Arabian Fanservice – WIP

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1. Another great piece Alex. Your talent is out of this world. But it can never be perfect in your eyes. That is a sign of an excellent artist.

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   • This is literally out of this world, as the bazaar is in the Dreamlands…

2. I don’t see where it went wrong… hmm…
   at least the light source seems to come from the same side…

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   • The light is just less that flattering for her body. See how it really accents the contours of her face and left arm? It should be doing that for the rest of her body, but isn’t…

3. I’ve actually seen turbans that look more or less like that

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   • Since this is Dreamlands inspired, I am going to make less of an effort to avoid anachronisms…

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   • I’m taking a vacation from historical accuracy

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   • Generally I want my work to be internally consistent and as historically accurate as can be to ensure the best read…

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   • I think you were gone for a while

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4. Ok, these are incredible – do you make a mistake or create an imperfect picture? These are simply amazing Alex.

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   • In fact, the lighting on the body shot is pretty wonky. But generally speaking I have the good sense not to publish my mistakes. You shouldn’t infer by the lack of visible mistakes that they don’t happen…

5. Man you really have been busy being creative. I wish I had more time to explore more of creative pursuits, hopefully in due time. I like way you captured the original Arabian ‘girl’

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   • I need to do a whole series of these, for reasons I’ll cover in a later post but I suspect the studies might be more popular than the piece I am doing them for…

6. She is beautiful but she also has a very clever look in her eyes. Nothing will get past her lol.

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   • She doesn’t trust you. She doesn’t trust me, either and I made that sorry little ingrate!

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     • She may trust you a little bit lol

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       • You’d think that, but nooooo… It might be because I promised her a dagger but then gave her a scimitar instead, but that’s an upgrade anyway!

7. I see you have been very busy and creative. Gorgeous looking Arabian lady-fantasy.

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   • I owe it all to Sir Richard Burton

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