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 (36)
shipmanjonathan
Absolutly wonderful! Love the Dynamic Cloth! Pose is most excellent and the lighting is just perfect! Love it!
Traumsuse
Oh was für ein wunderschönes Bild**
qrud
nice pose and expression.
wliebtposer
aawesome work 5+
Darkglass
Beautiful work!!
RGUS
I really am surprised you had so much trouble with that cloth... I've thrown wind forces from hell at it and it never faultered... but then.. we have different settings don't we. She does look cold.. in fact I've just lit my fire... yeah ya buggers... my turn for Winter now
linkdink
... adorable!
kassad
Nice eyes. Great render. B->
gypsyangel
Awwww...she looks cold and hungry!! ;D
Tracesl
excellent
morganahope
WONDERFUL PORTRAIT YOU DID !!
3Dillusions
Gorgeous love the movement of the cloth I love to do the same but with hair :) Angela
Raindroptheelf
Awesome Meike, I so want that cloth!! you done such an amazing work with it. wow wow wow Love it all.
svendsen
Beautiful image - and the dynamic clothes are super...:o) Carsten
Propschick
Amazing work!
lwperkins
That cloth is amazing but I also love your cool colors--they make her face stand out! You are tempting me to buy that cloth and learn how to play with it;-)
beatoangelico
Beautiful work, love the pose and the color....well done..!!!
fabiana
fabulous image :) seems that the cloth is really good :)
shamstar
Lovely portrait. It captures the mood perfectly. Well done.
Zazou
A sweet portrait ! Love the pose !
Thetis
fantastic artwork
shadownet
Beautiful render!
Paldav
As always...a great render made by a great artist......
artposer
excellent
webdancer
Gorgeous little face! Love those eyes!
Burpee
Oh my, but she is adorable! What a lovely face.
Adiene
beautiful :D That cloth looks AWESOME!!!! :D *hugs
StratoCumulus
Great technical work. Lovely character. Those eyes really draw you in.
PoserHobbit
Awesome work!!
mikeerson
with her outfit being blown, shouldn't her hair be going back and her eyes squinting? Feel the moment.... lovely character.