Medea
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I finally got round to playing with Painter! :) I had started this one in Photoshop, where I also laid in the final touches - but most of the work was done in Painter.
Reference used for the hand. Kindly provided by batchix! She has the loveliest hands. ^_^
I was specifically inspired by Pasolini's Medea. I found it a flawed, but otherwise very interesting film, both visually and conceptually. I also felt it offered a good insight into the character of Medea, as a person who had lost their way of understanding the world as they had known it.
I also liked Maria Callas' performance in it. Some say it was somewhat stilted, but in my view not so much, certainly not for a 1969 film as stylised as Pasolini's.
If you are curious, here are some links:
Medea (Wikipedia)
Medea (play by Euripides, 431 BC)
Pasolini's Medea on Youtube, in 10 parts