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 (37)
Rainbowgirl
Truly a change... but a nice one! Lovely elf!
cole4965
Extremely well done! Beautiful image!!!
chexm1x
Fantastic image!
artistheat
Sweet and Adorable Pic
caxeman
I like!
RyverMyst
I'm not sure,but you might want to check Content Paradise for a hedgehog. This is precious,what a special thing to do for the girlfriend. Excellent.
GRiMAge
Well, elves might not be that bad... you could always do a elf in black leather... ;P Assuming cute was what you were going for, i think you achieved the goal perfectly, since cute is exactly what she is! :D Beautiful and very sweet look!!
camera
I'm not much into elves but the mushrooms and grasses are beautiful. I'm sure Jennifer will really enjoy your beautiful creation for her.
Fredy
Awwwwwww! Now that's indeed different for you! ;) Very nice! An elf in SaintFox-style!
tabala
smile I own the newer-released books, my mother gave them to me. I remember the images inside very well:) Wonderfully done, Meike :) The morph is great , but I think the light matches perfect to the scene :) Oh- and hedgehog.... Cannt remember that I ever have seen a hedgehog in 3d :( What a pitty- but maybe You should have a look at CP...
PG-Graphics
Sehr sch, geflt mir super :-)
papachile
Very cute image. I love her expression.
nucks
What a cutie sitting perched on a mushroom top. I like the whole composition. Fine detail!
stukes
What a splendid scene. The dark background really puts this over the top. Excellent render!!!!!!!!!!!
Niha
VEry nice image! I love her shoes and outfit! Great pose! Nice work!:)
thecytron
Very good composition!
Brandi
Adorable! Great job posing and what a pretty face she has!
drifterlee
She's beautiful!
bruelmcbeal
Superb. I like her expression, pose and all waht you use to this render. BRAVO !!!
awadissk
Great image excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MajinBoo
Simple yet styling I like it!
mars67
I love "amanita muscaria" never tried though. That holy mushroom is my company's logo (maybe i'll use it as my avatar) and its been discovered to be the AMBROSIA -the food of the gods- Great image Good work.
rebelmommy
Oh my!! Seems you have drank to much of my fairy coffee! A lovely image:)
Surama
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gypsyangel
Why...she's just adorable!!! Ha! Even as dark and twisty as I am, I still enjoy the occasional fairy render---WITHOUT Malice and Mayhem...although I can't say that too loud...they live in my computer---shhhh!!! :D Gorgeous fae!!! Yeah, we need a hedgehog and a badger. :)
HADCANCER
ya did good yet again
webdancer
She is so beautiful, but so sad.....Excellent!
Robert0921
Nice, my daughter would love it!
Grubber
It is a beautiful image and completely out of character. I liked it, though, and your story of the son's girlfriend and your german fairy tales. It must be neat to be able to draw on your talents (so to speak) to give a gift that is truly one of a kind. Many smiles.
DonaKuka
Absolutely lovely composition!!!