Changing, Benita Winckler (2D)

[LukeMrozek]

That's a great painting, Benita. I love that soft mood here...congrats.

[Opt-X]

good stuff. I like it.

[mindrot]

GASP!!! :eek: Only 2 comments and 3 stars!!! Lets change that.

Lovely work dunkelgold. Love the colours. beautiful face as well.

~M~

[rubenmontecinos]

Nice image Benita!
I like the character.

[slickgreekgeo]

Great work, I really like the subtle shadows in the main character, it really brings it to life. 5 stars, easily.

[jmBoekestein]

Fantastic renderin on her face. Love it! :thumbsup: Was really hoping you'd post this image after seeing it in you avatar.

Don't really have anything useful to say except wow. And love the cats in the background, and the one perched up front.

Does your story involve a lot cats *gleeful*? Then I want to read it. :)

[Vahn]

good work benita :applause:

skintones and shadowplay are excellent :thumbsup:

only compared to the rest of her body, her hair could be a little sharper...or maybe i just need glasses soon... :shrug:

[Lyntz]

Amazing, she makes me think a Dryad :) maybe that was that your inspiration

[Jadetiger]

Very beautiful. Five Stars from me! :)

[vana]

I really like the tone of your work ! Gorgeous one , the mood is fantastik , amazing work on the character and background to ^^.
Wanna paint much more like uuuu ! btw , well done !

[chingwa]

WOW! This is gorgeous! the play between defined and blurred areas is very cool, almost has an old photographic feel to it. skin tones are great, Very nice job!

If I had to make 1 crit, it would be to have a little more detail in those kitties in the background, but that's just being nitpicky.

[cabotinecco]

wow,this painting is very nice~~colours,a beautiful face~~:)

[DavidDing]

wow!!very beautiful

[Subey]

Love the claws/nails

[Annemee]

Another stunning work!! I really love the pallet in this one, so soft. The eyes remind me of dune's blue in blue...

[roqsteady]

very tight signed in just to say that>>>

[DarkSkills]

Incredible! This is amazing! nuff said! :applause:

[bao]

WoW! the textures are beautiful as well as the figure, and so much detail. Just amazing!
a question, did you use and photographic textures in the background? in some places it seemed like it, but i'm not too sure...
once again, Awesome!

[Bran]

simply fantastic!

it reminds me of bergkvists artworks - great mood and coloring!

*****

[Djampa]

Oh my... :) :scream:

Again... a fantastic artwork! 5 stars ! :thumbsup:
Can´t give u more stars, the sistem only goes 5... :shrug:


Gonna hit frontpage? Sure I believe!
If not I don´t know what´s up around, your work is top top quality and diserve attention, a lot of attention really.
Your level was great but now it´s growing up in such a way... good to see it!
Very inspiring!

Congratulations! Take care, good luck! Best wishes,

[imprash]

Hey Benita,
That's a real gr8 work, specially the eyes, and light scattering which is painted on nails and hands...the color tones are excellent....Gr8 Job....

[Darthiir]

Amazing! Nice character! 5*

[Gmax]

Incredible details and great mood. Your use of colours are really impressive. She looks kinda psycho, though - wouldn't have her on my doorstep ;)

[alfy]

Wow... fantastic. You have really outdone yourself this time. Definitely my favorite of yours so far. This one is perfect, great colours and composition. Wouldn"t be surprised if you have your first choice award here! *****

[zoki]

Very good painting!
Nice athmosphere and colors:thumbsup:
The background is also nice and although it is prety limited pallete it is not at all boring!
z

[Squibbit]

i like the softness of plantlife here and there in your paintings,
the eyes and nails of the lady are great too..and the little critters,
as always

real nice


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[warpy]

wonderful benita!! :bounce: :bounce:

been waiting for this. glad to see it finished, you got my vote. 5 stars.
icq.. hint hint

[MichaelZHsee]

benita,i must say ur getting on par at the level of linda's quality.this piece is exceptionally good.the mood and all the colors are spot on:thumbsup:u have my vote*****

[BGHart]

You created an awesome character, Benita. Dark and fragile at the same time. I like the skin texture and all those floral details. The whole mood is pure magic. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I just love it. 5 stars for sure.

