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steampunk thumbelina

My entry for *nJoo's 2D Rock-off contest. It's a bi-weekly contest that's part of the Starock contest he's co-hosting with `zemotion, so if you're interested check out his journal for info on the 2D art portion of the contest, and her journal for info on the photography portion of the contest. Thanks to both of them for hosting something so fun.

As for this, hmm. The theme was to draw a fairytale steampunk style. I've never done a full steampunk painting before, and now I know why. It. Takes. Forever. :-P Goodness knows, I love doing textures, but I think I'm all textured out for a while. Sheesh!

The usual. Start to finish in Photoshop. Used Google for loose refs of swallows, piping, and aviator outfits. Textures were done via a combination of *leventep's, my own, and Photoshop's default brushes.

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Published: Jun 22, 2008

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JaneEyreIIEdited Apr 19, 2017

What a wonderful piece of artwork. I'm just coming across it now, and was saddened to learn that the artist had passed away. My condolences.

QuantumFairyTalesJul 21, 2016

Love your work. Would love to feature it in our magazine, www.quantumfairytales.org. Shoot me a msg if this sounds good to you - editor-at-quantumfairytales.com (Yes, the website is .org, email is .com) CHEERS!

MouraMouraApr 3, 2016

Love it.

JanCoombsJan 12, 2014

Is it possible to get aprint of this???

TacanacyMar 22, 2013

I'm planning a tattoo in steampunk style and is searching for parts to it. Can you recommend some sites?

rpcrazyDec 11, 2012

I'd like to make this a print about the same size in real life, any chance I can get a large sized file?

randomfandom22Dec 1, 2012

I love how creative this is.

EthanAnarchyOct 13, 2012

Awesome!

terriizFeb 11, 2012

I would love to purchase this for my home!

MicroNekoGirlPurJan 19, 2012

now this is my kind of thumbalina!

XccmXSep 11, 2011

Your picture is wonferful! I was wondering, I'm bulding a forum on steam punk, and we're looking for avatars who can fit the style, and this picture this would be perfect for that. So i'm asking if we can use this picture for our website for an avatar? We gonna say that you are the creator of this picture, and put a like to your deviantart page. But we are poor and we can't pay you X) So, give me your opinion, and I hope you'll say yes!

Thanks!

N.B. I,m french, so my english is not wonderful X) And the forum is : lengrenage.bb-fr.com . It's all in french, so probably you wont understand.

AlisonBlueSep 9, 2011

Your wonderful work has been featured here [link]

AmerielleSeaglassAug 27, 2011

My two favorite things. Thank you.

AmerielleSeaglassAug 27, 2011

Oh. Her skirt. Impeccable.

SirPixisAug 20, 2011

That is all kinds of awesome.

callyroxAug 18, 2011

beautiful

MarethynAug 11, 2011

After seeing this, I wish I was told a steampunk version of Thumbelina as a child. Or at least have a book illustrated like that.

jbdrydenAug 3, 2011

This is awesome. If you're ever in the mood to do some airships, let me know. I'm looking for some companion artwork for a series of short stories that I'm working on. The colors in this are great.