http://maidith.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2008 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:52:12 EST Maidith Painting / Uncategorized A painting inspired by the ballad "Lenore", written in 1774. The ballad is about a girl called Lenore whose betrothed, a young soldier named Wilhelm, did not come home from the Battle of Prague. So everyone was sure he was dead, and Lenore cursed God and the saints for... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158415 Maidith Painting / Figure This is Caritas, allegory of Charity, one of the seven virtues. She is traditionally depicted as a mother with little children, and I rarely draw children so I just had to give it a try. http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158413 Maidith Painting / Figure Just a piece for fun =) Photoshop 7 & Aiptek tablet, about 6 hours? http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158412 Maidith Painting / Figure Oh my gawd, it's anime style! =D I painted this for the calendar contest of the german Animexx community. It's one of my first online communities; I've been there for 5 years now but never have participated in the annual calendar contest before. The characters are the... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158406 Maidith Painting / Figure A new painting in Photoshop 7 that was a little more experimental than my usual stuff. Normally, I tend to do a lot of planning and concept sketches, but here I started with just the face on a brown background. The background consists of mostly textured brushes in different layers set to... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158404 Maidith Painting / Figure Come, shadow of my end, and shape of rest, Allied to Death, child to his black-fac'd Night: Come, thou, and charm these rebels in my breast, Whose waking fancies do my mind affright. O come, sweet Sleep, come or I die for ever; Come ere my last sleep comes, or come thou never.... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158405 Maidith Painting / Figure Inspired by a poem by Friedrich Schiller (1786) Photoshop 7 & Aiptek tablet http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158403 Maidith Painting / Figure A commissioned portrait, painted two years ago I called it "Little Empress" because she looks more like an empress than a little girl to me. And so many stories popped into my head while painting. Reference used: A couple of photos of the depicted girl. http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/158402 Maidith Painting / Uncategorized Gilbert the Guinea Pig was destroyed. His girlfriend had dumped him, just like a frigging bird dumped its poop from a tree. And if that wasn't enough, he had seen her making out with his best friend Andrew. Ex-best friend, of course. Oh that traitor! He would never forgive Andrew for... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/156958 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de A practice in realism and skintones. More or less inspired by the movie "Perfume" It took me about 10-15 hours to paint. I found the contrast between warm skin and cold tiles very interesting to paint, and I wanted the allover... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/156703 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de Three angels of the apocalypse. Below them, fire devouring the secular world. Above, heaven, and among the angels, them there is a human being who cannot bear seeing the terrible Revelation. Reference for the angels is from... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/156277 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de Salome, who danced in front of King Herodes and received the head of St. John the Baptist on a silver plate, was regarded one of the most wicked women in history. And this is how she died, according to the old legend. One day, she was dancing on... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/154537 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de Subtitle: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, getting dressed. Queen: "Ouch! Don't pull the strings like that!" Lady I: "Forgive me, Your Majesty, but it was you who introduced the fashion of having a waist like... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/145454 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de This is a somewhat older commission. The characters all belong to my client They are fighters, every one of them has different magical abilities and battle techniques. They're standing on a high rock above the town, used to having things... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/143669 Maidith Painting / Figure © Kristina Gehrmann www.bildkunst.de Iustitia - Justice. Second painting in my "seven virtues" series. Painted in July 2005, using Photoshop 7 and an Aiptek tablet. Instead of having her wear the traditional blindfold (since Justice is blind) I decided to... http://maidith.gfxartist.com/artworks/132745