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BIO
Short Bio: Fantasy Artist Uwe Jarling was born in 1968. After graduating with a diploma degree in graphic design 1991 he worked as a illustrator and graphic designer further on. His first works were countless covers for videos, books, ... and many technical and architectural illustrations for advertising agencies. An important step in his further development followed in 2000 where he started to develop his "Fantasy Artwork" more seriously and did his first attempts creating his art on a computer. Since 2003 almost all of his work is painted digitally for clients all over the world mainly in the Fantasy Art genre. Uwe lives and works in a little village in the south of Germany. Tools used: Fantasy Artist Uwe Jarling is a traditional artist using traditional media like oils, watercolors and mainly gouache, but the last years he did the step into creating his art digital. The last 3 years 98% of his images are created using digital tools. Uwe experimented with several digital tools 3d as well as 2d. For 3d he experimented with 3d max, Poser, Vue, Bryce and more nice 3d applications, but as it doesn�t fit him too well he decided to work mainly using 2d digital tools. For his 2d digital images Uwe uses mainly the software Painter, currently version 9, so most of his paintings are now done with Painter. For color corrections of his images or several effects Uwe uses Photoshop. All his latest images are done using Painter 9 and some Painter 9 and Photoshop CS in combination. Uwe currently �paints� on a Macintosh G5 using a pressure sensitive Wacom tablet.
Uwe was voted for January�s 2006 Renderosity Artist of the Month. Read the AOM interview here:
AOM-INTERVIEV
And one last thing to know, Uwe feels very strange to write about him self in third person, haha! Have a great time all, and thanks again for the AOM, for all your support and votes, you are the best! For prints of my work follow these links:
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High-Quality Prints from ComplexARTS
Fantasy Art, Fine Art, Illustration - Jarling-Arts Shop
Happy painting Uwe
Fantasy Art, Fine Art, Illustration - Fantasy Artist Uwe Jarling
Comments (36)
fracturedmoon
This image is amazing.. The pose and expression of the character, the amazing details in the costuming and bow.. everything is beautiful. Very well done!
kenwas
Abeautiful piece of work.
Blush
OMG! This is simply fantastic I love your images I had a free trial version of PSP9 for awhile and did some images would love for you to drop by & take a look see Hope your having a great day Vote n hugs Susan~
Shardz
Superb, stunning, and amazing detail in this fantastic piece of masterful artwork! I have a massive MTG collection simply for the art alone, so I can really appreciate this glorious artwork! Masterful creation!!
duncanlong
Beautiful... Really professional job (obviously, if the artwork is being used in a game - ha). Keep up the excellent work.
lwperkins
WOOOW! Uwe, this has got to be one of my favorite pieces that you have done--it is quite simple but so well done and powerful--I must vote, and respect to you too!
UweMattern
Superior artwork with very much attention to details. There must be an Uwe in the Mystical Empire, who left an logo on the bow ;-)) ~Uwe
bern
Wow, excellent !!!
Artzy
A W E S O M E !
Kropot
Excellent piece of craftmansship. It has youre handwriting all over it.
cbender
really amazing - wirklich beeindruckend...! geflt mir sehr gut!
Axeye
Outstanding painting! Fantastic detail and an excellent image!!!
Lechsh
First of all, fantastic detail, I really love the bow. The perspective is a bit off on the arrow though as well as the arrow head being a bit crooked and because it's in the foreground it's quite prominant. hope that helps, cheers.
Dsan
Wow! This is brilliant art!!
SpiritofGabriel
Bows in reverence to the master!
MOOOW
Powerful character and painting my dear friend ,I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR ARTWORK VERY CREATIVE ,Excellent tecnique and delightful style ,excellent golden arrow texture,you are so talented artist my dear friend .
falconian
Well done oce again, nice peice, can I ask why you use painter and not photoshop CS? I have noticed that alot of artist are moving over to oainter these days, I my self use photoshop, but I was woundering is there an advantage useing painter, once again nice work as usual, all the very best from Keith n Kay at www.falconian.com
Kath13
The detail is outstanding in this image - Excellent work!
A_
wow, this is magnifiecnt! all the detailing and the light and the POV!... you're done with perfectly. i am in awe at your skill and artistry. bravo.
Ringwraith
Hey man - great job, as always, Your painter style is great.
gunsan
Powerful painting, love the details!
j-art
First let me tell you all that I always feel very flattered about all your wonderful comments you are wonderful thanks you so much!! I appreciate critique as well as all the praise, so a big thank you to Lechsh (and to Mooow, who told me the same via private message) Yes you are right, the perspective is off, I realized that too but sadly hadnt time to correct it (those card art pieces have to be done mostly very quick). This is what happens if you dont construct perspective with perspective lines or dont use proper reference :-( I just did a quick sketch as mostly whithout having any reference, it was approved, and I started to paint without refining the sketch and taking care about perspective :-O well thats the result :-( --- btw, you can have a look at the sketch here - http://www.jarling-arts.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=295&fullsize=1 - So again thanks for critique, no matter if it is per e-mail, private message or as a comment I got a lot of it since I post my work online and it is always very, very helpful so dont hesitate to give me some critique, at least thats what makes an artist grow. Oh, and Keith my friend, well I use Painter cause it just feels more like real painting than Photoshop. I think Photoshop was never meant to be a painting program. So I use Painter for painting Photoshop for picture editing. But thats just my opinion ;-) I know many artists using Photoshop and do mind-blowing art (J.P. Targete for example uses Photoshop 3 and is able to create artworks that just blow you away). So I thinks its all up to you and what you prefer the most and feel most comfortable with theres no better or worse, at least the artist is the one who creates the picture not the program, brush or whatever. Just use what fits you the best ;-) So again thank you all for all your support YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!
romanceworks
Wow - what a fantastic artwork. I would never have noticed the perspective of the bow and arrow because of the power of your character. You are the best and your work is always thrilling and inspiring. Vote. :o) CC
Vik9740
perfect or not, i think it should still make you proud. the detail on that bow is wonderful
bevchiron
Beautifully painted, love the colours & details!
violet
Wow..this is amazing....excellent piece of art..!!!
Rockatansky
Yes, the arrow head is a bit wonky but the detailing more than makes up for it... I like the way you sneak your name onto the bow!
titta
Impressive composition with the diagonal of the bow, and the hand and the face to balance it. The light is beautiful as always. And like others, I love the details on the bow and arrow. Beautiful! :-)
kronossh13
Great image, as always. I specially like the texture of the bow. Excellent! :)
avalonfaayre
That face just floors me. I love the way that I can't tell the gender. The lines and character are wonderfully expressive. I wouldn't have noticed if I had not read the other comments, but I am not much good at critique as I don't have the talent it takes to spot flaws.