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Slither
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Slither
IM DONE.

I love: the skin, the color of the eyeshadow and the way it plays with the color of the lips, the snake, the gradients, the shape of the hair, the colors, the necklace

I dislike: the hair shading, the ear, the hand, the eybrow/hair near the ear (it looks like pubes :\) and mainly just the hair shading. Also, the eye of the right side of the picture doesn't look 'inlaid' in the face.

I have forever wanted to do a slinky wire necklace, and the original jewelry was really complicated... and everyone else did it, so I took a short cut :) And Im starting to get better at gradients, which makes me really happy. Im starting to get better at hair shading. I think my problem is that I leave it to last and I just dont give a damn anymore, so it gets crappy shading. Oh well, I'll get better.

Probably took me 30 hours, honestly. Critique always welcome!
Submitted by Raelynn
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Comments (29)
Sachi St.Sinclair
14 Jun 06 - 07.56pm
Nice work. I love it. Thanks for your comment too, much appreciated.
SoContagious
7 Apr 06 - 06.39pm
SoContagious
The skin is amazing!!
shana
6 Apr 06 - 08.09pm
shana
this is beautiful. love the skin, eyes, lips, all of it! :D Great job!!!
aisyah
16 Mar 06 - 02.26am
aisyah
I love this so much! It's awesome! You did an excellent job! keep it up!
bernee
7 Jan 06 - 04.53am
haha i like the snake woa the nose looks very detailed and uhhh.. i fergot the word..
Kellie
7 Jan 06 - 12.54am
Kellie
Wow, the snake is awesome!! Beautiful job. I'm not sure I like the necklace too much. But <3333
grotesque
6 Jan 06 - 09.30pm
grotesque
It's really pretty! Good job :)
Fantasized Dreamer
4 Jan 06 - 10.42pm
Fantasized Dreamer
OOoo I like this one... very creative! I like the snake!
Reply from
Thank you dear :)
Rick
4 Jan 06 - 06.29am
Rick
Katy nice job, you work long and hard on this picture so I'm going to give you a big **Squeeze Ya!** for a lovely picture. :) Keep up on the gradients, good stuff there! :D
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You are seriously one of the nicest members on here, thank you for your feedback :D
Sarah
4 Jan 06 - 06.28am
Sarah
Nice. :)

My only suggestion is to darken the green around the left eye... It seems too bright considering the shadows. There should probably be some more shadows on the skin around the lips as well.

For some reason, my favourite part is the snakes head. I just wanna stroke it. :P
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Yea I agree, I had a bit of trouble with that, I will keep that in mind. And get your zoophilia on now because it is the last. snake. I. will. ever. do. Thanks! :)
Chloe
4 Jan 06 - 03.17am
Chloe
i know you already worked your butt off and probably wont want to edit it, but you said critique was welcome, sooo...

for the hair, you pretty much have two shades: dark color and lighter color. i would suggest adding more strands of the lighter color and lowering the opacity, and adding strands of even lighter color.

the hair around teh ear is great; i dont know why you dont like it. the eyebrows shoudl be thinner, however. rings & necklaces look a bit flat; i'm not sure why though.

overall, i think it's great and i love hte theme!! i love your creativity <3
Reply from
Thank you for the feedback :) I think I might try using gradients for hair also, maybe that will make it easier for me. Either that or bald pictures of Natalie Portman.
Champloo
3 Jan 06 - 09.41pm
this is the pwnage <3 I love the snake alot
Reply from
Haha pwn! :) Thank you!
hotdamn019
3 Jan 06 - 07.26pm
hotdamn019
u win, hands down
Reply from
I dont think I will, but thank you! :)
carolinabarajas
3 Jan 06 - 07.06pm
carolinabarajas
I love the originality, the nose is beautiful I want to touch it, the snake is very original, the eyes are awesome also everything combines perfectly, 30 hours is too much but was worthwhile, you made a good work.
Reply from
I hope to never spend so much time on a vexel again! :) Thank you so much for your comment.
Design_Junky
3 Jan 06 - 04.41pm
Design_Junky
The snake is really cool
Reply from
Thank you :)
Andrea
3 Jan 06 - 09.45am
Andrea
I've bee watching your progressional and was actually scared that you wouldn'tfinish it. But luckily you did. :D The snake is what makes it so special, it's gorgeous. The skin looks almost real, there is so much detail. I believe you right away when you say it took you 30 hours. ;) I can see how much effort you put into it.. Though like Lilly already said, maybe you can add some darker shades to the necklace? But well.. it's already great this way. :)
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I think I am going to go back and edit it, add some darker shades, really make them look 3d. Thanks so much! :)
lilvdzwan
3 Jan 06 - 08.24am
lilvdzwan
Hi rae! Everytime I see your work I'm so glad you're in my battleteam! Maybe I said that allready a thousand times, but well... I guess I'm your biggest fan! :D

For your next piece of work I suggest to start with the hair... so you could spend more time on it an maybe you'll be more patient and not like you said to leave it to the last and don't give a damn anymore! :D
Another tiny suggestion is a little more darker lines in the necklace to create a little more depth to it.
But it doens't bother me like it is, I really am in love with her face! I have been waiting to see it all done!! :D
You did so great on her nose, lips and eyes!! She has something mysterious and I really like that!!! There is nothing wrong with the ear! And well.. the snake... mmm... I don't know.... lol!!! just kidding! fabulous hunny! good work!!!

