Communion by Wildweasel339

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Thanks everyone!

Prints of this illustration can now be found here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/lane/co…

NorraMo Featured By Owner Jun 12, 2018

So lovely, wonderful and breathtaking! Thank you for sharing this piece!

Lunablu55 Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2018

bellissimo

teyoliia Featured By Owner Dec 2, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Loving everything about this piece! Wonderful, calming and beatutiful. <33

Megarah-Moon Featured By Owner Oct 30, 2017 Hobbyist Photographer

I love this! It reminds me of myself and my baby bat I took in to care for until I found her a wild life rescue. <3 So it brings back such a wonderful memory

Ravietta Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2017 Professional

I love this painting so much, I come back to it every now and then to feast my eyes. Thank you for this~

Wildweasel339 Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2017 Professional Digital Artist

Glad you like it!
I think this one was a personal milestone for me.

You've got some wonderful work yourself. So full of life!

Onikuh Featured By Owner Jun 9, 2017 Professional General Artist

Gorgeous

NonieR Featured By Owner Jan 25, 2017

Whew--glad to find this again at last!

Thought I'd bookmarked it the first time I saw it, but I musta been distracted, and I've been looking for it ever since.

cappus22 Featured By Owner Jun 24, 2016 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Amazing)

KaraYoungBleu Featured By Owner Mar 10, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

Hermoso!!!

fredblhd Featured By Owner Jan 2, 2016

wonderful!

Angry-and-furious Featured By Owner Jan 1, 2016

It is... sweet. And cute.

cwm3556 Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2015

nice... seemingly simple yet great impact. well done!!

aninur Featured By Owner Dec 23, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

Featured here:

Christmas FEATURES

I want to wish all my friends and watchers here
a very wonderful Christmas time

And want to feature some great art works

Wildweasel339 Featured By Owner Dec 23, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Cool thanks!

aninur Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

you´re very welcome

isleepl8 Featured By Owner Dec 23, 2015 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

pretty cool, the lantern and it's glow on her looks amazing

Wildweasel339 Featured By Owner Dec 23, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks you!

peacelovehalstewart Featured By Owner Nov 24, 2015 Professional General Artist

hmm maybe i'll make a story out this

j62ul3fu6 Featured By Owner Nov 11, 2015

love it!!!!

Opluhm Featured By Owner Nov 7, 2015 Student Filmographer

This is my favorite piece on Deviant Art so far.

noparainnita Featured By Owner Oct 31, 2015 Professional General Artist

great

jessomie Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

love the way she's sitting, it looks so natural. anatomy and lighting are spot on, not to mention the intriguing subject. i love this!

AlexanderLee1 Featured By Owner Sep 8, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

such nice lighting

Wildweasel339 Featured By Owner Sep 8, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks!

tophats96 Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

Wonderful Job!! I really like the colors!

arbiterofelegance Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2015

There is a draw to this piece that's hard to describe. The modesty and composure of her posture and the gentility of her reaction to the bat evokes beauty of character.

dav0512RT Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Beatiful lighting, makes it so subtle and soft. Really like the brush strokes too, and blending. Kudos

junefortuna Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2015 Student Digital Artist

This is beautiful!

Ddaria Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2015

magically beautiful =) (Smile)

Luneskah Featured By Owner Aug 6, 2015 Hobbyist Artist

soo cool <(^~^)>

Elliann01 Featured By Owner Aug 5, 2015 Student Photographer

Beautiful😍

JohntheMurray Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

I feel transported back in time!

Latifee Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2015 Student Digital Artist

I'm loving this scary yet warm atmosphere

cordsbrennan Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2015 Professional Traditional Artist

Beautiful, your gallery is out-standing!!!

Elentari-Liv Featured By Owner Jul 9, 2015

Loooove this!

Anchefanamon Featured By Owner Jun 21, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

This is SUPERB.

MicahJGunnell Featured By Owner Jun 19, 2015 Professional Filmographer

Love this one...Also, thank you for your response to AlexLazar, it was very helpful to me as well!

TimMcJimFromPL Featured By Owner May 27, 2015

Lovely.

RedMarian Featured By Owner Apr 25, 2015 Student Digital Artist

She's beautiful*_*
Oh, the girl too is really pretty !
Yes, I said "She" for the Bat. Any problem with that ?

Seiously, I love everything in this pic, thank you for making it !

grnwoodtree Featured By Owner Apr 7, 2015

Beautiful!

Deimurus Featured By Owner Mar 24, 2015

This is perfection

Tattered-Dreams Featured By Owner Mar 18, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is beautiful. I love the textures and traditional painterly feel you've captured with the brushes you've used. It looks like an unfussy way of painting, with details suggested rather than actually given to you, so my mind can fill in the blanks - if that makes any kind of sense.

I really love the overall tone of it (the black and orange colours as well as the use of shadows with the single lightsource) and the concept is a favourite for me, too. I love microbats (fruitbats specifically, and with the fox-like face on yours, that's what I saw it as straight away) but they don't seem to appear very much in paintings like this; quiet and simple but stunning. Plus, with autumn leaves and lanterns - two more of my favourite things - this just speaks to me on some level.

Amazing work, definitely a favourite

Alepap Featured By Owner Mar 15, 2015 Student

nice brush strokes

jarvik2009 Featured By Owner Mar 12, 2015

like your picture

AlexLazar Featured By Owner Mar 2, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

I love your sense of color and light,and I also love the brushwork , how do you achieve such a good looking brushwork?

Wildweasel339 Featured By Owner Mar 2, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks Alex!

My strategy with brush strokes is to be as economic with them as possible. I try to think like traditional painters, who would use the largest brushes they could for any detail. So rather than painting a detail with 5 small strokes, try to achieve it with one large one. It's not always possible, but is a good goal to aim for.

It is also important to think about edges. I try to have a good variety of sharp, soft, and lost edges. To get good at this, I suggest studying the work of John Singer Sargent: www.art-kingdom.com/upload/367…

AlexLazar Featured By Owner Mar 3, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Hello and thanks for your response,
I understand better now how to approach this type of painterly look,
Sargent's work is really amazing, for now I find it a bit difficult keeping that "brush economy" through the painting process, because I tend to loose myself into details
but as always practice makes perfect

Thanks so much for explaining this to me

You and your work are a real inspiration!