Britta :)

[Cerebr4l]

Great work! I love the eyes. I must say, of all your work this one is my favorite! Great colors and mood...very nice attention to detail. Overall, a very nice piece. 5/stars

[Abyssis]

...just masterpiece :bowdown:
Your work on lightz'n'shadowz is simply amazing...skillful...one of the best images here on CGT :thumbsup:

(5/5...)

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[MoonVisionStudio]

I think this is the best I have seen from you to date, a masterpiece!

[umbrellasky]

Hi Benita! I've been watching the progress of this on your website. The finished result is awsome, fantastic work, great character design! I love the lighting and textures :thumbsup:

[beelow]

Nice work, benita! Major improvement in ur work since the Master and Servant! I really like the compo in this image, just need to juice it up a bit, really punch those highlight on that woman creature elf thingy. Peace out!:thumbsup:

[Miyagu]

thank you for your feedback - it's very much appreciated! <3

right now i'm fighting my way through the whole anatomy matter..
which is still quite a lot of work.. though i have found a very good
anatomy-teacher here in berlin.. as soon as there is something to show,
i will keep you updated :)

bao: i'm glad you like it, thank you!
to get some variation, i have used some custom-brushes from my library..
one of my favourite brushes is actually made of indian papadam bread..
(i used it to get the gold-sparcles on the velvet cap of "jadefox")
other details were painted on separate documents and then copied into
the real image..
i was lazy, so i only painted one leaf and one bunch of
bluerain berries :D


http://www.dunkelgold.de/cgtalkpix/texture+berries.jpg


and here is the cloned leaf in action:

http://www.dunkelgold.de/cgtalkpix/leafs.jpg

[mv]

Very cool; the palette, mood and theme reminds me Linda Bergqvist's work. What bothers me though is the difference of treatment in the rendering, some parts rendered with very soft edges while others with hard edges.

[elnady]

Wow
This is so lovely
I love her eyes,and the cat :D
nice work

[Pixelcounter]

Beautiful and mysterious piece, especially her eyes, just beautiful.
Very well done!

[IllustriousWarriors]

Nice, nice piece. She's sexy yet scary, but beautiful. There’s great emotion and a mystical presence. I sense water near by. You did a great job. 5 stars

[Rho-Yia]

Simply amazing! :thumbsup:

5* from me! No critics.

[Tranchefeux]

Hi,
Excel work, all my congratulations.

[waheednasir]

wonderful...:thumbsup:.

[gaianix]

nice character and colors

[Iridyse]

Excellent work! 5 stars from me :)

[ThePhotographer]

Yes, I really like this work and I'm going to give it 4 stars too.

[Diegoth]

Absolutely incredible image. I love this kind of greens and atmospheres. What is the little animal by her feet?

[notpill]

:applause::applause::applause:

great work, 5/5

[proconpictures]

the lips are awesome.

[artjunkie]

Wow, Benita... this piece is stunning! Absolutely wonderful mood and gesture... and those details! Genious.

Bye the way, I'm heading for Germany to work (for a year at least). I'll contact you later when I land so you can give me the skinny on all the good German beer.

Cheers!

[General Midi]

I already wrote tomany comments like this, but I just can't help it...:

Wow man!!!

captivating.

I like it, she's attractive but scary


* edit: wow girl!!! ;-)

Love your other works also!

[Spex84]

Beautiful!
I love how the soft, diffuse painting style you've used contrasts with what looks like a rather violent story (the claws, poultice on the wound)...really evocative.
My only crit, I suppose, is to sharpen up the blurry cat-creatures in the background. They don't have quite the texture of the far-background; neither do they have the same detailing as the tree that they appear to be next to.
Whatever. I can't wait to see more!
*I just noticed that her eyes are purple. Neato...I first thought they were jet-black.

[TRHaDEs]

great work~nice paiting works~keep the good works up~!:thumbsup:

[Ego]

Benita, gorgeous character and wonderful rendering.
I give it a five star honey.

[SquarePixel]

Overall a spectacular painting, love the pallete!

