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My entry for ^ChewedKandis Vector Art Contest: Self :la:

That is me :B

Well, at least basically :lol:

I took a crappy self portrait, which I hell won't show, and started turning me into a magpie. Since that is my last name, it was pretty a pretty obvious choice :lol:
But I did not want to do a realistic self portrait, since I have already done that and that would have been boring :D

I had wanted to start it like a Body Paint, so the base shapes were all solid dark grey blue colored. Since magpie feathers shine in different colors i tried some ways to apply that effect and ended up with multiple colorful blends :meow:

The feathers are brushes i created based on some sketches I made [link]
they started out being with an outline, but I later moved away from that concept and used transparencies instead :)

For the eyes I wanted to add something around them… you know how animals almost have a sort of leather like texture around their eyes (or noses as a matter of fact). I wanted to use that and I think it looks quite awesome :XD:

There are some flaws, like the "leather" not being really connected to the "skin" but they way it looks is the way I want it to look :)
I used a very limited amount of layershading, thus making it harder to "connect" parts :B
The wings are probably done all wrong, too :lol:

Applied some SVG Gaussian Blur filter for the feathers in the front.

Oh yes, before I forget: After I had started doing my concept and vectored, I realized it reminded me a lot of "Black Swan". So I watched the movie again and probably some of the movies "feel" flew into the illustration. Awesome movie, really!
Instead I am turning into a magpie and not a swan :giggle:

There is no stock involved really… The feather shapes were sketched after looking at google search results, same as the magpie colors. The body and face is mine :B

Okay, I think that is all and enough said… Just some close up for you to enjoy now



Hope you like it :peace:
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=pixelledanddead Sep 11, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
wwwooooooh O_O

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^pica-ae Sep 11, 2011
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=Vashtastic Aug 21, 2011   Digital Artist
i love it!

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^pica-ae Aug 21, 2011
thank you :huggle:

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Mood: Love `Anmagdan Aug 21, 2011   Artist
Loving how the final piece turned out :] Very mystic!

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^pica-ae Aug 21, 2011
thank you :tighthug: I am glad it has a mystic touch :la:

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Mood: Wow! ~Voltonwarsled Aug 20, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Waaayy cool:)
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^pica-ae Aug 21, 2011
thank you :hug: :D

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^SamuelRaffa Aug 20, 2011   General Artist
Striking and dramatic; unique and entirely compelling...
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^pica-ae Aug 20, 2011
Thank you :aww: I am glad you like it :tighthug: :heart:

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