SciFi and Fantasy Art: Erte Elf

wooooww... gorgeous work!!! Perfect compositon!!! Loved the pearls on her hair!!!

She reminds me of a book of 1920 paper dolls I have seen. They were all posed with their hands like that.

Beautiful stipping/inking, and she is quite evily gorgeous. I spy a dagger... *hehehehe* I'm going to take the dagger...

Nice piece, and an excellent ink job

You are MAD, woman! How could you spend so much time doing all those iddy biddy dots! The picture is beautiful though, so I guess it was all worth it in the end.

I did an assignment for school in this style once before and man it does take forever. But it gives off the best detail for that fur.

Ok OMG I am in LOVE with this piece. I've already saved it to my harddrive for a reference, I hope you don't mind? I LOVE that robe and everything but her hair and her expression make her totally fabulously evil. She reminds me a lot of this character I'm currently roleplaying. God and that dagger IS sharp and perfectly crafted. Oooh and I like the robe. And have I mentioned the hair, I love the beads going through it.

I can't say enough about this piece. Only that it is one of my favorite on Elfwood. Sorry about this little blurb...Save Ferris is a little too cheery for me to listen to when commenting

Very interesting I like it. One hand gently excepts a white bird and in the other hand is held a black dagger. A contrast of feelings and thoughts exist within this work. The detail in the artwork adds to the feelings. I am personally left with a sense of deception burrowing in the mind of his dark looking character.

Katherine J. Grantham replies: "Deception? Gosh, I thought I was being pretty open here. One should be left with a sense of the dagger burrowing into the dove... *grins with nasty sharp pointy teeth*"

Elegance...and evil - a compelling combination...

From a technique perspective, this piece just blows me away. I am in awe!

In agreement with above: Elegant but evil indeed! That sure is one classy robe, very sensual and that hair is magnificent!

Once again great inking and stipling. I seem to be particularly drawn to your inkworks it would seem.

What was the true size of this portrait? It must have been fairly large to get such extra-ordinary detail in the fur parts of the robe.