Helen of Troy
Helénē
Helen of Troy
the daughter of Zeus and Leda (or Nemesis), wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Helen was described by Christopher Marlowe as having “the face that launched a thousand ships.”
Tools used:
Wacom Intuous3
PSP12
Coffee
I experimented a lot with textures I made. I still need a lot of work on hair. I find myself mostly mouse painting it with some strands added with my tablet. The effect isn’t as nice as I would like. I’m so detail oriented that it drives me crazy. Any suggestions would be wonderful.
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Credits:
Beautiful model is from *Chonastock and can be found here: http://chonastock.deviantart.com/art/Classical-Grecian-21-118184423
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Neome
Beautiful!
Tammara replied
Thank you.
Dawnsky2
simply stunning work :)
Tammara replied
Thank you.:)
JUSTART
beautiful work
Tammara replied
Thank you very much.
hugh023
Nice. . .
Tammara replied
Thanks…
Keith Reesor
Gorgeous work Tammara!! :)
Tammara replied
Thank you Keith.
steppeland
I notice I still have to catch up with the fav’s here on Redbubble, my friend… You know how I love this work! :)
Meeli Sonn
Gorgeous woman. I think it is painting
lorilee
Beautifully done!!!
Sharon Mau
It is absolutely extraordinary, beautiful art!!
Vanessa Barklay
Very soft and the colours look very pretty together! I love the story of Helen :O)
Glenda Remaklus
Absolutely gorgeous!
Lynda McDonald
don’t worry too much about the hair, it’s lovely and i am so drawn to her eyes that the hair is just there
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Charuhas Images
amazing work…....