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This has been a WIP for a while. On a whim I decided I wanted to draw a girl in a big floofy dress with lots of flounces and voluminous fabric. I had the idea of using white, peach, pinks, and purples to model the fabric. I found a reference image of a woman in a billowing wedding dress with a huge train, standing with her back to the camera and turning slightly so that her profile was revealed. I began sketching away and decided to use Keira Knightley as a model for the face- I definitely abstracted her, but you can see a bit of Keira's expressiveness and her big features. I think Keira Knightley's face is gorgeous and delicate- she was perfect. I realized that this woman looked like an opera singer, it especially reminded me of the scene in Phantom of the Opera where Christine sings "Think of Me." I decided to have her expression be one of surprise and anticipation as she enters the stage to perform. Another driving concept was the idea of when a performer enters a stage, the crowd disappears- it is the performer that is the only focus- everything else is blurred. Hence you can see slight hints of crowd, but only just- it is that moment when they disappear and the only thing left is the song. I went a bit further and decided to name my character Aria- another word for a melody- fitting right? I decided this was her first performance as a young ingenue singer in front of a crowd. Not perfect, but I was excited about this one because it is one of my first true OC works :). I hope to do more like this in the future and invent more characters as well!

Thanks for looking!

Fall/Winter 2010- 2011

marker and colored pencil

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Image size
2368x2981px 1.35 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
Shutter Speed
1/79 second
Aperture
F/3.2
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Feb 26, 2011, 8:40:38 AM
Sensor Size
4mm
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siriuswriter's avatar
And more specifically, Aria is a word from opera which is the part where the soprano goes into her higher regions and there tends to be lots of trills and arpeggios and such. At the end of "Think of Me," the part when Christine goes "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ah AUUUUOOOOOOOOOF me!" That's an aria.

PLUS beautiful drawing. I thank you for your talent. *bows*