well, i wasn't sure if i want to share this one or just wait with it a bit, but decided to show it now..
i have to admit i'm pretty fond of it for this moment. took me bloody too much (and a first concept like that i had about month ago with few old sketches as a base).. finished it in about a week and a half (with few brakes). the walls and bricks for example took me about 2 days and it's not a photo, if you ask, it was done with many, many custom brushes and textures that i made myself from my own photos or from royalty-free stock photos, but none of them resembles any direct pictures, 'cause i completely changed them to paint with them textures.. no ref for the girl, couple of references for fish and heart and peacock feathers (which also took me about a day and a half to finish).. the piranha here is based on a red-bellied one, but her design is, of course, completely mine, i just looked up references to make sure all the anatomy stuff is in place.. the blood was completely hand painted with one small brush used at the beginning (no idea of source, sorry, although it also was changed by me too much to resemble the brush i used)..
as for the concept - well, i don't feel like explaining it too much.. just an idea i had for some time. i don't really like to talk about my concepts.. _^_
<b>work in progress:</b>
initial sketch: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/01.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">01</a>
first colours: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/03.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">02</a>
some more progress: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/04.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">03</a>
some part of walls done (bricks still unrefined): <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/06.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">04</a>
3 steps of painting hair (which i later repainted completely): <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/07.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">05</a>
heart and 2 references i looked at while painting (from sxc.hu): <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/08.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">06</a>
before some final changes: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/09.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">07</a>
<b>CLOSE UP</b> of the head: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/11.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">face</a>
<b>CLOSE UP</b> of feathers: <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/vinegar/wip/12.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket">feathers</a>
repainted in 2008.
