Apr 11
Floramagic desktop
2006 at 09.19 am posted by Veerle
Girl with dog was a great success and people seemed to love it , so thanks for that :) Today something completely different, my new desktop art ;) In honor of Spring (which never seems to arrive here in Belgium) I bring you “Floramagic”.
When it comes to desktops my personal preference goes out to the less overloaded designed ones, so in essence they can't be too busy. I also prefer a darker background because it's easier on the eye, and from what I experienced in the past, I also keep them around longer. So my starting point was using a darker tone and playful colors to set a Spring kinda feeling.
I've also created an animation (in Flash) so that you can see how this drawing came to life.
If you like you can download it:
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You make it look so easy. Wonderful as usual!
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I’m a lurker that’s coming out of lurking to say, That’s so cute!
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This rocks my day! Spring has arrived…
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I think what gets me most about this is the fact that you started with such a complex set of curves and then ended up with just that one flower shape. When I used to do digital art, I found myself going from complex to simple before I felt finished.
Personally, the dog is my favorite part. But the subtle detail in this piece is great.
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Thanks! I love it:)
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HI Veerle.
Thanks for the background. You’ve replaced Curious George and brought me into spring!
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Clean, crisp and overall outstanding. You inspire me to get creative.
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At last… spring has arrived!
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i love those pastel colors. so relaxing… and yet so alive. It’s really “spring-ish”
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Lovely!!!
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Thank you, I love it!
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Beautiful :)
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i can feel the spring spirit here :). thanks for this beautiful artwork.
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I love the fact that it has a black background. Not too intrusive, with just a hint of colour. It makes me happy! Thanks for sharing it.
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I like the imaginative flowers and leaves - also the bow-wow doggie is very cute and perky looking. You could almost make a little cartoon movie out of it - have the dog do some tricks, or just bound through the grass.
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Veerle - I love it and it looks great on my newly arrived 24 inch monitor. Thanks so much.
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Veerle, I love this very much! Lovely wallpaper.
The Girl with Dog illustration is colourful too!
By the way, I don’t know why your video tutorials can’t played on my PC.
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stchatterbox said:
It should work on Windows too, I just use the H264 standard video codec. Try an another player like Real or WinAmp or install Quicktime.
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Lovely! I love the plant shapes.
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this is simply stunning! I love dark backgrounds as well and this really works. Thank you!
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I love it! And, I have fallen in love with your site design as well.
Now I am going to have to put some real thought into my own site design :)
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nice stuff veerle ~ very nice…
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I love the drawing ... very NICE! :)
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This is gorgeous, the whole site is great too! I’m using your pic as my desktop background. It goes really well with Windows Blinds theme Aura. Not that you need that cos you’re working with a mac.
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Hummmmm, but you can smell it. It is coming, I know it will.
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Lovely! I’m using it as my desktop, and I bet it will be staying there awhile. It makes the desktop look much bigger, somehow, and it’s just very simple and pleasing. :)
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Clean and Simple. Looks great on my Mac.
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Thank you for making the illustration 1280x1024 it looks great. I like the texture and colors you used What I loved most was the way you made the graphic move with the scent/clouds coming off the flower and the trail from the puppy stray away great job.
Overall Fantastic Illustration.
I was wondering what program you used and is kids illustration your forte or will we see something new next.
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Lovely!
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Superb picture - nice one.
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Great desktop, had to download one for my computer. You are an inspiration.
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I likey… this plus the website is incredible!
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first time round popin by your site veerle, loved the color combination through-out the site, and this wallpaper sums it all up :) love your works, and thanx for the informative site!
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more more more of this !!!
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It’s so pretty :) I’ve only just found the site and now I feel I should comment. Thanks - my desktop looks wonderful :)
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Pretty lovely!
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Hello!I’m a Chinese. I happened to visit your website.I like it very much. Now I’m developing a website as my homework. It’s very important to me. I used to dislike doing work with coding.But since I’ve seen so many beautiful web pages ,especially yours, I’m determined to command these coding techniques in order to work out beautiful web pages the same as yours!
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I love this! I grabbed it for my desktop. The expression is perfect. I love the ‘scent’ swirls.
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I am using it as my desktop as well. Hope you have some more available for download soon! :)
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I like it. although it is summer now, i make it to be my wallpaper! thank you!
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Super cute, thanks!! :)
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Beautiful!!! Greetings from Brazil! ;-) Erika
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never met u but i love you now! my son and wife are going to love this!
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Hi Veerle,
I downloaded this desktop 4 weeks ago and really love it! I would like to use the motive for a bag I’m making at the moment - nothing commercial, just for myself because I can’t find a bag I really like and your work is so lovely! :) Would that be alright? Pics would be provided when its finished, of course!
Ganz liebe Grüße! :)
Katharina