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 (27)
gypsyangel
Well, she is just TOO sweet---and that reflective latex fabric of her costume speaks of naughty things!! :D This is really gorgeous---and perfect for the season!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
huenersh
Fantastic witch again!
linkdink
Indeed, I have been lusing after 4blueeye's materials for awhile, lots of great reflections there.
shvrdavid
Excellent Halloween scene... I agree about the latex...
Rainbowgirl
Your latex witches start something like a new category! I love them all! Brilliant again!
cole4965
Really brilliant!!!
Rhiannon Online Now!
What a very cool Halloween image, fantastic!!! :-)
Surama
Fantastisch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RubyT
Magical image!
byron7
Splendid work. I like very much the pose and attitude of this :-)
akulla
Wonderfully composed, Happy Holloween.
Danceswithroos
This is very cool work. Those reflection thingys you have going on there are awesome!
camera
Another delightful goodie in time for Hallowen and what a delight it is! I think it is magical to be so creative while you are also healing. You do good, Meike, in more ways than one by adding this fun render for us to enjoy. My thanks for this morning smile on my face.
papachile
Happy Halloween, and awesome Witch!
Dragontales
She can cast a spell on me any day. :) Happy Halloween.
stukes
This is a keeper. Excellent work!!!!!
awadissk
Very well done image, excellent!!!!!!
Monuli
Die Reflexionen auf dem Outfit sind echt sehenswert Meike. ~ Klasse ~ Vg Uli *****
Fredy
Abramacabra! :) Excellent pic!
FS
Very magical!!Fantastic character and outfit!!EXCELLENT!!
rixster
Beautiful character and an awesome outfit - excellent work as usual!!!
ericfarris
Again so excellent like the last! Bravo Meike! HUGSSSSSSSS
kbobbitt
Beautiful! She's so cute, the pose is great, and the postwork fantastic!!
tabala
grin Such a cutie ^^! Yes, the reflects are excellent but the clothes look the same. especially love the hat- so crouhy and really lifelike. Great to see you coming back :)
webdancer
Awesome! Love all your little extras!
KatesFriend
Love that ultra-mod outfit of hers and her expression. Yet somehow there's an air of innocence.
rebelmommy
Somehow this image never generated an email notice that you had posted it:( Thank you for the lovely birthday wish.. yes I got to spend it (well most of it anyway) exactly as I wanted to:)