I got bored, had nothing to do and decided to do up a pic of Princess. I had to rush it and do some copy/paste stuff between CorelDRAW and Photopaint (because drawing certain things in DRAW is quicker than painting it in paint - and I was on a time limit) I hope you like her ... she's not as pretty as Springies Swan, but I tried. Suggestions? SJ

Are you kidding me? She's prettier! She's freaking adorable!I just love the innocent look on her face and her pose. I just saw this at the clubhouse...You did this at at lunchtime??? I am so impressed...it takes me *forever* to finish something...although I am getting faster as i go...

I just realized... her face reminds me of Liv Tyler...so cute!

*falls over* You did that over LUNCH?! *feels inferior* Ye gods, she's wonderful! Do you use a pose reference, or do you just work from your head?

Coming from you, Springie, I'm incredibly flattered. You've been my favourite Swan Artist for a while!! Liv Tyler? Yeah, I can sort of see that .... gee ... Glad you like her. Now that I really look at it, I see a lot of cleaning up to do on her ... I'll do that when I get home. Thanks ... :grin: SJ

Why, SJ she's gorgeous! How long did it take you to do it?

Katsesama - The sketch of the body shape was done a while ago. I was fiddling around with muscle/skeletal structure to see if it would improve how I did body shape. I was cleaning my desk through sheer boredom and came across it! I then threw it onto the scanner and figured I would just see how that pose worked with Princess ... So I whipped out the tablet and airbrushed/painted, then switched to the vector program to do certain things that were too precise for me to dick around with, (i.e., the belt buckle - that damn G) ... Then I STUPIDLY thought I might attempt to change the background to something a little better ... used the mask wand, realized I had to tweak colour, then USED THE WRONG COLOUR! But that colour was so light that I didn't see it until I tried to mask again ... so there was no "undo" option. Then, because I'm a dork, I managed to mess up all the edges (which is why Vector images are so much better to play with) and had to try and fix them. Because her hair was done using a smudge/smear effect tool, I had trouble replicating the look ... Sigh but -- and this answers Amy's question -- It still took me a little under an hour to paint. So glad you guys like it!! Thanks!! SJ

That a beautiful picture...

You've drawn her so well, and she doesn't look the least bit stiff or posed, but rather she looks like she's in motion.

Wow, SJ, great pic!! I love her expression and pose! Excellent job!!!!

SJ, I can honestly say that I think this is one of the best pics you have ever drawn.

SJ, the picture of the Swan is one that I'm sure she would be happy to use on her own wall (if she were real). The pearl look to the coloring really adds something to it, at least thats what I'm seeing from my perspective.

SJ! She's gorgeous! I love her pose and her face expression!

Such a deceptively sweet and innocent looking Swannie! Certain Eagles are probably just out of shot drooling.

SJ...She's looks great to me! Yes she's got that innocent look to her...but looks can be deceiving!

SJ, this is great. everything I have to say about it has already been said, Sweet and Innocent, until you get to really know her.

Swan Jun, she looks beautiful.

Looks at picture of Princess open mouthed in amazement.

SJ, when are you going to draw something for the calendar contest over at DA? I'd love to see this pic in it!

Originally posted by SJ_SwanJun I got bored, had nothing to do and decided to do up a pic of Princess. I had to rush it and do some copy/paste stuff between CorelDRAW and Photopaint (because drawing certain things in DRAW is quicker than painting it in paint - and I was on a time limit) I hope you like her ... she's not as pretty as Springies Swan, but I tried. Suggestions? SJ

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Wow... this is one of the best dwan pics of seen that look like the original character... great job!