Dancing Marie #3 - Queen of the Castle

I've created another "larger" digital scene using several of the "Dancing Maries" 

and some great vintage toy theater images.

Two of these ladies you are probably already acquainted with from previous posts and
now there is the 3rd Dancing Marie - making her debut on the far right.

Marie #3 is probably the most "intense" looking of all the Dancing Maries; yet
her regal appearance makes her a stately stand in for the real Marie Antoinette.

Queen of the Castle by EKDuncan

All the ladies in the above scene are EKDuncan altered versions

 based on original French Opera Costumes from the late 1700's.

Dancing Marie #1 (on the left) can be found - HERE

Dancing Marie #2 (center) can be found - HERE

and now for 

Dancing Marie #3

The new dancing Marie is based on this original fashion plate.
It is actually an Opera Costume from the late 1700's.

Original Late 18th Century Opera Costume

Here again I've worked a bit of Photoshop magic to create a png image and

 then created several color versions to create art-pieces with.

Currently I have 5 color choices for this version of Marie.

In her original color combination

Blue and Pink ( I used this version on the Castle scene)

Harvest Colors

Lilac and Gold Skirt

Olive and Gold Skirt

These "Marie Antoinette" inspired fashion ladies are just so much fun to play with.
First - I love to change their appearance and colors in Photoshop.
Second - I love to create a digital stage for them to play on.

Curtains and any Theater looking images are great for creating these kinds of digital scenes
and if you can locate items that have a "period" feel, that's even better.

One of the many things I enjoy collecting are backgrounds and curtains for vintage toy theaters,
and the background and the curtain used in my "Castle" scene are such items.

My "altered" Curtain used in the Castle Scene

I have a whole series of "altered curtains" on my deviantART account - HERE
This particular curtain is a new variation I created by taking a previously altered
vintage curtain and making even more changes to it, till I arrived at this final version.

That's one of the great things about creating digitally - you can just keep
manipulating  an image till you get what you are looking for.

Vintage Toy Theater Background of a Gothic style Castle

I've also made some modifications to the original toy theater background to make it work better with my digital art-piece.  This is what the full backdrop to the finish scene looks like without the curtains and the ladies.  Pretty!

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I've got one more Dancing Marie coming up for you before we move
on to other Marie Antoinette styled fashions.  So I hope you drop back by for
Dancing Marie #4

Teaser of the next Marie - Maire  #4 
The Gothic Arch on the above "teaser" is from PaperWhimsy

Till next time...