Edit: a small fix was made on the gem, used a cooler red and added shading. No more fixes after this tho, I need to move on to the next piece :)


An older image that I never got around to completing until today( I promised myself I would!). This is actually an exercise I did prior to "The Wrath of the Great Bear" artwork to test brushes and try photoshop. I used a technique that wolf-nymph sometimes does: by rendering the shading in marker first. It was a good stepping stone to getting me to try digital. I learned a lot from this piece even if it isn't my favorite (I'm picky :B) . The fire was the hardest to render. Oh, and the 50 billion hairs :D

My fursona, entering Supernova as her hair bursts into flame. As this occurs, the character is at her strongest for battle. Her primary weapon is celestial flame, but she also uses weapons. *GEEKGEEK*

Those of you who know your astronomy will know that symbol on her forehead! If you guessed the solar symbol, you are correct and win a cookie. I slightly altered it by adding a bit of flame shape on the topside of it.

I call this character Sekhmet more often so that people associate her as my persona more easily(I consider Sekhmet more my artist name). But this character's name is actually Pyralis in the story/world I've developped with her. So when I refer to Sekhmet or Pyralis, they are the same character. I felt the character needed a more original name if the story should go anywhere, because otherwise people will think she is a depiction of the egyptian goddess sekhmet, which isn't the case. Its complicated I know D:


Info
Rendered at 600 DPI because I was a noob and didn't know what I was getting myself into D:.
About 30+ hours of rendering
Photoshop CS3 + Graphire 4 to start
Photoshop CS5 + Intuos 4 to finish (man, what a time lapse XD)

Sorry, I ramble a lot :D
HI!