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 (29)
Fredy
Awww, poor little girl... I hope she will give a nice presentation! Wonderful expression, wonderful light and the dress looks magnificent! Very lovely! ...and get well soon! :)
RGUS
Perfect... and gorgeous... and excellent and BIG VOTE
UweMattern
HeHe that is a cute little doll..:-) Love the spotlight on her face and the dress came out fantastic too! I hope your meal tasted well... ~Uwe
slave2sin
She is adorable! Excellent work
lululee
This is soooooo outstancing! Beautiful ART. You are so multitalented. Hope you feel better soon. cheerio lululee
Eekka
She is a Beauty..Excellent work
rixster
Beautiful pose and the expression is superb - great lighting!!!
webdancer
Excellent work! I love it! This is a new favorite for me!
Sinamin
This is wonderful! Great lighting, fantastic posing and the expression is simply priceless!
tabala
The dress looks great, the pose is great, the expression is fantastic! When You feel better again we have to talk about the staff you used. ;O) But for now- Gute Besserung!
boobunny
Beauiful image!! Great expression!!!
logiloglu
Klasse Ausdruck man spt formlich die Aufregung und das Lampenfieber. Du hast den Bogen raus,Meike. superb . TOP TOP NOTCH #:O)
awadissk
Excellent work very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DonaKuka
Cute little one...fantastic outfit! Excellent work!!! Just love it!
drifterlee
This is stunning and should win a prize!!! VOTE!!!
Krid
great scene with excellent pose, expression and lightning
Danceswithroos
Oh you have nailed this one. Just fantastic work. V
anitalee
Beautiful!
ericfarris
Magnific Meike, she is afraid like before an examination, superb emotion here!!! I'm little sick too, hope you feel better soon!!! Hugs my friend!!!!
Monuli
Wow - ganz tolles Bild. Es geflt mir sehr gut !
stukes
Absolutely excellent image!!!!!!!! I'm out of words.
Ede1302
Beautiful Meike, fantastic lighting, pose and expression, this dress looks wonderful... Excellent work!!!
disneyfabfive
Amazing Awesome Wow Vote
Lledeline
Excellent work
linkdink
I really like this lighting and pose.
PG-Graphics
WOW! Wonderful expression, wonderful light, wonderful girl! Bin begeistert Meike!
wishes3d
Terrific work! v
factor
This is reall great work on Pose, Expression and Lighting!! Well done!
FUNJOKER
Wow..I love this. Beautiful artwork!!*****":)