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| ExtraordinaryMachine |
| Not only is she the most talented singer/songwriter I have ever had the pleasure of finding she is also the most beautiful woman in the world in my less-than-humble opinion. Fiona dubbed herself an 'Extraordinary Machine' when she wrote the song by the same name sometime in the muddled last three years. I created this in honor of her third album FINALLY being released earlier this month- I began it in September, finished almost all of it in three days but could not do the shirt for the life of me. I am still not happy with the shirt but her beauty shines through anyway so I am proud of it. Technical stuff.... her face doesn't contain that many layers. I experimented with a lot of gradient work in this, found finally a pretty cool technique I think I will be working to refine for the next phase of my vexelling progress. The PSD is ALLLL vector layers and just about KILLED my computer. Fiona Apple (for search purposes) |
| Submitted by Echoia on 20th October 2005. |
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| Comments (29) |
| Fantasy 25 Mar 06 - 03.38pm |
Fiona apple woow! i love the hair and the eyes, you are good vexeller!!!! |
| nightsquire 21 Mar 06 - 08.39pm |
Did she dubb herself that? I find it hard to beleive that she would be that conceited. I've grown bored of Extraordinary Machine, since its so overplayed now, but the vexel is beautiful. edit: I thought you meant, in an interview or soemthing. I didnt know you meant her lyrics. I do enjoy "A better version of Me." but i guess i overplayed the rest of the album.
Reply from Echoia
It isn't conceited... she's an amazing song-writer but that wasn't the point. The point is that you can 'be kind to me or treat me mean' and 'I'll make the most of it- I'm an Extraordinary Machine' ... kinda obvious she's the extraordinary machine from her own words there ; ) Basically what she was saying is, 'Life can suck and you can be jerks to me but I'll write pretty songs and something beautiful will come out of it' which I thought was an amazing thing to say. |
| effa 25 Feb 06 - 06.16am  |
awesome echoia.... i really love the hair....that was soo damn great =p |
| MindlessLeftie 4 Jan 06 - 08.38am  |
"Oh Sailor why'd ya do it? What'd you do that for?" I suddenly busted my mind into song. I do like Tymps better than that track....even though extrodinary machine is still best. Yes, I AM a fan. ----------- I'm Extremely dissappointed I haven't gotten the CD yet. I'm too broke. It will definately be my goal once I have the money. ----------- Yeah I heard they're coming out with a jon brion version of the entire cd. I don't like his version of red red red, but I do like his versions of tymps, not about love, and oh sailor.
Reply from Echoia
I am so glad I'm not the only lunatic who hears 'O'Sailor' when seeing that graphic ; P I think she looks like she's just slightly issuing a challenge with her stare in it. I like 'Tymps' very much but the Brion recordings of 'Oh, Sailor' and 'Not About Love' are my favorites ; ) |
| Tone 29 Dec 05 - 09.27am |
chit, the hair was så woooow. It loocks real! |
| Tasha25 1 Dec 05 - 08.19pm |
wow, the hair is really amazing! and the skin is so smooth. :) |
| Gumo 23 Nov 05 - 02.54am  |
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME! c= |
| kilxover 22 Nov 05 - 03.34pm  |
I love her and it! the hair is amazing and so are the eyes :) this is so your best vexel. and i love her new cd, don't you?
Reply from Echoia
Thank you ; ) I do love the new album, but I prefer the Brion recordings of it. I'm still hoping they'll release those for download online or something, I want the finished versions. Jon Brion cracks me up ; ) heh. |
| silent_moon 20 Nov 05 - 05.34am |
Wow.. Absolutely gorgeous. All of it's so awesome. I don't know which part of it I like the best, lol =) |
| viper456 31 Oct 05 - 08.58pm  |
the hair is amazing! well the whole thing is but THE HAIR WOW! :O |
| crystalmoon 23 Oct 05 - 07.05pm  |
The hair is Beautiful!! |
| sundropglitz 23 Oct 05 - 03.02am  |
You did a marvelous job of capturing Fiona's distinguished beauty in this piece. It's so refreshing to see someone give tribute to an under appreciated artist like Fiona. Thanks. :) |
| Quyen 21 Oct 05 - 08.46pm |
You did an amazing job on the eyes and hair! Great! |
| Ilaria 21 Oct 05 - 12.15pm  |
The hair is amazing... :O |
| fantasyx7 20 Oct 05 - 11.49pm  |
I love the silky hair. =] |
| Sarah 20 Oct 05 - 11.44pm  |
Echo! This is your best yet! The eyes are perfect and the hair.. Woah! Holy crap! // no, the hair is not overdone at all - it's perfectly perfect! And so is my sweet echy :D <3
Reply from Echoia
*sees only the word 'perfect' and gets big-headed* It is perfect... I AM perfect! ; ) Really, though, thank you. The hair er... I took it too far : x At some point it took a life of its own and I couldn't stop adding hair but I like it, especially the bottom-right and all of the left side. |
| shelley 20 Oct 05 - 11.33pm  |
The hair is AMAZING... and I love Fiona Apple. Great job!
