Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Marlena

I’ve been staring at a lot of UNCHARTED lately, which I’m pre-editing before Rhemalda’s editor gets a hold of it (I can’t believe how may times I wrote ‘he knew’ or ‘he thought’ or ‘he watched’—Egad, you’d think I never read a writing blog in my life!)


Not only have I been focusing endlessly on my MS Word doc, but to keep me motivated, I have an amazing painting* of what UNCHARTED's Marlena looks like, by Pascal Gentil. His version is perfect, really, but the more I stared, the more I wished I had a painting of my own—and I haven’t painted in a long time, so I decided to give it a go and produce my own rendition of Gentil’s painting*. I’m posting the process over on my art blog—Unsupervised & atLarge. I actually finished it, so I’m posting my completed watercolor here. Next week I’ll post Gentil’s painting*. I like this one very much, but when I compare it to his, I still kinda like his better. Maybe mine will grow on me…


* Edited to say that I just found Pascal Gentil's Website only to discover his "painting" is in fact a digitally enhanced photograph, which takes a great deal of talent and in no way diminishes my esteem of his work. Oh my, how I'd love to paint many of his subjects! And in a way, it makes me feel all the better about my work.



10 comments:

  1. She's gorgeous. I can't wait to see the comparison, but I love this one!
    so happy to hear you are both writing and painting. :)

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  2. Thanks Tricia, I'm hoping that by the time I post Gentil's painting, I will like mine better. I suppose that's the problem with preconceived notions! (and Pascal Gentil is an amazing artist!)

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  3. I think it really captures the character's innocence and, um, beauty .... wow!

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  4. Well Scott, since you've virtually 'met' her, I'll take that as a true compliment! As you know, the innocence part is intrinsic to her character! :)

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  5. Oh MY FREAKING STARS!!!!!!! Bridget, I thought that was the original. When I realized that was yours, I just thought to myself, oh, hell, the original can't possibly look better than that. That is seriously divine. It fits Marlena perfectly. Oh please tell me that's going on the cover. Please.

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  6. Michelle, I'm so glad you think it fits Marlena :)You know how it is with comparisons--we're pretty happy with our own work until be place it alongside someone else's! lol.

    I'd really like to use it on the cover! I'll check with Melissa Williams first, see what she thinks of it! :)

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  7. Okay, just like wow! I had no idea. And I agree with Michelle.

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  8. Thanks Anne! She really does look just like Marlena! :)

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