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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 2852473" data-attributes="member: 7177">It isn't that hard, really. I mean, effectively I have only done this for three weeks or so since I bought my graphics tablet - and before that I had no practice at all since I left school.And I mean, I did reasonably well in my arts classes back in school, but I never really was among the top people. So I can only say that if I can do it, most other people can do it as well. There is really not much to it - just get yourself a graphics tablet, download GIMP (which can do most of the things that commercial graphics programs can do, and is free), and start practicing.But back to my art. I thought it might be interesting if I went through the process of creating the picture a bit. So far, I have done a first sketch.For her atonomy, I have googled on models in dresses to get reference material for the atonomy and the clothes - a task, I am not too ashamed to admit, was enjoyable in its own right.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; The pose was taken from a model wearing a new uniform for Air France, with a few alterations - the model was walking down stairs, but I wanted her to lean on a balcony, and the model didn't have long hair, either. The cut of the dress is a composite of those I found - but I must take care to use textures so that she doesn't look like a modern-day business executive in the final picture.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />For the background details (the easier part, really) I used various reference images of the Mediterranean and created another composite. That should be fairly easy to do...Now I need to add more details and color it in - and also think of a few ways how to enhance the fantasy aspect of the image (and I am not talking about her proportions here, either...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 2852473, member: 7177"] It isn't that hard, really. I mean, effectively I have only done this for three weeks or so since I bought my graphics tablet - and before that I had no practice at all since I left school. And I mean, I did reasonably well in my arts classes back in school, but I never really was among the top people. So I can only say that if I can do it, most other people can do it as well. There is really not much to it - just get yourself a graphics tablet, download GIMP (which can do most of the things that commercial graphics programs can do, and is free), and start practicing. But back to my art. I thought it might be interesting if I went through the process of creating the picture a bit. So far, I have done a first sketch. For her atonomy, I have googled on models in dresses to get reference material for the atonomy and the clothes - a task, I am not too ashamed to admit, was enjoyable in its own right. ;) The pose was taken from a model wearing a new uniform for Air France, with a few alterations - the model was walking down stairs, but I wanted her to lean on a balcony, and the model didn't have long hair, either. The cut of the dress is a composite of those I found - but I must take care to use textures so that she doesn't look like a modern-day business executive in the final picture. ;) For the background details (the easier part, really) I used various reference images of the Mediterranean and created another composite. That should be fairly easy to do... Now I need to add more details and color it in - and also think of a few ways how to enhance the fantasy aspect of the image (and I am not talking about her proportions here, either... ;) ). [/QUOTE]

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