Reply from Echoia
Yay! I think I'm happier to hear that someone loves Fiona than I am to hear that they like my vexel ; ) Hahahaha, that's dedication, no? Thank you very much, by the way. |
| Carina 20 Oct 05 - 11.12pm  |
So this is the one you told me about :D. The hair is just... fabulous. Amazing. The eyes are so pretty.. its perfect :D.
Reply from Echoia
Thank you : ) And yes, that would be the one. I got so stuck for so long... . I think all that was left when you asked was the shirt, which I deleted at -least- five times, only to get the same results pretty much with every attempt until this one came out just slightly better so I decided to stick with one. Thank you again. |
| btmui 20 Oct 05 - 09.32pm |
That hair is absolutely AMAZING. I love it. |
| Trinidadhunni 20 Oct 05 - 08.08pm  |
I love the hair my love :) |
| Annette07 20 Oct 05 - 08.08pm  |
I REALLY adore the hair, as well as the skin shading =D She looks glowy, the eyes are also an attention catcher. From the vexels I've seen in your gallery, this is your best one =D
Reply from Echoia
Thank you : ) I think it's the best one so far yes.. hmm... I've realized my problem is that I dont' commit to them. Fiona I love so I was able to finish, I just couldn't do the shirt (but that's o.k., I'll figure it out someday). |
| AcidDoll 20 Oct 05 - 07.42pm  |
The hair is... breathtaking. |
| Shaz 20 Oct 05 - 06.41pm |
I adore the hair... you couldn't class it as line art or in the typical vexel style or stringy... it's very unique and looks like you have put a lot into it. The eyes also have the same sort of effect - great work :D |
| angelica86 20 Oct 05 - 05.51pm  |
It's incredible! I love Fiona too, she is so cool! I just adored the hair |
| SamuraiNinja 20 Oct 05 - 05.49pm  |
oh my goodness, the hair and eyes and lips all look amazing! |
| Linda 20 Oct 05 - 02.37pm  |
I really like the nose and I love the eyes too! This vexels seems like it's got the perfect mixture of realism and cartoonism.
Reply from Echoia
Thank you! Ahh, the nose was a defining moment. I wanted desperately to do a good Fiona vexel if I was going to do one at all, I put down the solid face base, two shading layers and then made it regular size, took a gulp and a breath and looked and said, 'That's Fiona!' hah. I would've recognized her at that point whether I'd seen the actual image or not so I determined to finish it, usually at 3 layers my vexels look like... amoebas : / This is an obnoxiously long reply ; ) |
| Vicky 20 Oct 05 - 02.10pm  |
you did a wonderful job echoia! i love the hair! |
| Seven 20 Oct 05 - 02.10pm  |
I LOVE it! The hair is absolutely gorgeous. Fiona = <3.
Reply from Echoia
Bwa ha ha yes Fiona cures all ills! Thank you : ) I"m glad you like the hair. I was worried people would see that I went way overboard with it and make fun. I did do that but I still like it (otherwise I wouldn't have submitted it). |
| ninjahobbit 20 Oct 05 - 02.05pm  |
Whooo ga haa shlaaa... *drools all over keyboard* Translated to non-psycho-language: Wow, that is so beautiful! I love the hair! And the eyes. And lips. And skin. And shirt. And just WOW <3
Reply from Echoia
Thank you, heh. Now I feel self-conscious and paranoid... (not -exactly- your fault). |
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