Feature 170--JuliaMersmann

 

Lamia

This background is so perfect for some of the images of vampires that I've seen. I wonder how long it took her to make this come out so well? And just take a look at how the lightning from the storm has lit up the floor tiles!
Speaking of light, don't those candles look perfect? Especially how the light from them touches so perfectly on the vampire's dress and the baby's wrap. This whole piece is just gorgeous, definitely one of my favorites!

Flora of the Moon

Interesting piece! It's a Draw Everything June and Julia drew the Moonpresence from Bloodborne. Isn't this just the most interesting pose that this creature could have been drawn in? It looks just as distorted as the game makes it look but I just adore how the moon appears to be something of an egg for the creature; just waiting to hatch.
The tentacles look amazing and it would just be wrong to not mention how well the ribs and spine came out. My eyes keep going toward the creature's feet and claws on the toes. The whole piece is super well done!

Drow me Like a French Girl

It's so fun to see people draw their D&D characters. This one is a Drow who is more than happy to lay out on a comfortable surface and appear so lovely. Why not, right? All of the focus he gets on his bare body while he just gets to lay there in the proper poses!
The darkness of the image does perfectly to help censor certain places and it almost looks natural for how the shadows fit. And then the characters blue eyes just seem to glow with all the candles shining into them...he probably has eyes that glow anyway, to be fair, he's a Drow!

What a fun image to get to end on, right? These pieces are amazing and I truly love her painting style with all of these. If you'd like to see more of JuliaMersmann's artwork, her deviantart gallery is right here. Go check it out!

Feature 84--Xehiros

Jan Stavig (Without Corpse Paint)

I'm very interested as what Xehiros' Black Metal vocalist looks like in color. This apparently turned out to look like another OC of hers, so that's what she built up. It all looks great to me. I mean, just look at how Xehiros created that hair and look at how the eyebrows are made. Aren't they amazing?
It's also very nice to see the character with all the shadows she put on the image. Looks perfect for a rainy night! Excellent work on this one!

The Old King

This is another very well done gray scale piece, don't you think? I personally enjoy how well Xehiros drew the muscles and battle wounds on this character and just look at the holes in his skin. Want evidence of an "old" king? Right there! And may I just drool about how she drew up those wings around him?
His highness here is a king on an alien world...I'm going to poke around on Xehiros' gallery to see if I can happen to read any of her tales about this character and I suggest you do the same! (Once you're finished looking this feature over!)

Gothic Fairytale

I can definitely see this gal being one of the fairies in old fairytales, luring the human fool to follow her deeper into the woods with her! That earring almost looks like it could be golden, to draw the eye to however else she means to trap her prey. And I really don't see her as one who just wants to feed from the human's curiosity!

Xehiros' artwork is amazing, in my eye. If you're interested about the rest of her gallery (like how I hinted before, maybe?), the link is right here! You won't be disappointed!