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 (33)
RGUS
This is such an inspirational image Meike... I can imagine how she feels... cool pose and lighting Lady... super top image! (V)
cujoe_da_man
yeah, I know that one, just got into it with my boss today, nice image :) Hope your days are better.
camera
Oh boy! Do I recognize that feeling.I really enjoy the way you have overcome it. I like the mood you have created with your image and of course your lighting adds such magic to it. The pose is winsome, as well. Fantastic, Meike! Fantastic!
rebelmommy
WOW A fantastic emotional image.. conveyed wonderfully!!!
lululee
Terrific artwork, Meike. Been there, Done that. You made some great art with it.
tabala
oh-oh- ich hoffe, es lag nicht an dem Tutorial?! ^^ Yes, the pose is fantastic, and the lightening, and the texture- but most I like the red of the lips and the faceexpression- Ich denke, ich weiwas sie denkt- also als Satz, meine ich - aber ich wde bestimmt ger bekommen, den hier zu schreiben, der ist nich jugendfrei ^^
PG-Graphics
Ein fantastisches Bild Meike, ich bin begeistert :-)
Romantic-3D
Fantastisch! :o)
webdancer
I know how you feel! Awesome scene and of course, I love that pose! Excellent work!
bernic_gil
many, many times got that feeling !! but not in such a sexy style like hers !! :)
linkdink
Totally captures the mood; my mood, many days, unfortunately.
RubyT
Right on! excellent image!!
Eleidess
Great image! v
BigDen
Check out the knuckles, this chick has arthritis bad.......
rixster
Great outfit, pose and lighting - love her expression too!!!
tiquanleap
Been there... Great image!!
wishes3d
Stunning, amazing work! v
Christel
OMG!!! That is totally cool!!! That pose is so damn excellent!! She really look feed up grin Excellent work!! Hugs C
mejed
Gotta love that look, Gotta love the `tude, and Gotta love this image.
drifterlee
Excellent!!!!! She makes a good punk!!
webmonster
Man great job. Love the pose! That hose and garter set is great.
Danceswithroos
Ive seen that look before. Hope your day gets a whole lot better for you!
Fredy
Hehehe ggg soooo right! LOOL! Wonderful!
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent work.....!!! She have a posture and face very expressive.....!!!! Fantastic render.....!!!
Monuli
Super Bild !! kann man nicht anders sagen . Der Stinkefinger ist klasse ;-)) vg Uli
awadissk
Fantastic image excellent work!!!!!!!!!!
PoserHobbit
Excellent render! I've deffinately been there!
Nuria
Fabulous , incredible expression , pose , character and brilliant work !!
vulcanccit
WOW!! I love this!!!!
UweMattern
Well she makes no mystery out of her feelings, love that! ~Uwe