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 (30)
Iceshark39
Fantastic image! The translucency and opalescence of the outfit are absolutely lovely. Her pose and expression are nice and soft and, well, you have to love that cat! Very nicely done!
ToniDunlap
An absolutely gorgeous image. Outstanding in every way. Perfection. FAV!!!!
Geophree
Astonishingly beautiful.
RGUS
WOW... sexy to the Max!!!! I love that material material Meike... and the soft hair is perfect!!
danamongden
I really like the use of color here. The flower is lovely.
stagehand
Beautiful render. Awesome clothing, and the kitty too :-)
fabiana
excellent image, all yours are always as jewels... lovely and soft, my kind of style :)
jwiest
Wow, what a lovely render Meike!
DarkStormCrow
Beautiful work and image, kudos...
leehilliard
very nice comp. luv's the character. miki never looked so good. bravo !
eportscreations
Beautiful! Just beautiful!
liannedevries
Wow, fabulous work!
theconqueror
fantastic image... well done...
ledwolorz
Beautiful character and Amazing work.
Mark@poser
Excellent render...Nice character and lighting....Good pose and clothing...5 stars from me...Do more please!
xbook
very beautifull and the perfect outfit
lwperkins
Your lighting is always so pretty--I like how her skin looks (I had forgotten about this character of yours, she is so pretty--almost makes me want to find Miki again;-)
beowlar
Exceptional portrait !!!!!!
stonedhendge
awesome work...super scene....
Richabri
Beautiful character and a very stylish and lovely render :)
PsychoNaut
My favorite Miki2 character! Wonderful clothes on her. Shimmery, scanty
twingo
She looks great, and so does the cat. Excellent piece of work.
missgrin
Awesome work...
Burpee
You make the clothes look so natural. This is so lovely.
FS
Fantastic work, love her pose and the lighting is excellent!Great outfit!!!!
Fredy
Wonderful outfit and posing :) And her expression is telling a story... :)
Erynn
Stunning character, materials and lighting!! A really delightful composition and the colors for this are simply perfect :) Great work :)
tabala
I always love to see You plaing with my mats, but with these lights all others would look great too :O) Magic scene, also the cat came out great although the texture usually is not so good. A fav- don't want to miss this.
artroland
Love that face! Great stuff! Muah! And MEOW!
RubyT
Beautiful cloth work for sure!! And of course your lights are gorgeous as is the theme and posing! Love it!!