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Mhiet’e of the Dhuriiehm.

Closeups: [link] [link]

I painted her before, several years ago. Felt it was time to do an updated portrait. :) This was quite a long haul to get finished. I was working on it in the spring, but I had to set it aside because of my thesis. Was finally able to pick it up again last week when I returned from my holiday. :) On the plus side, I feel this is the best portrait I’ve done. I’m learning so much these days, with each new image. Everything is coming together in my head. It’s very rewarding.

Her tattoos were a nightmare. The script is an alphabet of my own invention, and spells out a poem in the accompanying language. So it’s not just random symbols; it’s legible.

Painter + Photoshop.
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*Corviid Feb 4, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Amazing job on the tattoos.. love the wing in the hair as well.
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*DuskDiamond Jan 13, 2012
Gorgeous image. Really love the dark elements going on here. Also, is the background made up of thick brushstrokes and ink splats? Its a great texture.
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~navate Jan 17, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
It's a mixture of custom texture brushes and a lot of hand painting. A time-consuming technique, but worth it because it doesn't have the repetitive look of stock texture brushes.

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Mood: Awestruck ~Anuunaki Dec 12, 2011
I find your scripts interesting. Not to mention the piece. This is excellent. Would you be willing to send an image of your alphabet for me to play with? I can write in Shadow and Alteran and would like to add your alphabet to my list.
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~navate Dec 12, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Sorry, I've spent too long developing the script to comfortably share it outside my illustrations.

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~Seraphoid Sep 26, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
OMG i saw this is an artbook I purchased half priced books store called GOTHIC ART and it credited you and I was like OMG that's someone I know! ♥

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~emoyaoi19 Jul 27, 2011
So, I love the Dhuriiehm folder, but I was wondering, what exactly are the Dhuriiehm? What's the story behind this race? I also noticed a reoccurring symbol, the large one on her arm. What does that mean?

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~navate Jul 27, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
The Dhuriiehm are experiments, essentially... an attempt at creating super warriors by cobbling together bits of different magical creatures within a humanoid body. Each attempt was a crapshoot and very few of the Dhuriiehm turned out as planned; I'm not sure I'd call them a race. There are only a couple dozen of them.

The symbol is the Dhuriiehm insigna/seal. :)

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~emoyaoi19 Jul 28, 2011
Ooooooooooooooooooh, cool!

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~Seraphoid Jul 5, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
*studies you detail intently* lol I'm getting close to how you were able to draw in this one detail wise in the painting

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