Shadowness - Imaliea

Those who favour fire

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:56:58 -0400

This started as a random drawing of wings and just... exploded o.o Only reason it took this long was because I kept changing everything lol but at last it's done! Enjoy! I learned a lot painting this, namely 1) fire is hard to paint and 2) I like to torture myself by painting the very things I find hard to paint (fire, hands, tricky light sources). Which is I suppose a good thing, only way I'll get better. :D I was attempting to loosen up my painting a bit, but not sure how well I succeeded ^^; There's a few meaningful things in here but I won't explain it, I'll just leave it for you to draw your own conclusions from :) I'm curious to see what people pick up. Technical Info Photoshop/Painter combo, best of both worlds :D Also many miscellaneous male models and Jensen Ackleses were ogled in preparation for this - all in the name of art, I swear. Title is from Robert Frost poem, Fire and Ice. Title is from Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice"

Magneto

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:53:22 -0500

The lovely Michael Fassbender as Magneto :D More info here: http://imaliea.deviantart.com/art/Magneto-273000766

Professor X

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:53:20 -0500

I really should have uploaded this sooner...^^; James McAvoy as Professor X :D More info here: http://imaliea.deviantart.com/art/Professor-X-266750100

Pantheon of Rock: Aphrodite

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:28:13 -0400

The beginning of a new series "Pantheon of Rock" Feet referenced from tasastock.deviantart.com "Hands & Feet Series"

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:45:19 -0400

Older fanart of Merlin & Arthur :)

Dream a Little Dream

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:38:58 -0400

This took way, way longer than I thought it would. It was really more a painting exercise than anything else I tried a few different brushes, switched between Painter & Photoshop, that sort of thing. Just trying to find where I'm comfortable once more. Touching up my skills and whatnot 'til I gots my groove back lol And yes, it's also another excuse to paint Dean Winchester. >_>

The Game's Afoot

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:45:18 -0400

RDJ!Sherlock fanart - a bit old now, but still something I'm proud of :)

A Man With a Reason

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:16:16 -0400

Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season - Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas An older artwork from 2010, Sam Winchester :)

Not Your Average Angel

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:46:17 -0400

An older artwork from 2010, which was a repaint of an even older work :) Details - prepare for a long!comment full of my thoughts and insights. Feel free to gloss over. Firstly, dear god this thing nearly killed me. I think I painted his FACE ALONE over FIVE TIMES. Yikes! And his hands, wings, SHIRT, everything I painted over and over. I fought with this piece, I really did, and it fought back. I wanted it to be more real, with more depth and atmosphere, so I hope I pulled it off. I changed a few things, and actually didn't paint straight from any one reference. I will credit the ever-lovely Jensen Ackles as inspiration for the face. Not a straight likeness of him, but his lips and nose were an influence definitely. The pose is fairly similar to the old one, though I am now showing much more of his body. Different shirt, going more with 'hinting at what's underneath' rather than the muscle-shirt thing he was rocking in the old painting. And, yes, tattoos this time around! Not just any old random tattoos either... On his right arm, is the ambigram "Loyalty/Betrayal", referencing his conflicted relationship with Heaven. Around his left wrist, an amphisbaena, which translates roughly to "to go both ways" (take that however you like ;) ), a mythological two-headed snake - it has a head on each end of its body. Why this creature?? I'm glad you asked! Firstly, it's said it can travel in either direction, just changes which 'head' is in charge (and my doesn't that sound a bit dirty?), and in my interpretation here, I'm meaning this as one head facing Heaven, the other Earth. It is also said the amphisbaena can hold its other head in its mouth and roll along in a hoop - to me this is very reminiscent to the Ouroboros, an ancient serpent that is always depicted in a circle with its tail in its mouth. It often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, so I'm throwing a bit of that in there too. Both these creatures are snakes (though the amphisbaena has been depicted as other two-headed creatures as well), which, among many things, represent rebirth, protection against evil, sexuality, and is a mediator between the physical and spiritual world. Not to mention in the Bible, where snakes represent sin, temptation and destruction. See where I'm going with all this? Wow, all that meaning packed into one little tattoo! There's a lot I glossed over / left out / butchered regarding those myths but you get the basic concept.

Wayward Son

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:55:56 -0400

A much older artwork, and yet another painting of Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) from Supernatural <3