, swapping.... for about 4 hours all I did was refine the stupid thing and program swap.

I'm actually exceptionally happy with the turnout, considering I struggled with my Wacom tablet through the whole thing. I must have re-installed the drivers 4 times, restarted my computer 9, and beat my head on my desk in frustration 20. But it was worth it.

dedicated to my muse, I s'pose.


EDIT: Reference: [link]

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/the-human-eye-part-1-33122849 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/the-human-eye-part-1-33122849 Thu, 11 May 2006 02:41:53 PDT the human eye - part 1 nonadult resources/tutorials/other Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh
This is mostly just my thoughts and experiences I've had from painting eyes and that sort of thing. It's also pretty general, but it's some good rules I've learned. I have included in the .zip file the event file for OpenCanvas so you can watch me sketch (sorry I'm so sloppy! it was 2 am and I had zero reference and I suck at sketching on the computer). I'll be taking the same picture and trying to paint it and then give that event file, too, but I don't know if it'll work out so neatly.

Edit: I apologize in advance for any mispellings or incoherence. I'm quite tired and didn't check it! ]]>
This is mostly just my thoughts and experiences I've had from painting eyes and that sort of thing. It's also pretty general, but it's some good rules I've learned. I have included in the .zip file the event file for OpenCanvas so you can watch me sketch (sorry I'm so sloppy! it was 2 am and I had zero reference and I suck at sketching on the computer). I'll be taking the same picture and trying to paint it and then give that event file, too, but I don't know if it'll work out so neatly.

Edit: I apologize in advance for any mispellings or incoherence. I'm quite tired and didn't check it!

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/a-depiction-of-winter-ponder-33736026 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/a-depiction-of-winter-ponder-33736026 Tue, 23 May 2006 21:10:10 PDT a depiction of winter - ponder nonadult digitalart/paintings/animals Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2006-2013 ~Ailidh I'm not very good with animals or skies but I've had alot of practice with both since I painted this.

I think I used openCanvas 3 and Photoshop7. No reference, which is why it's so bad! Just kidding. I know how I could detail it heavily, but it was never a painting that I intended to detail heavily, but rather just paint very simple, loose strokes. Some of it is really off, but I never intended it to be perfect. ]]> I'm not very good with animals or skies but I've had alot of practice with both since I painted this.

I think I used openCanvas 3 and Photoshop7. No reference, which is why it's so bad! Just kidding. I know how I could detail it heavily, but it was never a painting that I intended to detail heavily, but rather just paint very simple, loose strokes. Some of it is really off, but I never intended it to be perfect.

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/sunday-s-muse-58802860 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/sunday-s-muse-58802860 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:42:09 PDT :: sunday's muse :: nonadult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2007-2013 ~Ailidh
personal reference used.
over 40 hours
opencanvas 3 ]]>
personal reference used.
over 40 hours
opencanvas 3

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/l-a-m-i-a-event-file-68294396 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/l-a-m-i-a-event-file-68294396 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:15:05 PDT l a m i a -- event file adult resources/tutorials/digiart/dpadigi/opencanvas Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2007-2013 ~Ailidh
No ref is used... and it was very late. I worked on it between... around midnight and finally finished at exactly 5:59 AM. Yay for work the next day! ]]>
No ref is used... and it was very late. I worked on it between... around midnight and finally finished at exactly 5:59 AM. Yay for work the next day!

]]> http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/l-a-m-i-a-68294732 http://ailidh.deviantart.com/art/l-a-m-i-a-68294732 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:34 PDT l a m i a adult digitalart/paintings/people/portraits Ailidh http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/i/ailidh.gif Copyright 2007-2013 ~Ailidh
umm... around 6 hours of work, opencanvas, photoshop CS2, all that jazz.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ]]>
umm... around 6 hours of work, opencanvas, photoshop CS2, all that jazz.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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