My theme is "Pirates"

With the treasure found, the signal is given to the waiting ship !

Reference: Jack Sparrow

This is supposed to relate to the "Faces" Contest

On some monitors, the black in the dreadlocks looks really gray, making it look like !@#$..... depending on the gamma settings. On mine, it looks pure black. So sorry if it doesn't look great on yours.

This was drawn on my Wacom Tablet right into Photoshop with pencil-esque brushes.

From the contest: Animals 2011: Wet and Wild edition

I always fell in love with the style of the Japanese women the traditional way that they present themselves, bringing in the look and feel of their culture. The timeperiod from the 1600's to late 1800's as the western foregners came in (like the movie Memoirs of a Geisha). Geisha are not either ordinary hostesses or prostitutes. They patiently went through extensive training to become geisha and keep improving their skills by taking many lessons.

My most favourite mage ever. :) Complete psycho that he is in DA 2, he's still adorable. ;)

Close-up on the face (with less glowing eyes)
References
Sketch

Thanks to the certain Worthian for great critique! :)

Elementary Water

Theme is "Winged Fantasy"

i chose to do something for line art.

Theme: Morning landscapes
Inspiration: https://picasaweb.google.com/maaikeov/Bali02#5619944834728090578 taken by myself
initial sketch https://picasaweb.google.com/maaikeov/Photoshop?locked=true#5619945431719857954
Illustrated digitally in Photoshop

Hope you like it!

Sadly ran out of time - so here it is. No sources, no references - just me and a very old,small wacom