Je länger man malt, desto mehr ist man Lehrling The longer you paint the more you are an apprentice.
Bele Bachem
Brief introduction: SaintFox is
-a woman born 1962 at the north sea coast of Germany.
-moved to the german midwest in 1996
-to a small town that offers a lot of medieval inspiration
-has at least two souls
...and about the nick: It's a mixture of my haircolor and a tattooed fox cub that I wear and that looks so saintly as a vegetarian. As long as I can think I enjoyed being creative - and I always loved learning something new! As I had my first look here I so much wanted to do images like the ones I saw in the gallery.But it took me several years to be brave enough to post my first image here. After all I do not understand anymore what made me hesitate so long... I'm a professional artist/illustrator, not at least because of the permanent encouragement of the "Captain of my heart", he's my muse, my secretary, my "wonderwall" against those things that are able to disturb creative processes so easily. Most of my work is published by a german gallery in Gelsenkirchen and available at my own homepage, too. In late 2005 I wask asked for my first collaborated works and so I finally found a second profession in doing my own characters and textures what enables me to give my images even more personal style.
Whenever I start to work on something new - especially when working with characters - there is a moment when the bundle of polygons and pixels suddenly seems to look at me from the other side of the monitor, it's the moment when my creations get personality. This is, at least, what I like to "transport" with my products: artist tools that are able to inspire the people that work with them because they have a kind of "virtual soul".
A woman under influence
Major influences on my work come from other admired artists and music. Some of my favorites: Jan Vermeer van Delft James Jaques Tissot Rembrandt van Rijn Hajime Sorayama Olivia De Berardinis Marcus Gray Herb Ritts Helmut Newton Alberto Vargas Ricky Carralero Gerald Brom ...and, regarding the feelings that I have when doing my characters: Dr. Viktor Frankenstein! Music: Too much to count, alternative and classics preferred but sometimes it has to be soul or jazz, too. The second large influence are people I met here: They comment on my images and help me to enhance them, they share their knowledge and finally some of them decided to involve me in their projects. For me (as I grew up in the before-internet-age) it's still some kind of miracle that people are able to work together independent of where they live.
...and, before I forget, the strongest influence during the last years came from some lines I read about 15 years ago:
Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness. What ails us is that our sense of beauty is so bruised and blunted, we miss all the best.
D.H. Lawrence
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Comments (34)
mumbocat
Isn't that "Frankie" from "Sky Captain?" :)
lunaris
Fantastic character setup! I love the outfit you put together for her. And lighting is superb, with a a slight hint of realism. EXCELLENT!
Shardz
Wow! A most realistic image of this beautiful character!! I was trying to track down that headdress myself this week and had no luck! Seems everything I like is discontinuted! lol! Fantastic outfit you put together for her and the shiny materials are awesome! Love that shiny black stuff! The lighting and the shader really put this image through the roof! It's really convincing and very cleverly created!! Excellent work!
webdancer
Wonderful! She is fantastic and I love the toned body! She just rocks!
shutterb
Wow that is some outfit and figure... WoWza... Great dramatic lighting... excellent
drifterlee
Awesome image! Love her outfit.
MaraxCruz
COOL! Can't help but smile and wonder...lol Nice job!
zoku01
Wow! What a body she has. Hot stuff! Love the shiney bikini. Yummy!
Axeye
Outstanding image! Love your character and her outfit, especially the headdress! Excellent work!
face_off
One word....stunning!
seda
Excellent work as always!!! I really like her pose it really speaks atitude. =)
DRAKELOT
EXCELLENT WORK !
anitalee
Beautiful work
tabala
Mein Wortschatz beschrkt sich wieder einmal auf recht wenig: Klasse, grortig, einnmalig, originell- reicht? ;) excellent and V
odf Online Now!
Excellent render! Great skin tones, pose and outfit!
gerberc
Sexy character and excellent lighting! Well done!
DARKSCORN
hui das headdress ist ja genial, ebenso die sandalen! und die bodymorphs von Irina sind einfach nur der absolute hammer, definitiv ein character den ich mir auch irgentwann zulegen werde. ;o) BRAVO!!! =)
Faramus
A "KEEPER"! --- Fo Sho.
ericfarris
Magnific work Meike, I like the pose and the lightning, and the hat so bizarre is excellent like her hide eye - Excellent!!!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and very original Pin-Up...!!! Imprssive headpiece...!!!
Fredy
silent-and-impressed................Fredy-looking-at-a-fantastic-piece.............still-looking.....................W-O-W!!! This...is...most...impressive!!! One of your best!!!! :) V
DistantWorlds
YARGH Matey, anyone aboard? ;) That's the hottest swashbuckler I've ever seen! ;)
twingo
Excellent pin-up, great reflection on the clothes.
wastl001
This is soooooooooo damn excellent, that I don't have the right words!! V
AnneCHPostma
Nice one !
mapicus
Every Rose Has It's Thorn !!!
logiloglu
wow,what a fascinating character. great pose and expression. excellent work on details and presentation. vote #:O)
Dragontales
The title may be "not so original" but the image really rocks. Love the body on that figure.
zpenumbra
Very cool headdress - figures it's not available anymore :(
Ede1302
Fantastische Arbeit Meike!!! Excellent and vote!!!