Je länger man malt, desto mehr ist man Lehrling The longer you paint the more you are an apprentice.
Bele Bachem
Brief introduction: SaintFox is
-a woman born 1962 at the north sea coast of Germany.
-moved to the german midwest in 1996
-to a small town that offers a lot of medieval inspiration
-has at least two souls
...and about the nick: It's a mixture of my haircolor and a tattooed fox cub that I wear and that looks so saintly as a vegetarian. As long as I can think I enjoyed being creative - and I always loved learning something new! As I had my first look here I so much wanted to do images like the ones I saw in the gallery.But it took me several years to be brave enough to post my first image here. After all I do not understand anymore what made me hesitate so long... I'm a professional artist/illustrator, not at least because of the permanent encouragement of the "Captain of my heart", he's my muse, my secretary, my "wonderwall" against those things that are able to disturb creative processes so easily. Most of my work is published by a german gallery in Gelsenkirchen and available at my own homepage, too. In late 2005 I wask asked for my first collaborated works and so I finally found a second profession in doing my own characters and textures what enables me to give my images even more personal style.
Whenever I start to work on something new - especially when working with characters - there is a moment when the bundle of polygons and pixels suddenly seems to look at me from the other side of the monitor, it's the moment when my creations get personality. This is, at least, what I like to "transport" with my products: artist tools that are able to inspire the people that work with them because they have a kind of "virtual soul".
A woman under influence
Major influences on my work come from other admired artists and music. Some of my favorites: Jan Vermeer van Delft James Jaques Tissot Rembrandt van Rijn Hajime Sorayama Olivia De Berardinis Marcus Gray Herb Ritts Helmut Newton Alberto Vargas Ricky Carralero Gerald Brom ...and, regarding the feelings that I have when doing my characters: Dr. Viktor Frankenstein! Music: Too much to count, alternative and classics preferred but sometimes it has to be soul or jazz, too. The second large influence are people I met here: They comment on my images and help me to enhance them, they share their knowledge and finally some of them decided to involve me in their projects. For me (as I grew up in the before-internet-age) it's still some kind of miracle that people are able to work together independent of where they live.
...and, before I forget, the strongest influence during the last years came from some lines I read about 15 years ago:
Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness. What ails us is that our sense of beauty is so bruised and blunted, we miss all the best.
D.H. Lawrence
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Comments (26)
Adiene
Beautiful! Love it hun :D Hope all is well with you guys hugs Merry Christmas~!!!
efferre
Lovely face with a nice expression and hair cut in a magic Xmas landscape! I wish you will have a wonderful time and Marry Xmas!
beowlar
Gorgeous!!!!!! Merry Christmas!
Mondwin
Fröliche Weihnachten auch Dir Liebe Freundinn...bravissima!V:DDD.Grüße Whylma
Fredy
Most beautiful! Merry Christmas! :)
Swantje
wundervolles Bild... Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
Kartika
Wonderful character for Christmas! i like her dress!
MarciaGomes
UMA OBRA ESPETACULAR,FABULOSO BACKGROUND,ADORVEL POSE,BELA FACE.AMEI+++++5 FELIZ NATAL
tabala
Awwwww- wat is die knuddelig! Da kann man sich ja richtig dran freuen :O) Ganz ganz liebe Weihnachtsgrüße an Euch alle und genießt die Zeit zusammen!
eekdog Online Now!
and a beautiful job with those tools, merry christmas. steve
southernamazon1957
So very lovely. Merry Christmas! Karen :)
MajinBoo Online Now!
Merry Christmas! This another great image for a holiday card. I hope you enjoy the holiday with your family.
drifterlee
Beautiful! Merry Christmas!!!
huenersh
Frohe Weihnachten, Meike!
Antonio57
Adorable!!!!!!Et joyeux noel et bonne année!!!!!!
awadissk
wonderful work!!!!!!!
artroland
Very nice color work here! And you know how I like color!
RGUS
WHAT!!!!!!!... this from you.... I mean faerie stuff and such...LOL... where's the latex, the sexy lighting??? I think you've had too much Christmas puddin' and it's mashed ya muse...LOL... Nah, just joking... it just shows how versatile you are in your renders. Hope you guys have a great '08, you can stop drinking after the 1st of January!
missgrin
Wonderfull!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS...
bruelmcbeal
Charismatique et adorable !!! Joyeux Noël !
Burpee
Outstanding beauty! Merry Christmas to a wonderful person and her family.
Rainbowgirl
Ich bin natürlich zu spät dran, dir noch Frohe Weihnachten zu wünschen, aber ich danke dir für die schöne Karte!
jwiest
Gorgeous Christmas Card Meike. Have fun with the family and have a great New Year. :)
HADCANCER
very nice. I like it, so pretty
shipmanjonathan
Fantastic work!!
ilona
I so love it.. love it...love it! The perfect card!