Reply from
Thank you muchly for the suggestions, and Im totally glad you're on my team too!
Mattness
3 Jan 06 - 08.12am
Mattness
It looks very good! Yay for finishing! :D
Reply from
Haha yea thats the biggest accomplishment for me: that I finished. Thanks :)
Ilaria
3 Jan 06 - 07.49am
Ilaria
It looks good :) I love the nose and the lips, they turned out so pretty and detailed! I really love how the lips are shining and how you made the teeth...and the snake is really hot! The ear is good as well. I'm not too fond of the hair, though, and how the face looks attached to the neck...maybe you made the neck too dark compared to the skin shading, I don't know. In my opinion you should have made it darker only under her chin, but you should have left a zone (like under her ear) where the face and neck colors were matching. The overall outcome is great anyway, I love the originality!
Reply from
No, you're totally right about the neck and I agree. The original picture actually had a darker neck and I used brighter colors to make it not look as bad, but I should lighten them up a bit more. Thank you! :)
CHRISTINARRR
3 Jan 06 - 01.29am
CHRISTINARRR
holy hell.
this is amazing.
i just wanna pinch her little nose.
i do agree with you about the whole pube thing.
but other than that..
it's just so GOOD.

:) good luck.
Reply from
Thanks so much! I just need work on my eyebrow technique ;)
Lillemor
3 Jan 06 - 01.01am
Lillemor
Very well done! The snake is gorgeous. You may get my vote. ;)

The nose is just amazing. I love the whole face actually. I agree with you on the hair, it's a little simple compered to the rest of the vexel, but anyways GREAT job on this! And thumbs up for creativity.
Reply from
Yea I love the nose, and I was afraid it was going to be too light in contrast to the rest of the face, but it turned out pretty nicely! Thanks :)
x nisha
3 Jan 06 - 12.58am
x nisha
I think it looks fabulous. You're right the hair could use a bit better shading, but it's still amazing either way. I really wish that you kept the eye the way it was before. I loved it.
Reply from
Thank you, I love the word fabulous ;)
Joe Law
3 Jan 06 - 12.56am
Joe Law
Yay you're done, this turned out really nice. The snake is really impressive, what an imagination you must have :) I think the hair could be shaded more, but you seem to already know that. I understand that you'd want to just get the vexel over and done with after 30 hours of work. Besides that I think everything else is pretty. I'm glad you changed the eye make-up, imo it looks much better this way.
Reply from
Thanks! :) And yea Im glad I changed it too, even though one day I vow to make neon-yellow/green eyeshadow work.
Trinidadhunni
3 Jan 06 - 12.54am
Trinidadhunni
Wow, the snake looks great.
Reply from
Thanks babe!
Linda
3 Jan 06 - 12.51am
Linda
I've been waiting for this! It turned out amazing! The snake is my favourite part.. all of those tiny little scales, you can just tell how much work you've put into it. I love that the eye shadow kind of matches the snake too. That nose is just magnificent.. I'm always awed by good noses because they're such intricate little things :D
Reply from
Omgosh I know I love the nose too, does that make me sound bad? :) Oh well. I expected this to be my 'masterpiece' and Im a bit disappointed, but I still proved to myself I could go this far, so now.. I just need to work on hair.
Carina
3 Jan 06 - 12.47am
Carina
Wow, Rae!! I'm so glad you changed the eyeshadow color, it looks so much better- and of course, my favorite part is the snake which is lyk lyk so totally lyk awesum lyk.
Reply from
Haha, thanks babe :D
Alyson
3 Jan 06 - 12.47am
I agree with Teesha...although I didnt really notice the necklace until she mentioned it, so it doesnt stand out that much. I really like how you put the snake in there!!
Reply from
Thank you, and I will definately keep that in mind for the next time :)
TooDarnCool
3 Jan 06 - 12.46am
TooDarnCool
I will right what I just wrote at dA...

This is marvelous Rae! I love it and I most definitely will vote for you just because its amazing and the most original. My favorite part of this would have to be the skin shading...particularly the nose are, it is so defined and awesome. I also love the sanke, its so real and just adds to the whole "ora" of this piece great Job!
Reply from
Yay one vote, haha. You are sooooo sweet, thank you for both comments! :)
*Teesha
3 Jan 06 - 12.41am
*Teesha
I love this vexel! i like everything about it except one thing, the necklace. I dont know what it is..hhmmm.. maybe ill ponder it- but the way you did that snake is awesome- it looks so real..You did an amazing job. be proud
Reply from
Thank you! Originally for the necklace I wanted the bangles to look rounded, and I think that would've made it look better. Better luck next time, I guess :)

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