[warpy]

hmm, how come this is not on the front page, .... PLUG IT already :)

[Miyagu]

thank you everybody :)

diegoth: *me loves the greens too* the creatures are midnightkitties, some sort of chary catlike ghosts, only visible to certain people..

artjunkie: cheers! and congrats on the job!

spex84: thank you for pointing that out, i'm experimenting with ways to simplify parts of
the picture, so that i don't have to overload the whole image with details..
but yes, there should be a consistency in the sharpness-blurriness-"texturedness"
i'll try to do better in the next image!
oh, and yes: purple the eyes are - with all that green going on, i thought that might be a nice contrast,
glad you noticed that!


thanks again for the feedback! *back to work*

[flyingP]

Nice work again Benita, although some areas still seem to have a bit of an unfinished feel to them though as if they are caught between defined and undefined and are not yet sure which of those directions to take, the cats in the background onb the right for example

edit: oooops just seen others have picjked up on the same points......must drink my coffe before posting :banghead:

[Alice]

I will prolly be smacked for this but what the heck.
This is a beautiful painting. Its technically perfect and its a wonderful use of colours and a beautiful motive. But it looks like someone else here on the forum painted it. (Talking bout the swedish lady from the north)
I would love to see you head off in an own direction, with a style of your own, cause you do have the possibility to do it.
Keep it up!

[MichaelCTY]

great job as usual, I like the eyes and hair the most!! ofcourse the atomosphere r great as well
,green base !lovely work
cheers:)

[rawwad]

What can I say!? :scream: Perfect one again, I love it, excelent style and great lightning, also I love idea and beautiful color atmosphere :) Chracter is very good, I love her expresion, she seems very mysterious and danger. :D
Congratulations Benita, 5stars :applause:

[Pamyla]

Beautiful image! It seems to me that she is floating, like underwater!

[CGadrian]

wow!
I really love you baby !
Oh yes !
bautyfull image again !:applause:
I'm your fan for life !:bowdown:

5 stars for sure!


sorry ( again ) for my bad english !

[Lanik]

:eek: good job!very cool!

[agf8623]

Stunning as usual. You know... I'm really amazed that none of your artwork is in the choice gallery. It deserves to be there. Heck, the number of comments you get on your art makes that pretty obvious. :)

I know some people say your stuff is like LBs. I think that the two of you are very good at capturing realism, but I can see the difference in your styles. In general, your color schemes are different, and your characters are more fantasy-like. Please don't stop what you are doing! So many of us love your stuff!

[OZOZOZ]

the lighting and the air are perfect! i like everything in this image!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Rebeccak]

Amazing work ~ plugged!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[NOOB!]

nice work again dunk! damn,i can imagine theres gunna be some kinda d-gold vs enayla ninja war battle thingy in the future hehe

[medunecer]

Great picture. You're really a great painter. I'm going to study your works. Thanks for sharing!

[Cerebr4l]

Grats on the front page again...two in a row ;)

[Staszek]

beauty and scary! cool idea with eyes and nails - plants are cool to.
Technicue is super!

[cLos71]

How much of it was done in Painter?

[Gräck]

Wow... I love pictures painted by women. They always have this special kind of atmosphere... I really found myself slavering while staring into the details... fantastic...

EDIT: This pet in the foreground is really cute! lol
Could you show a close-up of it, too?

[Wandddo]

Another one masterpiece!:) Congrats again Benita:applause: :applause:

[PhurieDae]

Fantastic! I love the purple eyes and the way the light falls on her skin. The glowing nails and the textures in the foliage are beautiful as well!

[rblitz7]

Fantastic work! Amazing details too.:thumbsup:

[peckinpah]

I must admit that I rarely comment (ahem :D), but your picture is just to beautiful to leave alone! Top notch mood and atmosphere. Love the hair!

5 stars from me. That's the best I've seen in a long time.

[Miyagu]

thank you guys and girls, it's very appreciated.


rebecca: cheers, sweet lady :)

clos71: i would say 50% painter.. i'm playing a lot with it lately
and once one has managed to climb over all these user interface stuff - it's
quite a feeling of paradise..

gräck: haha no worries, i guess i have slavered a lot myself while painting them ^^
a midnightkitty-closeup is on my homepage in the wip-box
..but it's not that detailed though..


yay! thanks again everybody for the kind feedback!
i'm really glad you like it :)

have a good night and lots of sweet dreams - i know i will :)

cheers,

benita

[karlworks]

fantastic work!more like a linda bergkvist style.:)

cheers to a fantastic work!

