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Lee Anne Kortus

Member since: 17th Mar 2009
Location: Texas, USA
Occupation: Graphic Artist
Interests: digital painting, illustration, fantasy
Website: http://www.eyeforge.net
Bio: Day-dreamer, free-spirit, gypsy soul. Lover of secret forests and seeker of hidden treasures. I have been an avid reader of faerie tales and fantasy from a very young age. Those stories in turn influenced my expressions in art and in my own writing. Raised in the southern United States, I spent many a summer barefoot and as close to nature as possible. I love animals and they creep into my art frequently…be they real or imaginary. I spent many years working in traditional media; watercolor, oils, pencils, and pastels. In recent years I have come to love digital painting and now dabble my fingers in Photoshop’s paints on a regular basis. My favorite artists are O’Keefe, Mucha, Susan Sedon Boulet, Michael Parkes, Waterhouse, Canty and Van Gogh. These are the most well known but I am influenced on a daily basis by the beautiful works I have seen by contemporary artists in the digital art communities I belong to as well.

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<p>&copy; Lee Anne Kortus<br /></p> <p>Digitally painted in Photoshop CS</p> <p>Some brushes were used from the following generous artists: mynti: http://mynti.deviantart.com/, http://www.room122.com/, http://code404.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;Itemid=61<br />Stock was used as a reference from the following generous artists:<br />obsidian dawn: http://www.obsidiandawn.com/<br />phoenixs-stock: phoenixs-stock.deviantart.com<br />pandoralore-stock: http://pandoralore-stock.deviantart.com/</p> Inspired by my wanting to paint a winged warrior with some kind of cool helmet! LOL! Stock image references from: http://hanratty-stock.deviantart.com/ http://bazzlestock.deviantart.com/ http://kip-stock.deviantart.com/ and a wonderful chain brush from: http://bigoldtoe.deviantart.com/art/Free-Photoshop-Chain-Brush-110417891 I&#39;m working on a walk-through/tutorial which will soon be ready to post! :-) Thanks for looking! digital mixed media piece credits: model http://lockstock.deviantart.com flower textures from my own photos Many hours of painting in Photoshop...I&#39;ve worked on this off and on for about 6 months from sketch to finish. I wanted this to have a timeless feel to it. The surroundings were something I wanted to be reminiscent of Savannah or New Orleans...both cities that have that &#39;timeless&#39; feel.There is a song I love by the late, great, Dan Fogelberg called "Wysteria" that was a big inspiration in this piece...it has a melancholy and mysterious air to it and I wanted that mood captured here. References from the following generous stockers: http://eirian-stock.deviantart.com/ http://flore-stock.deviantart.com/ http://quaddles.deviantart.com/ http://phantasmastock.deviantart.com/ texture overlay by http://texturemattic.deviantart.com/ Thank you for looking! Painted entirely in Photoshop CS<br /><br />The following generous stock artist allowed me to reference their photos:<br /><a href="http://shanethemainmanstock.deviantart.com/">shanethemainmanstock</a>, <a href="http://della-stock.deviantart.com/">Della-Stock</a>, <a href="http://queenselphie.deviantart.com/">Queenselphie</a> <p>The magic of Fireflies on a Summer evening in the deep South&hellip;</p> <p>All stock used in this work is from my own photography. The model is my son :-)</p> This is a collaboration between artist Jeremiah Morelli and myself. His portfolio can be viewed at http://jerry8448.deviantart.com. Digitally painted in Photoshop. Reference for owl from: http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/i/2009/270/7/6/4_Owl_stock_by_Chunga_Stock.jpg This is a gift art work for Jaime, who is my &#39;adopted&#39; niece. She recently had a beautiful baby boy who is named &#39;Vincent&#39; after his father. The Starry Night by Van Gogh is one of her favorite paintings and one of mine as well. I thought it was fitting to do an painting for little Vincent that was a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh&#39;s most famous painting. Jaime, I hope you love it! I wish little Vincent all the starry wishes of the sky! This was a real stretch of style for me. The whole thing is painted with my Wacom in Photoshop. I have a whole new admiration for Van Gogh&#39;s style. I felt challenged and a bit uncomfortable with it at first, but in the end found it quite &#39;freeing&#39;. Thank you for looking!! <p>Painted entirely in Photoshop CS and CS2<br /></p> <p>This painting represents hope and new beginnings for me. The title of it comes from the movie soundtrack of &lsquo;Legend&rsquo; and is called &lsquo;Loved by the Sun&rsquo;. It&rsquo;s a wonderful song and you can listen to it on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40eZABP5eJs">YouTube</a>.