well, this is mindnumbing work...composition, colours everything
only thing you need to remember is to post your photo references (gfx guidelines say so, make sure you read those)

post more too

i can´t find any word.. incredible. just perfect! Welcome to gfx!

Hi Cigaro and thanks for you comments!

I wrote a longish description for this but it seems to have been lost in the cyberspace. I thought maybe there's some lag before the description appears, but seems like it won't, so I'll type it all again before the pic gets removed.

Cheers!

Incredible work!
Perfect and full of mood!

+9/9

beautiful work... well done

Thanks for the comments everybody!

Please forgive the description that was missing at first, beats me whatever happened to it. Now it's there and should explain the piece a little better!

• Jussi

so pretty, composition, colours, details...simply exquisite, no crits. Going to add you as a favourite artist, post more please!!

that's realy great....i love it

lord! this is beautiful. no other words for it. well there probably are other words for it, but i cant come up with any =o max points from me, excellent job.

woow beautifl artwork i like effects. +10/10

Stunning. Incredible detail, amazing work.

Seen this on CG Talk. Gorgeous work, as said before

Very very inspiring. I wish I could paint like that...

Oh, this is magic. All those little details, the colours, the light. Everything contributes to the greatness of this painting. If there's one word to describe this, it is harmony. The expression is pure harmony, yes, the painting radiates of it. And all the parts, from the soft skin of the woman, the shadows cast across her chest, the rough texture of the tree, the bird in flight, are in perfect harmony.

I can see the influences of Mononoke Hime, but you really turned it around your own way creating something very different. I hope you post more soon, because I want to see more of your magical world!

What a patience!
No feedback about it, excellent work!

Kaunis kuva!

I have to agree with my mate Azurite

i've seen this one on cgtalk and it's highly amazing o_o

stunning painting. l very like it. my max

Absolutly great !!. Amazing atmosphere. Love the composition, image depth, colors and lighting. ++10

wow
amazing
anatomy and face are great the background too
no crits keep it up +10

Beautiful work! Welcome to gfx

...waw absolutely wonderfull mother of nature... love...:-X

Whoaa, thanks for the positive feedback folks! Much, much appreciated.

Azurite: I hope I won't disappoint you too much, but these personal projects tend to get run over by the more urgent ones. I really wish I could devote more time for this kinda personal stuff not connected to any other project whatsoever, but then again, I take it that's a common problem people have. The real life.... the frikkin real life to look after. Geesh louise. But Miyazaki's stuff, so inspiring. I feel like born again after every film by him I see, the sheer amount inspiration they give you. They are.... harmonious! Thanks a lot for that!

I try to be a bit quicker with the next one but don't hold your breath, hehe. Might end up disappointed. Thanks for the trust anyway, makes me wanna try!

Vamp4444: Ei se mallikaan ruma ollut... kippis!

blindsoul: Cheers, Mother Nature/Earth -theme was something I had vaguely in mind when doing this one, but I though emphasizing it too much would take the focus away from the person portrayed. I was extremely tempted to go for that, her emerging from the ground, fusing completely with the environment... might have turned out a bit freaky, though. Nice to know there's still at least a flavour of it present.

Valera: Thanks, life is beautiful here.

Cheerios!

• Jussi

Incredibly cute piece of art. It looks like amazingly detailed water colours. Love your colour scheme, and the details and anatomy is perfect Yayzor!

wow it's perfect.

That's really impressive work. The composition, choice of colors, details, everything is top notch. +10

+10 beautiful ...beautiful face-lights hear and background....
very cool picture...like the colour and the "peace" that the pic have...the shadows the lights ....love nature-shit ^^
peace Jussi !

Nice Work, really love how the forest integrates with her.

Wonderful work!....top marks!
Welcome to GFX.....looking forward to see more!
Carlos

Hi there
I sent you a Pm get back to me when you can
thanks
GFX MOD

realy amazing piece.

AMAZING! +10

It's absolutely marvelous. Very good painting and good references (thx for the link). The neck and the shoulder have a "blurry" effect a little strange imo. And I`d like more blending between the hair and the roots-leaves.
I love the details(the leaves, the dragonfly,...) and the background texture. It's a wonderful piece. congratulations.

Thank you Z. The blurry broken edges I thought would create some hierarchy between the line qualities: blurry edges and transitions at areas where I don't want too much attention, sharp edges at areas where the focus is. This should contribute to the whole composition of the image. This is something I learned from a tutorial by Craig Mullins at this particular site - to try and pay attention to the line quality and create hierarchy in the painting with it. Of course, this is just my interpretation of the thoughts he presented, and I'm hardly mastering this aspect of image making. I just tried to keep it in mind and make use of it, but I'll try to pay more attention to it in future pieces to make it work better. Thanks for the crit and pointing that out!

The hair could definitely do with some more blending with the surroundings, now that I look at the painting after some time since I finished it. At the time of making it, I didn't want to overdo the fusing with the environment, but I could have pushed it a bit more.

Also, thanks for the compliments, everybody!

• Jussi

Amazing !!
i love it !!

Wonderful work! The composition is great! Top marks!

Very good,
Nice lighting & colors.
+10

The details are outstanding, and the use of light incredible. Nice work!

Nice!
One crit: I think you should sharpen the contour of the neck, arm and chest.

great work

this ist absolutely great. I like the way you rendered the moss covered surfaces I'm really curious about the brushes you used for that. The picture is in my opinion perfect. I would fancy some water though because this water and moss thing is what I really like about mononoke. But that is just the way I would like to see this beautiful world you created there.
+7/7

Nice. Lovely atmosphere. 10

Hello all the nice people, and thanks again for the encouraging comments!

FabLD: I used one texture exlusively for most of the piece and especially the moss: the bark of a huge tree I came across near my house. In different scales it goes for pretty much anything. Combined with round and spackled brushes there's enough variation to make it interesting. I think you can get a lot out of certain textures if you invert it every once in a while, since then you can emphasize the structure with, say, dark colour versus the light one you use with non-inverted. And of course playing with the scale helps a lot. Still, I dropped highlights and small round brush -painted bits here and there to tweak the result to fit in the piece. But the texture alone was wonderful to build on. Hope the above makes sense and helps.

Also, I had some hints of water around her at first but couldn't make them work. Maybe with some tools and workflow established, it might be worth to visit this environment again at some future painting and try to incorporate some water as well. I liked the shallow clear waters in Mononoke too, the way it enhanced the unspoiled quality of that magical forest.

Cheers!

• Jussi

WOW.. Absolutely breathtaking... And welcome to GFX!
moremoremore! ^^
<3phae

Awesome! I saw it in cgtalk and I'm still a fan of this one!

Great detail, lovely pic.

woooow!!! so cute!!!
I love that painting +9/+9