[cgg]

beautiful !!! congratulations :applause:

[childplay]

Great work! I just love the mood, the ambient, the mystery...

great work once again!

All the best

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work! :thumbsup:
Always :)

[MFTituS]

benita - you are becoming better and better with every picture.
your colours and chars make big steps.
i love the environment and the char....a bit blurry here and there, but ok.

in a few months/years you will rock the house together with linda bergkvist!

[ritter]

Very nice character .Excellent work.

[penartist26]

whooooahh wickedly awesome! one of my fav.paintings so far...more ++++

[rawgon]

stoping by, to say hello, and congrat you for this painting! keep up with that inspiration.:scream:

[loocas]

Fascinating! :thumbsup:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif :buttrock:

[dt3d]

that's totally beautifull!

[Djampa]

Congratulations on the front page!!!:thumbsup: :applause:


Didn´t I tell you? :wise:
I´m very happy for you! :)

Kisz, best wishes,

[Goro]

hey Benita! you improved so much since your last challenge! Big respect! :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Tilstrom]

superb work, well done. :twisted:

[GoranNF]

Speechless...what a talent!4 stars

[embodiedform]

Stunning/ haunting- high class stuff, you keep raising the bar:)

[Cernunos]

beautifull...

[Squibbit]

congrats on the move to a new gallery


and for the award :)



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[chanseimage]

Great work as always. Can't wait to see more!! WINK WINK!!

Chanse

[BGHart]

Huge congrats, Benita for your well deserved award. :bounce: Ich freu mich für dich.
Britta

[hayalperest]

i like the character and her nails..:) good job..

[Miyagu]

thank you so much! :bounce:

[marcotronic]

Congrats!!! Absolutely brilliant work... I love those details in the painting...


regards,
Marco

[Ancient_Wind]

Wunderschön ausgearbeitet bis ins Detail. Ihre tiefen, violetten Augen sind einfach überwältigend und die Pflanzenstrukturen und Körperformen sind Dir ebenfalls sehr gelungen. Besonders gefällt mir der etwas eigenartige Malstil mit den zum Teil verwaschenen Konturen und den geschwungenen Formen sowie diese dichte, durchdringende Atmosphäre des Waldes. Dein Bild hat ein bezauberndes Ambiente und lädt einen fast zu einer Reise in diese mysteriöse, märchenhafte und geheimnisvolle Welt ein. :)
Danke für dieses schöne Bild!

P.S.: Hope it's ok if I'm writing in german, I just couldn't express those feelings with the english words I know.

[Dianae]

Really wonderful! The lighting, colours and whole atmosphere are very well rendered! 5 stars from me :)

[luwin]

I enjoy this works of art gratefully, so many merits in it that becken me to study on it.

tanks for your post

[RanZ Cross]

Hi Benita !!

yours are Cool !!

Very Mysterious, Sexy n yet Evil...

Cool !!:thumbsup:

[moonbutfly]

Paint really well!
I relly like it very much !
How can u do that!!
Keep learning...^Q^

[Vixen]

Makes me feel strange......somewhat wierd yet beautiful & sensual at the same time.:love:

I love the softness along with the detail. Captivating eyes too!:arteest:

Top work, loving it big-time!:applause:

5 stars from meeeeee!:thumbsup:

[Opossum]

Lovley, decorates my desktop right now :thumbsup:

[sick-osiris]

fantastic work..
reminds me of enayla's work.
love the subtle colours.

[Davanger]

Its the Eyes! Pure black, empty, Cold, and parted from emotion the eyes can give off. Maybe sounding a bit dramatic but i love those black eyes.
The character looks like a Darker rendition of a Nymph, a version that would fit in a mood setting of Constantine.

Beautiful Image Benita.

[Shima]

If only creatures like that existed for real, this one went right to my desktop.:applause:

[venus15]

exellent ~!!

[Twig]

very beautiful, i love everything about this peice and she looks like she could be extremely dangerous with those nails if provoked, but the way you have set this peice she looks peaceful and thinking... wonderful colours pose and setting.

[wailssss]

wow! i love this piece:thumbsup:
bravo!

[Loulu79]

Wow! You and Linda have a lot in common with your artistic taste and style.

