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 (32)
A_Joker_B
Stunning render Saint!
rebelmommy
Absolutely stunning!!! Cant wait to see her finally hit the marketplace. You two do such magnificent work!
tabala
Well- now You 're blowing me away !!! Never Dean is 50! WOW ^^ Guess there is something in the sun down there LOL Happy birthday, Deane, from all the bottom of my heart too! AND , Meike- THIS is indeed a perfect render for our "Kiwi" :O) Stunning simple - simple stunning :)
Fredy
Happy Birthday RGUS!!! What a nice gift! Most excellent rendering! :)
MarciaGomes
Maravilhosa obra,adorei.+++++++++5
awadissk
This is an excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!
cyclospider
Great work!
Draco1960
Great job !!
Kartika
Superb character! Gorgeous scene!
broken-wings
Excellent!!!
Bossie_Boots
Wow superb work hugs lou x
PsychoNaut
What a fantastic warrioress, that armor is tops! I also dig the pose, it's violent and yet beautiful
flaviok
Belissima obra, aplausos (5)
nucks
Wow - very impressive detail, beautifully rendered and lit.
Burpee
Wowzers!! Awesome action lady and outfit!! You do such inspiring work!
MajinBoo
Awesome belated bday gift! I'm really impressed with the pose and facial expression.
richard57
Great work Beautiful my friend5+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! richard
LiviaCH
Superb render! Great work on the pose and her expression! The outfit is superb too and of course the whole composition!
huenersh
absolutely fantastic!
cole4965
Really beautiful image!!! Love the composition!!!
hansklerk
You are getting better all the time...... :-)
Jadore76
very beautiful,really excellent !5*
missgrin
Stunning work!!
stukes
Very crisp and clean. Excellent work!!!!!
drifterlee
Awesome work!
Monuli
Ein sches Geschenk Meike. Absolut klasse Render !! 5+++ Vg Uli
ericfarris
Ohhhhh gorgeous Meike, always so excellent work in every way! Bravo! HUGSSSSSSSSS
Zazou
Terrific textures !!
rixster
Wonderful image for a birthday present - excellent!!!
PoserHobbit
Excellent work!!