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 (57)
pspworkshop
This is very pretty
wishes3d
Gorgeous!
Bossie_Boots
Excellent !!!
Adiene
wonderful! pose, lighting, texture all Top notch! :D *hugs
FUNJOKER
Cheer for your excellent work and good end week in your creation.
tabala
Mensch- hab ich ein Glk, dass ich mal noch wach bin ! WOW! Dankesch 8) Meike, das ist ein wunderbares Bild und genau das, was mich nach den letzten drei Tagen zum ... ja- Staunen, Schmunzeln und zum Freuen bringt. Danke!
Denys234
Excellent render!!
webdancer
Exquisite! Love the satin touch!!
gypsyangel
BEAUTIFUL!!!
netlion66
wow... great image!!!!! Excellent!!
RGUS
Classic... that sigh... can't work under this stress... just perfect!!!
Halibut72
That is just fantastic.
rebelmommy
Yes a perfect Diva pose!!!
MajinBoo
Such a realistic photographic feel!
flaviok
belissima obra, aplausos
Kartika
Gorgeous character! Great lighting effect!
miss_e
Beautiful! Lovely mix of textures!
jwiest
Oh how gorgeous!
spm91g
Damn perfect work!!
camera
There is much more than just a "touch" of elegance in this render. There is a handfull! The pose is very well done and of course the lighting is accomplished for the pose, as well. I also see a slight oriental flavor to this although I know JoJo is not in that vein. Very beautiful, Meike!
lwperkins
Simply stunning--the combination of Tabala's beautiful pose and your artisty makes this a masterpiece!
HADCANCER
We all see thing differently, I guess that is what makes things interesting, as it would be so dull if we all saw it the same way. When I first viewed your render my first thought was " Not tonight dear I have a head ache"," Nicht heute Abend lieb habe ich ein Hauptache", but I guess this means I am not an artist...sniff, sniff, sigh. I love the render, but then I always love your work. I guess that is why your a fav.
OrphanedSoul
Cool Work!
Dragontales
Awesome. Those gloves are great!
Faery_Light
Beautiful!
PsychoNaut
I love the gloves, VEEERY sexy :D Lovely pose, yes indeed. I have something new to yell at my "superiors" at work Ich KANN so nicht arbeiten!!!! YAY!
angelbearzs
wow she is very beatiful and awesome image!!!!:)
Li-C.
Fantastic job! Very Diva'ish. I love the lighting and pose. Excellent!
lunaE
Great expression you used, excellent done.
Antonio57
Excellent!!!!!!BRAVO