But still there's something about your style that's not Linda. I can't pinpoint it yet but...I wonder if it's where you put a lot of detail on...like her watery eyes.

Mayber her finger-claws...

Oh well...breathless.. Just breahless.:)

[architectus]

This is one of my favorite pieces on here, I really like the colors in the nails

[Mcuzino]

Eyes are great / muddy feet nice touch

[deadman4ever]

The painting is wonderful!! :bowdown:Especially her eyes, black, empty and maybe lost...

[Fiasko]

Beautifull

[campos]

fear eyen........

[Stephan]

What a wonderful style. I really love your work.

[xuehansun]

Beautiful demon!

[ChienParasite]

Great painting. The lighting on the left hand is extraordinary. And the eyes...
Very nice. Keep up the good work.
Best regards
ChienParasite

[dnm008]

Formidable!

[Derrie]

Nice, the the scenery looks calm and she looks peaceful :-)

[Daiken]

This superb painting makes me think of the Greek forests from the times of the Olympian gods/goddesses and heroes/heroines. They were teeming with mythological creatures and beasts; this particular character reminds me of a nayad, or a hamadryad, although her metamorphosis looks like it's heading more towards werewolf. This greenish hue that pervades all the image simply gives me goosebumps, it's sublime. 5 stars from me, bravo!

[J.Gaeta]

An absolute inspiration in color. Fantastic work!

[techdivine]

:applause: :thumbsup: :buttrock:

AWESOME WORK !GR8 Detailing and amazing use of COLOURS.

be well

TD

[mbwilson]

Beautiful. The mood is captivating.

[bambootiger]

Wow, that is so awesome. I love the mood of the light and play of shadows, and the face is fantastic. The only thing that i don't like... is nothing. It's all great.

[webwings]

I like the way the hair delicately floats up and the pearls like flowers. Well done.

[vivien82]

beautiful colors and a nice strange mood to it. i adore this piece! in what way did you use both photoshop and painter together?

[WhiteGuardian]

Nice artwork! 5 star:thumbsup:

[gapinski]

it's absolutely amazing
I love it!
=^_^=

[Firka]

it looks amazing... i like that two black eyes.

[PINTERGIRL]

very beautiful!i love it

[Nux]

wow, i love this! really spectacular work!

[raj34india]

WOW!!.. Excellent work!. I can learn a lot of techniques from you. Can I add you in my favourites please?

I have also tried some paintings though i know they are not good.. :D

raj34india.cgsociety.org (http://raj34india.cgsociety.org)

[ZALDY]

very nice your creation Perfect color combination and effect.

[Gephoria]

wicked sick picture, something seems wierd with the eyes but i like it, the moss on her ankle is cool, overall wicked sick pick !! :D

[KYRA]

Hmm..
great job..calm and mysterious and feeling of life..
nothing can be improved.)

[solidexx]

That is unbeliveble!!!Amazing imagination!
I realy love that painting!!!

[sokolova]

Such lovely work! It's al ovely piece altogetehr, I'm sooo impressed! I am staring at it fora few minutes now and still find some detail which I haven't noticed before!
Gorgeous work, though. :applause:

[Bassmark]

This is amazing work. Has the look and feel of a true art piece. Do you use a model to create or does this come straight out of your head?

Have you ever created a tutorial that explains your creative process for this type of art? I would love to follow the progress of something like this.

Keep up the amazing work.

[PredatrHuntr]

Thats such a cool picture! Shes very intriguing - but I would not want to mess with her - she looks like she could get very angry!

[johnnyvirtual]

Marvelous; when looking at this- I feel music, and vibrant spectres crossing the blood-brain barrier, changing..


Chapeu,

Vittorio.

[Stormchylde]

Incredible! I actually saw this on dA and had it as my background for more than a week - which is a big thing, I change my background pretty often. Beautiful job, such detail. It's incredible. Makes me want to cry. Or steal your soul.

[ranjeetpatil]

Realy good stuff. I like it.

[Darkside25]

stunning, such beauty in your pictures. you have a nice sense for contrasting hard and soft textures...and of course details, so astounding hehe

Grüße, es ist immer schön zu sehen dass so viele hervorragende Talente aus Deutschland kommen :)

[jimidv]

great work !:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

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