Simona and Her Dreams

This is part one of a two part commission, two paintings total, for a local musician. Hours upon hours on this one!

Part II:



I took screenshots of my progress in case anyone is curious about my technique, I made a little movie and as soon as i figure out how to upload it to either youtube or my facebook I will post a link to the WIP...it's by no means a tutorial, just screenshots of the progress showing the painting/collage work from sketch to finish!

:::EDIT::: i uploaded the video of my progress shots to my facebook fan page...I hope I did it right! www.facebook.com/video/video.p… :::

Painting and Photo Collage/Photo manipulation/done in photoshop CS4 with Wacom tablet.

Stock Photo use/references/inspiration/credits ect ect::

Curtains: cgtextures www.cgtextures.com/
Dress textures: cgtextures www.cgtextures.com/
Dress/bows: letinhastock letinhastock.deviantart.com/ar…
Drums: suicidecommando suicidecommando.deviantart.com…
Face references/textures: the 1stgrapestock The1stGrape-stock.deviantart.c…
Cymbals: Celiun Celiun.deviantart.com/art/Comp…
Textures: night-fate-stock night-fate-stock.deviantart.co… & julkusiowa julkusiowa.deviantart.com/art/…

(I hope I didn't forget anyone!)

All other textures and elements are either from my personal collection of photos/purchased stock and/or ephemera (public domain) or they are painted in.

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Please respect my copyright on this artwork, please do not use without permission!
© 2010 Jessica Grundy
All Rights are Retained by the Artist (me).