Okay, I've never really done one of these before but it seemed like a cool idea and I wanted to try it! I copied it all from InverseReality-2's journal. It's kinda like networking, which is very important in the Real World, and on dA it's just fun and more opportunities to get acquainted with people and art that you enjoy. I just love discovering new artists and collecting art; most of it I save to my hard drive but I really need to beef up my "favorites" section on here. Unfortunately as I'm not a premium member I apparently cannot link thumbnails which really detracts from this process, but here goes!


Rules

1) I will feature 10 people on this journal in a Feature List.

2) The features will be determined by the first 9 people to comment on this journal entry.

3) For each of those 9 people, I will put their name and three deviations I like from their gallery on the list.

4) If you comment here and I feature you, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me in first place, completing the list with 10 people in this way.

The idea of this is to spread art around for everyone!


#1 InverseReality-2
I've had the pleasure of talking to her in IRC and various other Bioware/fangirl sites--she's organized a ton of them for us to crash at and done a great job making it feel like home and welcoming everyone; she's so gracious and helpful! Also she did such amazing reviews for the other artists she featured that I am kind of intimidated. I'm not sure if I can lavish enough praise to balance it out, but the intention is there!

I will say that she does a great job capturing characters in dynamic poses and has very strong line art. Her characters' personalities never fail to come through and along with her sense of humor makes her work that much more engaging.


#2 Luindaliel
Oooh well this is a great opportunity for me to meet my watchers!! I have to apologize to Luindaliel for not checking out her gallery sooner. I had a lot of fun looking through her work, it's easy to see right away her sense of humor (she has some great fan comics!) and her unique character styles all have a ton of personality. Her paintings have a beautiful almost dreamy quality about them, sort of mysterious... that I am really drawn to.


#3 PolymorphicGirl
I met PolymorphicGirl recently as a new member on our Bioware fangirl LJ page and followed her back to her dA account where I got to see her fantastic style! Studying animation really pays off--her characters have an incredible amount of expression that really brings them to life. They are always dynamic and lively, and she has such a cute expressive style. Very fun!


#4 Orionali
The first thing that stands out in Orionali's gallery is her use of color-- her pieces are all vibrant and bright, and her work is sort of whimsical-- a magical/ epic fantasy aesthetic, with some pretty cool original characters. She also has a great sense of humor and a fondness for Edwin! What more do you need?? xD I just had to indulge my horrible bias of all things Edwin, although I really do like the figure and positioning in this piece--you don't normally see poses from this angle and I thought it was a great way to showcase his awesome clothes (not to mention his backside ). Also a fun Baldur's Gate meme I got distracted by. ^^


#5 UrbanZebra
My partner in crime! I swear I have been influenced by so many things she has suggested, like I can blame her for my BG2 spree (inadvertently perhaps, but still), and for breaking me away from my "petite/ big-eyed/ serious" characters. I mean, I can't do anything about the ones I already designed, but drawing her PC for our art trade really helped convince me I needed to break out of that box. ;D I was also really impressed (but not surprised!) to see a lot of portraits designed by her for various NPC mods at Spellhold Studios.

It's so great to have buddies that overlap in the fangirl *and* artist sphere! So maybe I am horribly biased about her art as well, but I will try and do her the same favor of not picking all her Edwin pieces so as to minimize the obviousness of my favoritism.

I'm also not going to pick my character because that would also be biased. (But I linked them for *posterity*.)

UrbanZebra has a wonderful grasp of lighting and coloring. It adds so much realism to her characters--they just pop off the page! I love her portraits especially, but all her characters have great body language and a lot of personality. She also does a great job evoking moods/atmosphere. Very lovely, polished work with a lot of character.


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