Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Green Queen o' Diamonds


One for the Avalanche blog, the topic is 'royalty'.

23 comments:

Unknown said...

Dang dood, how do you do it? Sold your soul to the devil? That's gotta be it! Joking aside, I love it, as usual, all the way from the Ryan'esq skin-tones to the weathered overlay.

Mark Behm said...

Now that just floored me. Gorgeous. Love how her neck kinda falls into the background. And her eyes...gasp. I shed a single tear to think this is as big as I'll ever see it.

Marco Bucci said...

This one just SINGS!

Seth Hippen said...

Beautiful! I love the skin and eyes and the overall soft feel of it.

Anders said...

As usual, more than beautiful Ryan but there is something with your artworks that is amazing, it's not about your technical skills, actually I don't know how to say that in english, the french word is "stupeur" (stupor...), I mean, all your characters seem to be "floating" through the image, and even if they are funny, it's something you can feel by looking at some E. Hopper canvas, I dunno if I'm clear enough...
that's maybe what impressed me the most in your works (and your incredible skills that most of us are secretly envying...^^)
If you have a secret, keep it!! A so mighty power will be so dangerous if used by wrong hands! ^^

Anonymous said...

I love this one. One of my favorites. Great colors.

justinpatrickparpan said...

Beautiful character, Ryan. It’s so full of nice little touches and details, right down to those little cracks that make it look like an old painting – really cool work.

I also wanted to tell you that you’re officially linked on my blog. I’m horrified and slightly disturbed I haven’t done so already. Apologies man!

Unknown said...

ooo fantastically delicious! This style would make a fun deck of cards. Mr Kingley is rockin too! Hope disney land was a blast!

Lord Grimthorn said...

Nice subtle work Ryan! Very inspiring stuff!

Hans said...

Wow Ryan, your stuff is insanely good! Love your designs as well as your painting. What are all these midieval characters for? Could be an awesome game of some sort.
How can I learn to paint like you guys without moving to Utah????

Well, thanks for the link:) I'll add you to mine right away.

Take care,

Hans

Clémentine Martinez said...

WoOOOow !!! This picture is wonderful !!

I love it !!! ((and all your work))

sarah said...

This is definitely one of my favorites too. Lovely all over! Really really nicely done :)

Ryan Wood said...

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate the nice words:) I'm really bad at responding to comments, wish I were more clever. Thanks again!

Chris Wright said...

This is great, I would love to see the whole deck.

Kevin Keele said...

breathtaking. This is beautiful!

Andrew Chan said...

Just wow!!

Alexiev said...

Che... me encanto esto...

Increible...

Best regards...

abula said...

love the colours .. beautiful!

Maly Siri said...

i loove this one, she's beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Damn it! why i did not discovered your blog before????
Love your work dude!
Your technique with the colours is awesome!
i just try to stop beeing so shocked after visiting your whole blog....just try.

If you allow me, i will link you on my own blog, ok?

( º3º) amazed ....

Cliff Mitchell said...

I love this piece. I love the esthetic of the old playing card, and how you have focused her face as if it has materialized off of the painting.

Slick!

Melannie said...

I love this one, excellent colors, composition and great harlequin pattern.

elgin54 said...

for lack of a better word ~ awesome!