</p> <p>Some of the elements in this painting were greatly inspired by my love and admiration of artist Michael Parkes work. I have been a fan of his work for some 30 years now.</p> <p>The following stock artists were generous enough to share their stock for references:<br />http://lockstock.deviantart.com<br />http://aegean-prince.deviantart.com<br />http://hrivalasse-stock.deviantart.com<br />http://zpyder.deviantart.com<br />http://lounalovegood-stock.deviantart.com<br />http://tudorXrose.deviantart.com<br />http://arrisistable.deviantart.com<br />http://nefarostock.deviantart.com<br />light beams brushes used from http://www.obsidiandawn.com/</p> <p>Dreamcatchers were originally created by the Ojibwa tribe as a charm meant to protect children from bad dreams. Bad dreams would become caught in the web and would disintegrate in the light of the morning sun, while good dreams would pass through the hole in the center.(summarized from Wikipedia)</p> <p>I originally intended to paint the &lsquo;nightmares&rsquo; caught in the web, but they just didn&rsquo;t seem to fit in the composition. After much experimentation and deliberation, I chose to leave them out, and up to the imagination.<br />I&rsquo;ve wanted to paint this image for years&hellip;it comes from a time in my life when I felt very much alone and was going through some very rough times. I had trouble sleeping and was plagued by nightmares, but I had a dear old cat who, when he slept next to me, kept the bad dreams away.<br /></p> <p>Painting reference for dreamcatcher: http://vixen21-stock.deviantart.com/<br />Light beam brush used from: http://www.obsidiandawn.com/</p> Tshirt design using some vintage stock :-) This was inspired by the great stock from "http://lorivintage55stock.deviantart.com". I wanted to have a fantasy music group poster with a surreal feel to it. other stock from sxc.hu and the following: http://mighty-min.deviantart.com/ - fish http://paulosanlazaro.deviantart.com/ - Old paper A beautiful Coy Mermaid cavorts amongst the water lilies and reeds in a pond near an ancient temple. Digital painting in Photoshop CS. Stock reference credits: Model: http://bumimanusiastock.deviantart.com/ Koi fish and mermaid tail references: http://dark-dragon-stock.deviantart.com/ http://obsidian-fox-stock.deviantart.com/ Photoshop digital painting. Took me a couple of days but I&#39;m off for Spring Break right now...Woo hoo! free time for ART! Stock reference for dress and pose from: http://sitara-leotastock.deviantart.com/ White tiger reference was from my own photos taken at the Houston Aquarium white tiger exhibit :-) Thanks for looking! Happy Halloween to all my friends on Photoshop Creative :-) Digitally painted in Adobe Photoshop CS and CS3.<br /><br />Reference for daisies from sxc.hu<br />Pose idea based on http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Pose-tutorial-72010406 Digital painting inspired by the song from Sleeptheif, and dedicated to my dear friend, Kirsten. References: http://toxic-elegance.deviantart.com/ http://senshistock.deviantart.com/ http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/ http://eirian-stock.deviantart.com/ http://ozyre.deviantart.com/ http://sophia-t.deviantart.com/ and brushes by http://www.obsidiandawn.com and http://fav.me/d24laop, and http://fav.me/d255wjr I had to do a video showing progression for a class I am taking this semester, so naturally I used it as an excuse to do a painting ;-) I took screen shots of the progression and put them together with some music to make the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqz3_nk7lG4 I wanted to concentrate mainly on the eyes in this, getting as &#39;realistic&#39; as I possibly could. Thanks for looking and for your comments! <3 A portrait done of one of my online friends. She wanted something with her two cats. Lori is a photomanipulation artists and also provides wonderful vintage stock to the art community. You can view her art at http://lorivintage55.deviantart.com I used several photos of her and her cats as reference for this painting. Hi Everyone, Sorry I haven&#39;t been around much. I got laid-off about 2 months ago. This was supposed to be contract job to design a tshirt for a client, but the client didn&#39;t pay, so I get to share it with you guys! :-) Thanks so much for looking stock ref for wizard from http://skydancer-stock.deviantart.com

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