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I sure do hope you didn't think I am dead
This piece s quite old now. Was done originally for ImagineFX Issue 22. Currently, you can see it on the cover of Ballistic Publishing's Exotique 3.
The version you can see now is quite different from those published, as I have recently reworked this image a LOT.
Overall, it took many, many hours in Painter and Photoshop. I also used some references (especially for the fish and the sea).
A small walkthrough with some closeups, WIPs and sketches will be available on CGSociety soon. I will edit the description with a link once it's up
Hope you like it, as it feels quite personal to me
PS. Title's from the song "Summer Wind" by Frank Sinatra
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OMG - incredible! Your use of color here is fantastic too!
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I've looked at this image dozens of times and still come back to view it again and again.Β It's still stunning.
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photoshopinspire.com/inspiratiβ¦
Your work is featured here in my blog
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Nice background . Reminds me frankly of a female version of an Hogwart character... if you know that snow scene ... in the dark forest.
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#strvnrtst #becausewatermarksarecool
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Always and forever, this is my favorite haiku and enigma wrapped in a red head's innocence.
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Congraz youΒ΄re Deviation is featured by have a great day
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Found it in a creative blow's article some minutes ago, I fell in love with it andΒ I immediately looked for the author. I'ts amazing, CONGRATULATION!
(on my fb cover right now Β )
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Featured in my "THE RED EDITION 2014 - PART III"
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Absolutely love this! The sense of wonder you evoke with the floating, glowing fish is wonderful. I want to you know the rest of the story.
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This is one of my favorites. I really admire ur work. U r very talented. Ur artwork inspires me to keep creating portraits of my own. I'm looking forward to see any new artwork u create. And ur tutorials r very helpful
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awesome job
Can you give a little miracle of how smooth the skin ... thanks
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Just found your image on facebook. I don't know if you gave someone the permission to use it for another artwork. Just thought you should know.
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbiβ¦
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Thanks a lot for letting me know 
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Of Romance, Vice and Verse
In Africa are lions
Banana trees, there zebras trod
There's grass and sun and smiles
Giraffes their long necks nod
In Africa, my dear
Civilization all began
MathematiciansΒ
Fulfilled their wild ambitions
And calculated the orbit of the sun
There people loved and lied
Some happily, some sadly
They'd worked, they'd felt, they'd died,
From whom we moved on gladly
Into the metal age, to Facebook
Twitter, Google Chrome and Flash
Mozilla Firefox and Java
A pseudo-technological gold rush
In Africa are lions
And in our lives βΒ no change
Like Aztecs and the Mayans
We hunger power
We're strange
A Ninja Master told me,
"Expect the unexpected"
And I had tried my best
To honor and accept it:
In Africa are lions,
On seashores there are waves
Some beautiful women
Still set men's hearts ablaze
So please relax, my friend, relax
It's going to be alright
For our time is our chance
To workΒ
To feel
To fight
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That's the unedited version, at least. Heh.
Thank you for the art.
It's wonderful.
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Which you could just edit these damn comments.
Here's the edited:
* * *Β
Of Romance, Vice and Verse
In Africa are lions
Banana trees, there zebras trod
There's grass and sun and smiles
Giraffes their long necks nod
In Africa, my dear
There people loved and lied
Some happily, some sadly
They'd worked, they'd felt, they'd died;
From whom we moved on gladly
Into the metal age, to Facebook, Google Plus,
Twitter, Google Chrome and Flash
backend in C++
A technological gold rush
In Africa are lions
And in our lives βΒ no change
Like Aztecs and the Mayans
We hunger power,
We're strange
A Ninja Master told me,
"Expect the unexpected"
And I had tried my best
To honor and accept it:
In Africa there's pearls
On seashores there are waves
And beautiful girls
Still set men's hearts ablaze
So please relax, my friend, relax
It's going to be all right
For our time is our chance
To workΒ
To feel
To fight
* * *
Thanks again.
Peace & love,
Tyro.
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How editing works is you just cut everything that's in the way.
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Of Romance, Vice and Verse
In Africa, my dear
There people loved and lied
Some happily, some sadly
They'd worked, they'd felt, they'd died;
Some terrified, some gladly
In Africa, my dear
Like in our lives βΒ no change
Our lives are much the same:
We hunger power, fame
We're strange
So please relax, my friend, relax
It's going to be all right
For our time is our chance
To workΒ
To feel
To fight
* * *
Sorry about this. But wonderful art, very inspiring.
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This is my favorite painting!
I wonder how u make cloth, It's so naturalΒ Β
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I really love this piece. I generally love your works but this piece is so dreamy and I love the inversion of sky and ocean ^^
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I had finally hit rock bottom this turned my luck around its an amazing feeling to have money to blow just picture the possibilities
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I had tried everything because of this im always one step ahead ive finally reached the top keep this between us
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You have a very valuable talent. You have imagination. Wonderful artwork.
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This is probably one of my all time favorite pieces of art-period. I loved it when I found it on a Google search and have had it as a background ever since. Plus it matches my red laptop.
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Hello!
I just wanted to let you know that this piece has been featured (of course with proper credits) in the March/April issue of the free deviantART-related webzine DELVE!
You can find this issue here: [link]
The team at DELVE would be very thrilled and grateful if you'd be inclined to have a look at our zine and tell us what you think. We are a fairly new team still optimizing work flow, concept and realization of DELVE, and would greatly appreciate constructive feedback of any kind, be it positive or negative to be able improving our work further.
Thank you for showing your work in your deviantART gallery to the world, giving us insight to your perception and creation of art!
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