The huntress was from the beginning meant to be a tuff, fears amazon/viking like female, but as I painted she just refused to look mean and didn’t fit in the background, a forest.
I saw a documentary about Tolkien and was influenced by the land and people of Rohirrin, so I changed the background. I also thought she needed some companions on her hunting, so she got a bird and a dog.
Her hairdo was inspired from George Lucas Star Wars movies, no special character, just some hairdo that would fit on a female in one of the bar scenes.
References was used for the shape of the bow and for the bird. My friends dog modeled for yes, the dog.

Link to detail images:
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Here's the W.I.P [link]

Edit: Some of you were interested in what brushes I used so I tried to locate a little more, alas I really can't remember all of them+ I used the ones that came with photoshop CS2 + my own brushes
Credits for brushes: *redheadstock clouds, runes in the "buttons", dandelions in the grass.
*Dianae especially one for the hair(127)[link]
*kay-ness for the grass, download here [link]
Marta Dahlig's custom brush for skin & hair [link]
Linda Tso's brushes for skin/hair especially the smudge brush [link]
Natasha basic for giving more texture/pores/glow in the skin [link]

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